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Problem-Solution of personal waste

Nowadays, our personal wastes are becoming a very serious problem in rising global warming. Since people use more electricity and throw more stuff, carbon dioxide will release more and more. However, reduce the general waste and the use of toxic materials is a very big challenge for people to achieve. In this essay I’ll examine three main reasons of the problem and suggest other important solutions people can follow to manage their waste.

There are three main reasons why people are wasting the environment. Surviving is one cause. In the modern life, people utilize electricity in their every single moment. In addition, electrical energy runs everything in people everyday life. Businesses, restaurants, houses, and even transportations can’t stand without it (Energyigloo). Availability is another reason. People tend to be less active and look for easier ways to find their needs especially in foodstuff. Junk food can be found everywhere unlike organic one which is hard to be available in any grocery (Blurter). Being busy is the further main reason. Cars are a very important transit for most of the people. People don’t have much time to walk to their work. They use cars to save their important time from wasting (Buchanan). However, the annual car production was around 53 million cars in 2008, where you can imagine the carbon dioxide that producing from cars’ exhausts (Worldometers). Though, these three important reasons are a very big issue to increase global warming. As a result of burning more fuel and coil to produce even electricity or which come from the factories.

The problem of people’s waste can be reduced by following several strategies.

First, reduce the uses of electricity by increasing the educational awareness. People have to work closely with each other to decrease utilizing the energy. For example, using CFL lighting and energy efficient appliances, and adding insulation, turning off the light when not in use, and use alternative ways for warming/cooling (Wiki Green, 2008). A second approach is to implement changes in the eating habit. For example, plants own organic garden in the back yard if it is not available in the supermarket. Moreover, try to replace meats with vegetables in the eating habit (Reducing your impact, 2009). Thirdly, use public transit. For instance, take the bus and leave your car in the garage, this will reduce the uses of cars in the street as well as reduce the carbon emission in the atmosphere (PR Newswire, 2009).

As can be seen, there is no one solution to the problem of personal waste. Educational authorities, people and transportation authority need to work closely together to find the reason to reduce the overall wastes of the citizens, and to try to do as much as possible to encourage them to save the energy for the future.

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Cool Cities!!

After the industrial revolution, pollution and CO2 emission is rising dramatically especially in modern communities. However, the main reasons of this are as a result of building commands and transportations, so all over the world, communities are trying to resolve this issue by building which called the “Cool Cities”. Hybrid cars, energy efficient buildings, and renewable energy are just a few of the many ways to make this real (About Cool Cities). In this essay I’m going to outline two main reasons why “Cool Cites” can’t be the resolution to stop off people’s contamination.

The first main reason is the massive population growth. In 2008 the world population number was around 6 billion 7 hundred thousand. However, it is expected to grow up to reach 9 billion by 2050 (World population). On the other hand, “Masdar” which is the sponsor of the first “Cool City” project in the Middle East desires the new cool city for only 47 thousand people (Cheung). Though, this is not a 1% of the UAE population, what about the remaining of the world.

The second main reason is the huge number of cost. The cost of “Masdar” is about $22 billion for only one city with around 50 thousand people (Cheung). This mean to cover the world population we need around 134 thousand cool cities which will cost an uncalculated number that the world can’t pay with the vast number of poor countries.

In conclusion, cool cities are a very smart idea to reduce carbon emission in the world. However, there are many challenges stop in the face of this project. “Masdar” is making superior plan to make people live in less-polluted cities as a result to reduce global warming. I believe that the huge number of cost could be spent in different useful programs to reduce toxic waste rather than spend them in “Cool Cities”.

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