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Understanding food waste

  The reasons behind food waste are many but there are some ways in which we could reduce it but may not realise it.  Firstly, we should understand how big of  a problem  food waste really is . Every  year  households  in   Uk  alone are disposing of 7  millions  of tons of food a year  food and drink per annum , of which almost 50% could be consumed.   There are several reasons why we waste food  for example, we cook too much of we wait  too  long before eating it therefore it becomes inedible.  However,  many are ignorant towards that problem,  according  to a  Uk  survey 59%  said that they barely waste any food.  This shows that people are not particularly caring when it comes to this problem.     Change may be brought on by technology like fridges that alert you before food is spoiled or similar devices  but, in the end,  it boils down to our m...

Introduction to air pollution

  Air pollution has been a problem for many years. Although many now of it not that many are aware of just how much it affects our  environment. Air pollution can be divided into an thropogenic and non-anthropogenic origin. The  non-anthropogenic  one stems from  thing like wildfires  volcanic  activity etc.  This source of pollution however is unimportant as it  cannot be compared to the anthropogenic one.  While man  made  pollution can be traced back to when we discovered fire  its  effects weren’t  as  significant until  humans started to  burn fuels in big chunks, and because of that the bad effects on people ’s health began to rise.     However,  air pollution became a real problem during the industrial revolution  which significantly increased the combustion of biomass and fossil fuels in urban centres.  The impact that this pollution has can be split into ...