Pre Landfill Blogpost

The Redwood landfill provides an environmentally sound disposal plant that can be accessed by many in the Bay Area. While this landfill only takes metals/appliances, construction and demolition debris, yard waste and municipal solid waste, it disposes of these items ecologically. The alternatives to landfills can be both good and bad, one can either throw their waste on the street etc. which will eventually harm the environment in one way or another by either killing an animal or dirtying water however on the other hand one can also recycle so as to reuse material. One can also burn their trash however this also harms the environment with dangerous CO2 gasses. However to prevent any harmful effects on the environment in the first place, prevent waste! Landfills are good because they can hold large amounts of waste however the negatives about them outweigh the positives by far. They cost alot of money, they release methane, horrible odor and ugly visual, and more. Incineration on the other hand can reduce the volume of waste while also reclaiming energy by burning however also creates large amounts of air pollutants and ash is generated, loss of potential recyclables and the facilities take a large investment to run. My thesis on an article about waste would be "The solution to waste disposal is to not have waste to dispose."