{"id":4375,"date":"2020-11-21T20:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=4375"},"modified":"2021-04-05T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:16:17","slug":"important-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/important-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Important facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4375\" class=\"elementor elementor-4375\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1c9da2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1c9da2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ddb89f\" 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data-id=\"01c016c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Land Pollution<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5682393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"5682393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-land-pollution-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4413 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-land-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is land pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4411 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-land-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of land pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4412 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sources-of-land-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sources of land pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4410 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-land-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of land pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4409 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/soil-contamination\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Soil contamination<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4408 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/land-pollution-prevention-tips\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Land pollution prevention tips<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4407 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/important-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Important facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629d166 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"629d166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-043b5e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"043b5e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-958fbfe\" data-id=\"958fbfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c78ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c78ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Some important facts on land pollution.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c97096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c97096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>Facts on paper recycling<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>A spokesman from Wiltshire (UK) said the county recycled more than 700 tonnes of plastic bottles and cardboard every month. BBC<\/p><p>Recycling a tonne of paper spares 17 trees, and Recycling half the world&#8217;s paper would free 20 million acres of forest land.<\/p><p>Recycling paper uses 70% less energy than manufacturing paper from fresh materials.<\/p><p>Every 10 tonnes of paper recycled is 10 tonnes less on its way to the landfill.<\/p><p>The UK uses almost 13 million tonnes of paper and cardboard each year.<\/p><p>Paper and cardboard can decompose fairly easily, but the process gives off methane (a greenhouse gas), which contributes to climate change<\/p><p>Offices in the UK throw away around 1 million tonnes of paper each year. The bulk of it ends up in the landfill.<\/p><p><b>Facts on metal recycling<\/b><br \/>Recycling 1 aluminum can save enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours.<\/p><p>Once an aluminum can is recycled it is part of a new can within 6 weeks.<\/p><p>There is no limit to the number of times aluminum can be recycled.<\/p><p>The energy needed to make 1 new aluminum can is the same as it is to make 20 recycled cans.<\/p><p>Over 4 billion aluminum drink cans were sold in 1998, if they had been collected for recycling they would have been worth \u00a338 million.<\/p><p>Nearly 60% of the aluminum used in the U.K. has been previously recycled.<\/p><p>Recycling steel and tin cans save 74% of the energy used to produce them.<\/p><p><b>General facts<\/b><\/p><p>Every year one American produces over 3285 pounds of hazardous waste.<\/p><p>Land pollution causes us to lose 24 billion tonnes of topsoil every year.<\/p><p>Americans generate 30 billion foam cups, 220 million tires, and 1.8 billion disposable diapers every year.<\/p><p>We throw away enough trash every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks.<\/p><p>Every day Americans throw away 1 million bushels of litter out their car window.<\/p><p>Over 80% of items in landfills can be recycled, but they\u2019re not.<\/p><p>The main human contributor to pollution is landfilling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e0c84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5e0c84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our research for this topic included these sources:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e75daf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e75daf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"advertisement\">Soil Contamnation. A SEVERE RISK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH<br \/>IASS Global Soil Forum | www.globalsoilweek.org, (October 2013)<\/span><\/p><p class=\"advertisement\">Soil Contamination, EPA. http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/superfund\/students\/wastsite\/soilspil.htm<\/p><p class=\"advertisement\">FAO Corporate Document Repository. POTENTIAL POLLUTANTS, THEIR SOURCES AND THEIR IMPACTS., http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/x5624e\/x5624e04.htm#1.1<\/p><p class=\"advertisement\">Land Pollution, by Chen, Weiping, Guidotti, Tee L. in 53. Environmental Health Hazards, Kjellstr\u00f6m, Tord,Yassi, Annalee, Editor, Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety, Jeanne Mager Stellman, Editor-in-Chief. International Labor Organization, Geneva. \u00a9 2011<\/p><p class=\"advertisement\">Land Pollution, Written by Jerry A. Nathanson. www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/329175\/land-pollution<\/p><p class=\"advertisement\">Land, PUBLICATION 1466 JULY 2012 Authorised and published by EPA Victoria, 200 Victoria Street, Carlton. http:\/\/www.epa.vic.gov.au\/~\/media\/Publications\/1466.pdf<\/p><p class=\"advertisement\">Land. Theme commentary: Tony Gleeson, Synapse Research &amp; Consulting<br \/>Alex Dalley, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Dili, East Timor<br \/>prepared for the 2006 Australian State of the Environment Committee, 2006<\/p><p>Page 10Table 1: WHO ten chemicals of major public health concern in relation to soils and human health impacts. Sources: Brevik &amp; Burgess (2013) and US Agency for Toxic Substances &amp; Disease Registry (website): www.atsdr.cdc.gov. http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/integration\/research\/newsalert\/pdf\/IR5_en.pdf Accesses on October 21, 2018<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-26df8c0\" data-id=\"26df8c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037ecc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"037ecc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive 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