You are the spokesperson for the environmental agency responsible for issuing pe
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You are the spokesperson for the environmental agency responsible for issuing permits to solid waste management facilities. Write a brief, one paragraph statement depicting a neutral position for presentation to the public regarding the following controversial issue. Solid Wastes Are Us, Inc. has applied for a permit to build and operate a 640 acre sanitary landfill within one-half mile of a population of 6000 persons in a suburban community. The landfill will receive wastes from three nearby states having a combined population of 10 million and a locally served population of 1 million.
Explanation / Answer
The main effect of solid waste is the pollution causing to the Earth. The solid waste immerges in land, water, and air. The increase of the papulation is one of the reasons for the pollution year by year, by the usage of the food and other essential things. These wastes are thrown into municipal waste collecting centers, municipalities thrown these waste in the landfills and dumps. The improper disposals cause serious impact on health and problems to the surrounding environment. If the waste not properly managed then it causes the serious health hazard and spreads infection diseases. The decomposed solid waste causes bad odor and rise health problems, for example the plague outbreak in Surat city is suffering now. The animals which are in the solid waste are tries to spread the diseases.
The household solid waste, agriculture waste, chemicals from the hospitals are decomposed and immerges into the land cause environmental effects highly (spoils air), spoiled underwater and create very serious diseases to the surround peoples, schools and some pets. The serious infections spread due to the animals like organisms and rats which are in the solid waste.
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