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Landfill

Positive: Landfills take all the garbage from around a city and concentrate it to one spot.

Issue: Landfills create hazards for contamination and smoke. It also decreases the value of land adjacent.

Recycling

Issue: Only about 25%-35% of recyling is actually put to use and recyled while the rest isn't.

Positive: It uses otherwise useless materials to make products that would otherwise have to be made from more trees (for example) therefor cutting the cycle of consumerism down a step.

Incideration

Positive: Some Countries use it to create their energy by burning it. It goes through a filter to make it cleaner than other chemicals.

Issue: While the chemicals going through the filter aren't as bad as something like methane, it's still a lot at a time, and not great for the environment.

Shopping Smart

Issue: It isn't uncommon for a person to throw away their second hand clothes sooner than they would new clothing because they don't feel the need to keep them because they didn't have to pay as much to get it.

Positive: Buying clothes second hand from a thrift store cuts the production cycle down tremendously as you no longer need to produce the clothing in any way, or dispose of it, which gets rid of mulitple steps. The clothing is also cheaper then buying from a store.