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__ **Waste Management** __

media type="custom" key="7972326" This wiki page is about waste management. It tells you what waste management is, why we should care, why does it matter, already solutions, facts, and a map of the most affected areas of waste management/ landfills in the U.S. As you finish reading the page you will have learned a new topic and will hopefully want to help this cause. It effects everyone. Waste management is caused by people, and its problems should be solved by people. All we need is one person and an idea, and America and even the world will reduce the worlds garbage and there hopefully will not be a need for landfills.




 * Facts:**
 * New Jersey is one of the top nine most populated states in the U.S.
 * The President first looked the Garden State up, when starting to change waste management in the U.S.
 * We're sending our garbage to space
 * Each person produces 4 pounds of garbage a day
 * 55% of the garbage in the U.S. is put in landfills
 * Our garbage is burned and released into the air
 * Immigrants purposely immigrate first, to landfills
 * Food is purposely spread out in landfills to allow birds/ storks to eat it

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Waste management is not only in America it is around the world. Waste management is the the collection/ gathering of garbage and trash from the people. Land is cleared of all debree(trees, bushes, etc.) then, big craters/ holes are dug into the open land. The garbage is then dumped into the craters. These are called landfills. Landfills sometimes hold garbage within bags or the plastic bags we put our garbage in originally are opened and the garbage is dumped freely.
 * What is it??**



Waste management is important because it effects our everyday lives even though we don't realize it. An example is: The Lipari Landfill in Southern NJ was closed because reports of neighbors having headaches, nausea and respiratory problems were reported. A new study said the noxious vapors from the site affected the unborn.
 * Why? And why does it matter?**
 * 9,000 babies born from 1961-1985 in towns near Lipari
 * During a 5 year period when the toxic fumes released into the air and the babies weighed less




 * Already solutions:**
 * Store rainwater
 * Purchase food in bulk
 * Organic food buisnesses reduce carbon footprint
 * When eating out- bring your own silverware and napkins
 * Composte your garbage into soil
 * Stuff your pillowes with trash instead of spending money on new fluffy ones and having pillow companies spend more money to make more pillows



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