Briefly compare and contrast any two waste disposal schemes (e.g. zero waste, land filling and using incinerators or any other methods you know) and decide which one might be more suitable for your country.
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Singapore is often well-known for its rapidly developing economy despite its limitation in land space. Over the years, due to its rapid development, tons of waste is being produced continuously. The government has implemented different waste disposal schemes to dispose these waste product. Zero Waste and Land filling are some of the waste disposal schemes adopted by my country.
In my opinion, I would strongly support and encourage greater use of the Zero waste scheme rather than that of the land filling. This is because land filling will only be a short-term strategy to dispose waste products but in the long-run, with the ever-increasing amount of waste being produced yearly, soon all the available lands suitable for waste dis
posal will be depleted. Furthermore, Singapore has limited land spaces. Therefore, there is an even greater need to carefully plan the usage of these limited land spaces in order to house the growing population rather than using them for land filling. In addition, land filling will also brings about land pollution and even water pollution. Non-biodegradable products such as plastic bottles and organic wastes produce toxic substances that pollute the land and if these toxins were to seep into seas, they will also cause water pollution. Such pollution is undesirable as it will cause harm to human and marine lives. In addition, if land filling is not conducted properly, it could possibly result in the breeding of unwanted pests which in turn will result in the spread of deadly diseases and viruses.
On the other hand, if we are to adopt the Zero waste scheme, we will be able to significantly reduce the amount of waste being produced. Hence, we will be able to adopt lesser of land filling and incineration as our means of disposing waste and this will greatly reduce the pollution and harms that these schemes will bring to our environment. Prevention is always better than cure. Therefore, Zero waste should be the long-term scheme that we should adopt as it will significantly reduce the amount of waste being produced yearly. In addition, as mentioned in the passage, Zero waste will also be an alternative income-generating source for the elderly and low-income families. As the nature of Zero waste scheme is to reduce, recycle, reuse and repair used products, not only does this scheme reduce the amount of waste produced, it can also help people to save money when they reuse and recycle their used products.
Currently, though this Zero waste scheme has already been implemented in my country, the respond from the public is not very ideal. However, I believe that this situation can be improved by creating more public awareness through campaigns and incentives can be given to encourage more people to put into practice the Zero waste scheme.
In conclusion, Zero waste scheme has indeed proven to be a much more economic and effective as compared to land filling. Short-term strategies such as land filling will only provide a temporary solution but Zero waste scheme will be able to help us deal with the impending waste disposal problem in the long-run. Hence, I will strongly encourage my country to adopt and put into practice the Zero waste scheme.
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My blogging buddy: Mr Blackstone
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Singapore is often well-known for its rapidly developing economy despite its limitation in land space. Over the years, due to its rapid development, tons of waste is being produced continuously. The government has implemented different waste disposal schemes to dispose these waste product. Zero Waste and Land filling are some of the waste disposal schemes adopted by my country.
In my opinion, I would strongly support and encourage greater use of the Zero waste scheme rather than that of the land filling. This is because land filling will only be a short-term strategy to dispose waste products but in the long-run, with the ever-increasing amount of waste being produced yearly, soon all the available lands suitable for waste dis
posal will be depleted. Furthermore, Singapore has limited land spaces. Therefore, there is an even greater need to carefully plan the usage of these limited land spaces in order to house the growing population rather than using them for land filling. In addition, land filling will also brings about land pollution and even water pollution. Non-biodegradable products such as plastic bottles and organic wastes produce toxic substances that pollute the land and if these toxins were to seep into seas, they will also cause water pollution. Such pollution is undesirable as it will cause harm to human and marine lives. In addition, if land filling is not conducted properly, it could possibly result in the breeding of unwanted pests which in turn will result in the spread of deadly diseases and viruses.On the other hand, if we are to adopt the Zero waste scheme, we will be able to significantly reduce the amount of waste being produced. Hence, we will be able to adopt lesser of land filling and incineration as our means of disposing waste and this will greatly reduce the pollution and harms that these schemes will bring to our environment. Prevention is always better than cure. Therefore, Zero waste should be the long-term scheme that we should adopt as it will significantly reduce the amount of waste being produced yearly. In addition, as mentioned in the passage, Zero waste will also be an alternative income-generating source for the elderly and low-income families. As the nature of Zero waste scheme is to reduce, recycle, reuse and repair used products, not only does this scheme reduce the amount of waste produced, it can also help people to save money when they reuse and recycle their used products.
Currently, though this Zero waste scheme has already been implemented in my country, the respond from the public is not very ideal. However, I believe that this situation can be improved by creating more public awareness through campaigns and incentives can be given to encourage more people to put into practice the Zero waste scheme.
In conclusion, Zero waste scheme has indeed proven to be a much more economic and effective as compared to land filling. Short-term strategies such as land filling will only provide a temporary solution but Zero waste scheme will be able to help us deal with the impending waste disposal problem in the long-run. Hence, I will strongly encourage my country to adopt and put into practice the Zero waste scheme.
No.of Words: 529
My blogging buddy: Mr Blackstone
6 comments:
It is always good to implement good things for the environment but we have to work as a whole else all will goes to waste...
I think Singapore's government do a very good job in implementing the zero waste scheme. But this is a long run challege and i think currently more people start to understand the important of keep our environmet clean.
Yup. Good analysis. Generally I think that Singapore is 'mature' enough to implement zero waste, since the country's size and condition has made it far easier to me implemented compared to other countries.
totally agree with these
"it can also help people to save money when they reuse and recycle their used products."
this i think is the motivation to push people toward zero waste
Thanks for the rewrite!
it is always better to prevent than to cure. yes, we should always be aware of possible harms to the environment, so that we can stop doing something silly and save our time, energy and most importantly, our earth.
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