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What is Landfill Diversion & What are the Ways to Promote It

If you are really into changing the way America, then it is important that your program is doing great towards increasing the facility of waste diversion rate. What do plastic bottles, bottle cans, metal cans, glass, cardboard boxes have in common? They have a potential to get recycled. Unfortunately, very few people are aware about this fact. What is Landfill Diversion? Landfill Diversion or Waste Diversion is a process of diverting the fact from the landfills through some reduction activities and recycling as well. The global communities and recycling centers like SwagCycle measures the size of the landfills from one year to next year. This is how success of landfill diversion is measured: If the amount of landfill has been decreased or shrunken in a particular time, then recycling communities assures that they are implementing successful waste diversion plan. In Contrary, if the landfill increases then the global communities are failing towards achieving waste diversion pl

Top 3 Problems Associated with Landfills and Solutions Treat them-

The United States of America generates approx. 258 million tons of waste each year. Huge percentage of garbage are major contributors to landfills. What is Landfill? A landfill site is a site for the disposal of waste, garbage and dump etc. The sites are quite ugly where they have a negative impact on the environment. Today, Landfills are serious concern. Unless they are stabilized, the landfills may experience soil liquefaction or severe shaking. Out of 258 million tons of waste, only 34.6% of them gets recycled, some gets burned for energy and some are sent to the landfills. Research shows that, In American, major part of wastes are contributed to landfills. No need to think twice to appreciate Germany as the country recycles 68% of waste each year. There are many health issues that are affected by landfill waste- Issue#1- Toxin- Toxin is a major hazardous substance. A lot of different waste materials that end up in the landfill contains Toxins. Eventually, the toxins seeps and rel

Ways to Encourage Environmental Sustainability-

We all know that climatic changes, ozone layer depletion, pollution are major contributors to human’s bad respiratory system. When sustainable products came into market before 10 years ago, many people bought them as they wanted to do something for the environment. Still, only a few people have taken the idea of sustainability seriously. Plastic affects lifestyle at every stage of life- Extraction - You might have no idea that plastic is a lifeline to fossil fuel industry. The plastic is made from fossil fuels, natural gases, and sometimes coal. Thus it has great importance in fossil fuel industry. From oil spills to groundwater pollution, it has a major cause to the environment. Production - Large chemical processing plants are required to convert fossil fuels into feedstock. Usage of large chemical processing emits poisonous gas in the air which affects the respiratory system of humans. Disposal - Plastic stays around hundreds of years or more. Especially when it contribute

Landfill Research and Ways to Encourage Environmental Sustainability

Annually, the world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of Municipal waste just like that. High income countries generate approx 34 million tonnes of waste annually. It has been foretasted that the global waste is expected to grow by 34 percent by 2050. What? It sounds like the world is gonna be destroyed in upcoming years. Well, it hasn’t been destroyed yet. We have to initiate and implement the best practices through which we can save the world. Here are some Unbelievable facts which We bet You didn’t know- The United States of America throws $11.4 worth of recyclable items every year. Waste, landfills is expected to grow by 3.40 billion tonnes in 2050 37% of waste is disposed to landfills (that’s a huge contribution to landfills) 11 million tons of recyclable clothes, branded merchandise are disposed to landfills 11 percent of waste is incinerated is a final disposal. (affects respiratory system in humans) 93 percent of dump is thrown in a low income countries which is a huge draw

Top Promotional Products on a Budget 2019-

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Buying promotional products is expensive! But important to increase brand name. You are on a high budget, this doesn’t mean that you can’t buy creative promotional products. Do you know that there are the promotional products which costs less than a dollar! We guess you don’t. Here We are up with top notch promotional yet funky products of 2019 on a budget- Tech Gears- There is no doubt that Technology plays a vital role in everyday lives. Using tech gears as a promotional products is great and a new way to advertise business. USB chargers, Web Cams, USB chargers, pen drives, earphones; all these are convenient and can be used in daily life. Multipurpose Key chains- key-chains are very popular promotional items, they look even better when they are used just not as a key chain! Eye catchy key chains, useful key-chains are trending. Whistles, bottle openers, pen drives; all these extra cool features complement key-chains.  Rubber Grip Customized Pen- Nothing can

Recycling- How it works and Helps Environment

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Recycling is one of the best ways to treat waste management which affects the world in which we live. Plastic items, waste food, polystyrene etc releases harmful chemicals and gases which have an adverse effect on environmental sustainability. For example; there are many problems associated with plastic items. Marine animals are more affected by plastic items than humans beings. Problems related to ingestion of plastic waste or intake of chemicals that leads to their improper physiology. If you are reusing the waste products instead of throwing away in sea, ocean,lakes or any other area then you are actually recycling !                                                        Concept of Recycling- Recycling is just a creative concept. It can be anything from recycling old paper to a new paper, waste coke bottle (or any) to decorative lighting bottle. Recycling is important at large levels. Consumer goods are collected in bulk and then recycled to create raw material which are rem

Top 5 Ways to Dispose Plastic Bags-

Plastic bags, bottles and other plastic items are major environmental concerns. Plastic pollution is the gathering of plastics which adversely affects wildlife, human living, & wildlife habitat. Many companies organize conferences, contests and other events where the branded merchandise, swags are used in a great amount. Situation becomes worse when the company finds different ways to dispose and soon get rid off those merchandise and plastic items. The company faces challenges to identify non hazardous ways to dispose Polystyrene and plastic bags. Here are some of the best ways to dispose of plastic bags in an ethical and affordable ways- Landfilling- There is no doubt to admit that landfilling is the oldest form of waste management. A landfill is a site specifically for the disposal for waste material like plastic bags. The landfilling requires a huge space to treat plastic waste. In 2008, 29.2 million tons of plastic waste was disposed off. Today, around 3.8 percent of plastic

Top 5 Recycling Trends to Overcome Waste Challenges-

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Nowadays, new environment technologies are gaining popularity all over the world. But are we aware of all the trends and technologies? Are the business organisations grabbing these recent trends as an opportunities? It is simple to say but hard to believe that the above mentioned concerns are true. There is no doubt that people are now more involved in taking care of the environment. But the concern is, negative impact of environmental changes are becoming very obvious nowadays. Hence, people should be aware of Recent recycling and upcycling trends in order to overcome waste challenges.                                                         There are many ways to make a positive impact by embracing new trends and technologies- Continuing Bans in Plastic and Polystyrene- The use of plastics and polystyrene is already banned across the USA. San Francisco is the recent city to pass the ban of plastics and polystyrene. It is also good to recycle the plastic bags, straws as it helps