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Different types of waste - Coggle Diagram
Different types of waste
Plastic waste
the amount wasted
11,000,000 tons of plastic go into the ocean every year.
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environmental impact
Plastic bags block waterways and clog sewers, providing breeding grounds for insects like mosquitoes that in turn proliferate the risk of diseases such as malaria.
In poorer countries, plastic waste is burned as heat for cooking, exposing people to toxic emissions and contributing to poor air quality.
Single-use plastic such as water bottles takes 450 years to biodegrade and then it turns into microplastics which kill and pollute many marine life, around 100,000 marine life die each year from consumption of plastic or getting trapped in plastic
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Water waste
the amount wasted
around 10,000 gallons of water is wasted from a household each yaer
environmental impacts
Depletes a vital resource, raises costs, and strains supply systems. Environmentally, it leads to droughts, reduces biodiversity, and exacerbates climate change.
solutions
water butt, water recycling
Food waste
the amount wasted
The value of food wasted by UK households each year is estimated to be around £14 billion. The average household spends £470 on food that ends up in the bin every year.
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Energy waste
the amount wasted
About 9.7 million (36%) of UK households are almost literally burning hundreds of pounds because of how they use their energy. This contributes greatly to global warming.
environmental impact
Generation of toxic and non-toxic waste during the extraction, refinement, and transportation stages of oil and gas.
Pollution of air, water, and soil
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