When we began our project, we knew that we wanted to focus on the environmental harm that the lack of recycling has placed upon the New Orleans community. I interviewed my senior year environmental science teacher, Bill Wallace, and he enlightened us on the long-term affects and the future health issues this presents for the community.
What are the long-term affects this lack of recycling will have on the community?
“Truthfully, I can only reiterate what various environmentalists have discussed. Lack of recycling impacts the community and the world. Lack of recycling creates pollution, excessive CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, which affect the global warming. In communities, trash littered in oceans and local bodies of water can affect the aquatic life, and if oil spills have not done enough damage to the aquatic life, residents who don’t recycle don’t want to add to this issue…Also lack of recycling paper now, can result in tree reduction at great rates in the future.”
“One of the major issues with recycling is landfills. The waste is buried now, but if recycling continues to decline at this rate, the landfills will one day be full, and where will the trash go? In the ocean? In the streets? Garbage just being dumped anywhere. This is the same issue that America encountered during the urbanization period. Sanitation was a huge issue, when trash was littering the streets and houses…it will be difficult for residents to stay healthy in such conditions.”
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