Garbage- Past, Present, future

Review a Landfill Cons – Leachate – Vectors – Aesthetics Pros – Cheapest Method – Provides jobs Garbage overview

Open Dumping Pros – Cheap – Resources for some communities Cons – Unhealthy – Can lead to toxic colonialism – Smokey Mountain Part 1 Smokey Mountain Part 1 – Smokey Mountain Part 2 Smokey Mountain Part 2

Incineration Pros – Energy Creation – Reduces impacts on landfills –reduces volume sent to landfill – Inexpensive Cons – Air pollution – Ash must be housed in Hazardous Landfill – Initial cost is very high

Bioreactor Pros – Potential long term solution Cons – Theoretical – Not widely in practice

Gasification Gassification Similar to incineration Pros – Does not create ash or air pollution – Creates Simgas that can be used to make other products – Produce energy Cons – Very expensive – Not fully tested – Theoretical Model – No liquids

Plasma Arc Incineration/ Gasification Plasma Arc Commercial Explaination Plasma Arc Commercial Explaination Discovery Channel Plasma Gassification Discovery Channel Plasma Gassification Pros – Can destroy hazardous waste – Produces two materials that can be used in commercial products (roads, construction, etc) – Produce energy but not at this site Cons – Theoretical – Expensive – Energy can not be produced at the arc site

Exporting Garbage Pros – Immediate Solution – Income for poor countries Cons – Toxic Colonialism, Garbage Imperialism, Environmental racism – Long term effects not known – Expensive to transport

Ocean Dumping Pros – Inexpensive Cons – Debris Floats – Marine organisms impacted – ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES