Davenport North Environmental Analysis

Imagine if almost everyday, twenty-four 10-gallon garbage bags were thrown into your home. By the end of nine months, just under 5,000 garbage bags would occupy and overrun the place you live. This same careless and excessive wastefulness is exactly what Davenport North is doing in the lunchroom every day and every school year; the earth is our home and we are absentmindedly throwing our trash all over it. Actions like these contribute to the existing problems of landfill overflow, greenhouse gases, and environmental danger. In an attempt to reverse these problems, a reduced waste system should be implemented at Davenport North due to the irresponsible waste and its impact on the environment. Many students do not think twice about what they are throwing away, but the …show more content…
Eventually, it ends up in landfills and other “waste areas”; as garbage fills up these dump sites, even more problems occur. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, landfill gases are a natural result of the decomposition taking place there, but produce greenhouse gases 28-36 times more dangerous than carbon dioxide in regards to trapping atmospheric heat (EPA). This means every time someone’s lunch is thrown away, greenhouse gas emissions increase and our environment is put into even more danger. However, greenhouse gases are not the only result of landfill waste; due to the rising amount of trash piled into dumps every day, scientists have found large, flowing masses of trash in the world’s oceans called gyres. The earth has five major gyres, the largest being approximately the size of Texas (Kimantas). Trash accumulated by Davenport North and other schools across the nation contribute to wasted food, wasted money, and environmental impacts landfills tend to make - - but there is something we can do about