4)+Disposal

=Notes to Guide Your Research = //From "The Story of Stuff", "The Injustice of Plastics", __High Noon 20/20__ and "Tough Truths about Plastic Pollution" //

==Disposal == //Things to look at: Pacific Gyre, landfills, recycling, what mother nature does with it's own waste // landfill leachate, a liquid produced from landfills, flows into the environment and causes irreversible damage to the surrounding ecosystem.
 * ====Landfills, incinerators, ship waste overseas, dump or recycle ====
 * ====Landfills ====
 * Toxins leach & pollute land & water
 * Incinerators
 * ====Number one source of dioxin (a super toxin) ====
 * Ship waste overseas for recycling
 * Often substandard conditions for workers
 * Low or no environmental standards
 * Dump
 * Polluting the global commons like our oceans and public lands
 * ====Recycling helps but does not get to core of problem ====
 * ====One garbage can on the curb = 70 cans of garbage in production ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">only two man-made structures are visible from the outer space: the great wall of china and the **fresh kills landfill** ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dioxins emitted from incinerating plastics can cause cancer, neurological damage, reproductive system disorders, thyroid systems, respiratory systems, and many other disorders. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">At least three-quarters of our water bottles are thrown out and end up in one of the nation's landfills. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">only 10 percent of plastic wastes are recycled world wide, leaving the remaining 95 percent incinerated or dumped in landfills. ====


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Facts about the Disposal of Plastics on land and Recycling of Plastics: By Lawrence Ntim & Manisha Venkat **


 * Facts about the Disposal of Plastics in Rivers and Oceans: By Iman Sow****& Dedie Kanda**