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The first country in the world to regulate the BPA as a toxic substance is Canada. It adopted and used precautionary approach on this compound which is harmful to the environment and human health (Saxx, 2007). Bisphenol A is found in polycarbonate plastics like baby bottles and water bottles and the epoxy resins in metal…

Have you ever heard of the second largest classic explosive eruption of the twentieth century? If not, let’s examine the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991. This volcano is located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, a mere 90 kilometers (55 miles) northwest of Manila, the capital city (Rosenbu, 2010) (see…

The principle of reducing waste, reusing and recycling resources and products is often called the “3Rs.” Reducing means choosing to use items with care to reduce the amount of waste generated while reusing involves the repeated use of items or parts which still have usable aspects and recycling means the use of waste itself as…

In this essay an attempt is made to discuss the two concepts – anthropocentrism and ecocentrism. An attempt is also made to discuss the differences between the anthropocentric and ecocentric view of deforestation. Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism are two different perspectives which deal with the various environmental issues such as deforestation. These two concepts are used…

Landfill ReportIntroduction The world has now woken up to the need of environment protection. Waste management and landfill of waste are being given due consideration to save the environment from further degradation. Good recycling and composting procedure are very essential for the effective waste management. There are two types of wastes, i.e. organic waste and residual…

The picture book ‘the red tree’ written and illustrated by Shaun tan, conveys his perspective of the world with the effective use of literary and visual techniques such as symbolism, foreshadowing and the extended visual metaphor of the girl in the bottle on the ‘nobody understands’ page. These techniques search the thoughts and concepts of…

Starry Night is a beautiful painting, representational in the type of art. The size of the painting is 29 in. by 36 ? in. , and oil on canvas were the materials used. Van Gogh is using an expressive quality and an emotionalism viewpoint. On the left side of the painting, there is a group…

The Neritic zone is also called coastal waters, the coastal ocean, and the sublittoral zone. It is the part of the ocean extending from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf. It is considered a shallow depth, extending to about 200 meters. The Neritic zone has decently well oxygenated water, low…

The Trees Are Down by Charlotte Mew – and he cried with a loud voice: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees – -Revelation They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end of the gardens. For days there has been the grate of the saw, the swish of the branches…

Introduction Change occurs in all organizations but not all organizations progress. Progress is a planed process of moving from one defined state to the other to ensure that business processes are efficient, prompt and effective. To remain competitive, an organization should put in place good plans for progress and ensure that the plans are implemented…