User:CaptainLitty/final article

These are my recommendations for revising the article: Waste.


 * I expanded the information within the Environmental Costs section (Added information about landfill waste).
 * Fixed a grammatical error (Harbour to harbor)
 * Made it clear the first sentence is talking about Biological Wastes

Copied content from Waste; see that page's history for attribution.


 * Added information correlating tourism and waste
 * Added portion about cigarette contamination
 * Added two more citations to support information

Environmental costs
Inappropriately managed biological wastes can attract rodents and insects, which can harbor gastrointestinal parasites, yellow fever, worms, the plague and other conditions for humans, and exposure to hazardous wastes, particularly when they are burned, can cause various other diseases including cancers. Toxic waste materials can contaminate surface water, groundwater, soil, and air which causes more problems for humans, other species, and ecosystems. Waste treatment and disposal produces significant green house gas (GHG) emissions, notably methane, which are contributing significantly to global warming. As global warming and co2 emission increase, soil begins to become a larger carbon sink and will become increasingly volatile for our plant life. There have been studies that have found that areas around landfills have higher percentages of heavy metals that have leached into the soil and are sometimes even found in the surrounding ground water. '''Furthermore in relation to landfills, waste also has a very negative effect on coastal communities. With more tourism than ever there is now increase in plastic wastes , and contamination from improperly disposed cigarettes . As there is an increase in tourism, there is an increase in the amount of waste produced by humans.''' 