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Pollution and Conservation
Step 1. Questions
What happens to trash in your community? Many years ago, trash might have been hauled to a town dump, or buried in an ordinary hole in the ground, or even dropped into the ocean. All of these choices polluted the land.
Today, we have learned a great deal about land pollution and how to stop it. Most trash is stored in sanitary landfills. The landfills are lined with strong materials that keep trash inside. Without linings, chemicals in the trash could pollute the land and groundwater.
Landfills are filling up, however, and few people want new landfills dug in their community. Landfills are also expensive!
How can we reduce trash, better use resources, and keep the land free of pollution? You will research answers to these questions for this e-Journal project.
In addition, here are some specific questions to guide your research.- What is the typical content of trash in the United States?
- What are alternatives to throwing away paper, plastic, and other materials?
- What happens to trash in a landfill?
- What can you do to reduce waste and stop land pollution in your community?
First, visit the Web sites listed in Step 2 and take notes in the note-taking boxes. You may also use search engines to research other Web sites, or visit the library. Then follow Steps 3 and 4 to write your report.
Step 2. Research
Research answers for the questions you were asked in Step 1. Visit these Web sites. Take notes about them on this page, too!
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