Ocean Dumping

       Ocean dumping is another simple and inexpensive method to dispose trash beside of open dumping. The difference is; in ocean dumping, the trash that has already been gathered will be thrown away into the sea or ocean instead of be pile up in one area like open dumping, no matter whether it will be processed first or thrown away directly.
       Actually, beside its simple and inexpensive method, ocean dumping can give many advantages if it is regulated and controlled carefully.  For example, the big size trash like construction or ship debris can become a good place for fish and other sea creatures to breed. So, it doesn’t only give many advantages for ecosystem in the sea, but also for fisherman to fishing in the strategic area. However, it needs to be remembered if that kind of trash can also be dangerous. Sometimes, some constructions or ship debris that are thrown away to the sea still contain some gasoline or lubricant that are dangerous for sea creatures. It is not only dangerous for sea creatures, even it can also be dangerous for human which consume the seafood which are contaminated by it.
       Ocean dumping in one side can give some advantages but in one side can also be dangerous. After all, it depends on us whether we can manage this method well or not.

Open Dumping

Open dumping is the simplest and inexpensive method on trash disposal which only needs a large scale of area to dump trashes. Usually, low swampy areas are chosen for it.

Open dumping method is very simple, any solid trashes that have been gathered only need to be piled up into two or four meters dumped in the available area before it is recycled or destroyed. It would be easy if any trashes that were gathered had already been separated based on its material, so it could be process to the next step rapidly. But usually, especially in the development countries, people mix all of trashes together since the beginning, so it needs more time to separate it. As a result, the amount of trash that has been recycled cannot match with the amount which is come, so the pile is continuously getting bigger and bigger. That is way even though open dumping doesn’t waste too much money in the beginning; after a several period, it needs much cost to enlarge or open for a new area.

Despite of its simple and inexpensive way, open dumping actually has many disadvantageous. There are :

1.       Open dumping spreading foul odors.

2.      Open dumping provides the area for germs, viruses, and vermin to breed; so, it becomes the source of many diseases.

3.      Open dumping can contaminates the ground water.

4.      Open dumping prone to cause slide down.

5.      Open dumping wastes and occupies an unnecessarily large area.

According on the facts above, open dumping has more disadvantages instead of its advantages. Even, its disadvantages tend to become dangers; therefore, it is better to avoid this method in trash disposal.

How to Dispose The Trashes?

       Trash disposal – getting rid of or removing an unwanted or undesired object which is called as trash. However, even though we called it as get rid of the trash, trash disposal is not always any efforts to make trash disappear from the world. Actually, it is just the beginning in the trash management process. You just have to throw away or remove anything you have been used from one place to other place to make you feel more comfortable. It is also can be called as trash disposal. Therefore, Trash disposal is actually the simplest method in trash management. Almost every people in the world no matter they are realize it or not can do that.

 However, what makes trash disposal becomes hazardous or not hazardous for environment depends on how and where we dispose it. If we know the ways to dispose trash, it will give many advantages either for human or environment. On the contrary, if we dispose the trash without any knowledge, it will cause many disasters. But basically, every ways we choose to dispose trash always have both an advantages and disadvantages on it. There are some ways to dispose trash, which are open dumping, ocean dumping, sanitary landfill, and incineration.

What is Trash? How to Manage the Trash?

           Trash – as we also normally known as waste, is an unwanted or undesired materials that are formed because the process of something, whether it is naturally or made by human. Basically, there are many forms of trash. But, it doesn’t matter what form it is, whether it is solid, liquid, or gas, something unwanted thing called as trash is always disturbing. even sometimes it can be dangerous. Because of that, many ways have been done by human to solve this matter. However, not all things progress well. It becomes one problem that needs to be taken seriously, something that is called as trash matters.

            Trash matters have become a classic issue in the world for many years. Especially since the development of human’s industry and technology. It is obvious that technology makes human’s life easier. However, along with its development, there are many new materials have been invented by human but some of them are not suitable for the environment. Many people know some materials like plastics or glasses are difficult to be destroyed by nature. It takes 5-30 years for plastic, and one million years for glass until it can be completely destroyed. Humans in the beginning didn’t care about this matter. Just after they saw its effects, they started to do some improvement to curb this issue.

            People in the world nowadays have recognized how important it is to solve the trash matters. However, it is not something that can be solved easily. We need some ways to manage it. Even though each country has different methods on it, basically in general there are three methods to manage the trash, which are the disposal, the recycling, and the avoidance methods.

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