Bottled water is expensive! ... Is bottled water that much cleaner and fresher than tap water? ... However, what is in your tap water? ... Bottled water companies boast that their water is "pure " and "fresh," but many current experiments and tests have proved otherwise. ... It is true that both bottled water and tap water have their pros and cons, but bottled water is much more flawed than tap water. ...

• Word Count: 909
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The sources we obtain fossil fuels from are often very dangerous and do not put a price on other natural capitals used in the process such as air and water. ... Fracking is the process of fracturing rock using high pressure water, sand and deadly chemicals. ... Cost such as not having fresh water, fracking operations in their backyards, and the loss of trees which are Carbon sinks. ... Poverty is a great motivator for individuals to accept large amounts of money at the cost of their health and potential loss of drinking water. ... As a result of fracking we now see families near fracking oper...

• Word Count: 677
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Global air and water pollution, resource depletion, and species extinction are examples of these problems, which we must recognize and find realistic solutions for. ... One way would be through growing up and being raises in an environmentally conciseness community that stressed the importance of recycling, reusing, and breathing fresh air. ... To begin curbing water pollution the EPA should severely restrict any harmful output discharged by any industry, even those outside us boarders. I believe the United States has the power and influence to help control global water pollution, but firs...

• Word Count: 1083
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Solid Waste: Are landfills enough? Solid waste is the term civil engineers use to refer to what most of us call garbage. Municipal solid waste is something very familiar to us. It comes from households, institutions and business. While many normal activities are suspended during holidays and...

• Word Count: 868
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He started off as a trash man but, realized there could be a better way that people could recycle other than putting water bottles in a certain bin. ... There was an incident a few years after the war where the Fresh Kill landfill in Staten Island, New York grew so large with trash it could be seen from outer space. ...

• Word Count: 1137
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate