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Research waste in your area. How does your city, town, or state manage waste? Document your sources. The state is GEORGIA
Create an informational brochure to hand out at local events and government meetings that will raise environmental awareness of sustainable waste management and how regionally it could be improved. Answer the following questions in your brochure:
- How is waste managed currently in your area? How has it changed in the last two decades? Analyze these changes (or lack of changes) and how if at all these are perceived as improvement?
- What are the current methods and initiatives for recycling, reducing, and reusing in your area? Provide some documentation that these practices are received generally and their economic impact to the region overall and to individuals specifically.
- How does waste management in your town compare to the management in other locales?
- What effect does waste management in your area have on global sustainability?
- Recommend at least three methods of alternative waste management that would work and improve methods currently used in your area? Give a brief rationale for each.
Format your brochure consistent with APA guidelines.
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Running head: WASTE MANAGEMENT IN GEORGIA
Waste Management in the state of Georgia
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WASTE MANAGEMENT IN GEORGIA
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Over the last decade, the issue of environmental protection has been featuring as the main
topic in study by most researchers and scholars. Waste management is a noble topic that is
discussed on an international platform by countries. In the state of Georgia, there has been
reportedly increased rate of waste disposal into the environment both at personal and corporation
levels. According to a study conducted by GriffinHub, the per capita waste disposal rate has been
increasing significantly. The disposal capacity has also been reported to have increased as
depicted in the graph below.
Georgia State manages its waste through two major ways. The first is through recycling.
This is achieved by converting waste products into useful materials and objects. Specifically,
Georgia Recycling Coalition (GRC) is given the responsibility of undertaking the process of
waste recycling. In addition, the second waste management way in the state of Georgia is
through solid waste management program. In the last two decades, solid waste management in
Georgia has changed into electronic waste management. This has been possible by the
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