"The Incinerator as Eye Candy" Response

In this article I read how a women named Elisabeth Rosenthal went to Denmark to see what all the talk was about nice looking incinerators. She explain to us that about twenty years ago they needed a way to help our pollution control. So they had the idea to build a very tall "smokestack" so that all the dirty toxins can disappear from the human reach. Nowadays we don't need these anymore, where she discovered now we use filters and scrubbers to decrease all of the toxins She explains to us that in places like Europe they are building these areas very artistic. They do this because these certain energy plants are getting heat from increasing the toxins where they are sending the heat through pipes into local schools, homes, etc. I thought this was pretty cool how they could do this. These people are trying to do one thing which is increase toxins and now they are getting heat out of it. What a great idea.

Chapter 7

This chapter of Garbology Edward Humes explains to us that he thinks that people don't know about our trash problem because they don't know about it. You see, before I started reading this book I had no idea that our trash world is so bad. But, now that I am educated with this knowledge I am changing my lifestyle to help our environment. The Waste Management Inc. was one of the first trash pick up companies to put a device on cardboards, plastic, leather, rubber, glass..etc, to see where they are going and how they are being processed. As I wonder where my trash is going in think that is such a cool and unique way to find out how our trash is being tossed.

Chapter 6

In this chapter of Garbology  was one chapter that I think was just so interesting. Learning how our plastic is literally found everywhere around ourselves. The chapter starts our by introducing a women named Miriam Goldstein and her experience with nurdles. Nurdles are tiny, tiny pieces of trash that are flowing through the ocean and are getting into fish and potentially killing them. Before reading this chapter I had no idea about these nurdles. But when I started to read about it I realized when I would look on the beach I would see these types of particles on the shore. I remember wondering what they were and now that I know where they come from I'm realizing that its trash. Goldstein also told us that their was trash the size of Texas in the ocean. Reading about this and realizing how crazy that is, is jaw dropping. Goldstein also explains to us that thousands of mammals have been killed because of our trash. How selfish of us. Its sad to think that all of this plastic is because of companies. Companies who just want money for selling these products. I think its just so selfish of them and we need to change that.

Response to: 19-year-old Develops Ocena Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons of Plastic From The Worlds Ocean

This article is about a 19-year-old kid named Boyan Slat who had an idea on how to clear out 7,250,000 tons of plastic out of the ocean. Also known as "Ocean Cleanup Array". This device is about a funnel like cylinder that will collect the particles of trash and suck it up. As I read more and more I get the understand that this kid had gotten many awards by his class paper he had to write in class. A scientist? At age 19? This just opens my mind on new things and how amazing this is. Because the kids today are our future. In about 5 years this will help our environment very greatly. and al because of a 19-year-old boy. Its nice to see that other kids just like me are interested in the amount of trash we consume.

Scripps Study Shows Plastic in Pacific Garbage Patch Has Increased 100-Fold

Reading this article got me thinking more about the ocean and how unsanitary it is. It explains to the readers that researchers at San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography that has study claims showing a large amount of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Explaining to us that all this plastic has" broken down into tiny pieces the size of a finger nail".
As they go into more detail they found out that 141 types of fish had plastic in their stomachs. Their fear is that the tsunami from Japan will carry over into the Pacific and all the debris and even more plastic will come in contact.

Chapter 5

What I thought was just amazing about this chapter was something different. We've been learning about landfills and waste management, but now we get deeper, deeper into the ocean. Finding large portions of trash in the Pacific Ocean , Mary Crowley a lover at sea explores the oceans. "Killing more than one hundred thousand marine mammals and an even larger number of seabirds"  (Humes108) She explains to the reader that all this trash wasn't here 40 years ago. Having over 50% of our water filled with trash right now is doing much damage. Image 10 years into the future, if we don't change this. There is so much plastic in the ocean that we  don't even know about. As I started to grab my attention around this sensitive subject I asked my self some questions. Do we have a ocean filter that is being used?  Does the government take this seriously? These questions I could only wonder what the answers could be.

Chapter 4

As I started reading this chapter I knew I would grow some interest to it. Learning and growing on detail about the different types of landfills there are. He gives the reader great examples on how many different ideas there were to settle this trash epidemic. Then he went into taking about Waste Management Inc. this company went big. I mean very big. What WMI represents is turning our toxic waste into something better; energy. Doesn't that sound great? Making something that is hurting our planet turn into an amazing idea to even save our planet. But, of course many people didn't like the idea and many thought it would cause even more problems. You see WMI was going to build this huge "chimney" like building in the middle of these landfills. So all the toxic waste would go so high into the air that it wouldn't come down to the citizens. People didn't want this huge chimney in the way of their view of the beautiful mountains, so by saying no we have caused an even bigger problem. A mountain high of trash, like Puente Hills.