Waste Management Review

A huge slowly rotating mass of plastic & solid waste in the ocean

BOTH burning and storing waste Fails to reduce waste

What kind of society do we have?

toxic, corrosive, ignitable, explosive, causes disease

More-developed countries use dumps and open pits for their waste

Any unwanted or discarded material people produce that is not a gas or liquid

Currently we see trash as a resource to make money

Any discarded substance that directly threatens human health or the environment

There is no practical or affordable way to clean up the Garbage Patch

Waste is spread in thin layers, compacted, and covered with dirt layers every day

A coordinated set of strategies for waste disposal and waste reduction

1st priority: Redesign products, manufacture with less resources

Combined waste from households and workplaces

The last resort is to burn and store waste

ALL of the trash in the ocean comes from land

Everyone knows reduce, reuse, recycle. What is the 4th R?

Waste decomposes within months

We can't clean up the Garbage Patch because it's too big

The USA creates 18% of the world's solid waste

The majority of trash in the ocean is

Waste management focuses on reducing the amount of waste produced