ALTERNATIVES FOR WASTE DISPOSAL

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ALTERNATIVES FOR WASTE DISPOSAL
Incinerator
A factory type building where trash is
burned- the smoke stacks MUST have scrubbers
(filters ) to remove the harmful gasses
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• Trash is burned in a large pit
• Ash is taken to a special landfill for toxic ash
• Steam made from burning the trash can be sold as
  energy

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Incinerator ADVANTAGES

• Reduces amount of trash by 60
• No liability, no pests
• Can sell energy created from steam
• Less of a N.I.M.B.Y than open dump or sanitary
  landfill

• Less odor than S.L.
• Less Noise than S.L.

• Doesnt require a lot of space

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IncineratorDISADVANTAGES

• COST
• Air pollution - SO2- Acid Rain
• Toxic Ash - Must use a small land fill to bury
  ash!
• Not everything will burn (ex metals)
• Doesnt encourage conservation
• N.I.M.B.Y.

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ALTERNATIVES FOR WASTE DISPOSAL
Recycling
A disposal method where you either reduce, reuse
or recycle the waste products
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How it Works

• You take your items to a recycling center
  (sometimes theyll even pick it up for you)
• They sort the items and send them to specific
  factories to be reused (glass to a bottling
  company, paper to a paper mill, etc)
• The town doesnt actually DO anything with the
  items just sends them to the appropriate places

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Recycling Advantages

• No, or little cost
• Saves resources
• Saves space
• Payback is long term
• No liability

• No odor
• No pests
• Not unsightly
• No N.I.M.B.Y

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Recycling Yard waste by Composting

• Take food scraps (except meat) and yard waste,
  and place them in a covered bin outside. Allow in
  air and moisture.
• Microorganisms grow, decompose the scraps and
  yard waste.
• Mix back into your yard

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Recycling Disadvantages

• Not everything can be recycled
• Inconvenient
• Price you get for recycling fluctuates
• Loads can be contaminated
• Some things have a lower quality than original
• Some things are more costly to make than
  original
• LAZY/SHORT SIGHTED PEOPLE

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Special Interest Groups
A group of people that are brought together by a
common issue
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Special Interest GroupsExamples

• People who have school aged kids
• People who own their own businesses
• People who are on a fixed income
• People who live near the Sewage Treatment Plant

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Cost Comparisons

• Sanitary Landfill 800 thousand to
• 1 million dollars
• Recycling Center 20,000 dollars
• Incinerator (w/ small landfill) 3 million

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Other Options

• Rocket to the Moon
• Each Rocket costs 34,000,000
• Payload costs 10,000 per pound
• 5 lb trash per person x 5,000 people in Bayview
• 25,000 lbs of trash per day
• 25,000 lbs x 10,000 per lb. 250,000,000
  payload per day
• 250,000,000 payload 34,000,000 rocket
• 284,000,000 per day