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How Reusing Items Can Help The Environment

The Environmental Blog

These affect natural habitats, produces acid rain and destroys the ozone layer because of global warming. Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. Reusing items can save help the environment in the following ways: Reduces the Demand For Raw Materials.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. Nitrogen and phosphorous are both essential for plant growth, thus they are made into fertilizers that pollute waterways and coastal zones, and accumulate in the world’s soil and land.

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Carbon Dioxide Equivalent – Applications for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Business Bureau

Each of these gases remains in the atmosphere for different lengths of time, contributes differently to the greenhouse effect, and has a different global warming potential (GWP). Traditionally, the ocean, soil, and forests have acted as carbon sinks, systems that absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release.

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4 Ways COVID-19 Disposables Will Affect the Environment

The Environmental Blog

Exponential Rise in Plastic Demand and Waste. The pandemic has increased the demand for plastics in the healthcare sector and even in our households. Healthcare demand: To protect healthcare workers, wearing PPE has become mandatory in hospitals and other medical facilities. Incineration = Air Pollution.

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