19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans

I am surprised how a 19 year old boy, Boyan Slot, planned an "ocean cleanup array" that will help remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic from the ocean. His inspiration to do something for our environment,  amazes me, i am surprised how his research lead him to winning prizes. I think its cool how he wants to launch his invention but i believe that the funds for his project will be an obstacle. I encourage him to continue with his research so it can help remove the plastic toxics that get in our food chain. I like his idea, but i would also like for him to do a small replica of his project and experiment and observe how much can be clean within a time period. I am still surprised that a boy his age with great inventions wants to help our environment.

Chapter 6

In this chapter of Garbology, I found it interesting because of the tiny nurdles that are in our ocean. I found surprising how the pieces of plastic debris is approximately twice the proportion of Texas. Humes introduces Miriam Goldstein, she conducting a research for the plastic that is spread around the 1200 miles of ocean. I was shocked to know that half the oxygen we breath contains phytoplankton. It worries me that one day i will go to the ocean and not see the clear blue water. i was surprised that bites of plastic were seen in jellyfishes since there are transparent. In the book, i reflected when i read "take a moment and scan the room you're sitting in," as i looked around the majority of things in my room contained plastic. Another thing I found interesting was that for every eight grams of oil a bottle of ketchup is created. trash keeps increasing and many of it finds its way into the ocean, we need to diminish our waste.

Progression two: Word Picture

My distinct aroma does not define me. I am a thin delicate object, I can come from trees and used as records. My fine ink records your spending. I am always crumbled up into a rough ball. I am given out at any local market or finest restaurant. I can be found on the ground and in many wallets. When the machine prints i can be faded, or even have bold letters. I am smooth and can easily tear. I can be accumulated in a short period of time. Depending on the transaction I can be short or long. 

Chapter 5

In this chapter of Garbology, I realized that our ocean is becoming a dump.Many of our plastic debris is landing in our ocean. This problem of our plastic has created toxic chemicals that are in our food chain. This problem can take years to solve because it has increased over time. Plastic has became a cycle in our food chains because lantern fish eat small pieces of plastic later eaten by bigger fish and then by use humans. Its surprises me that Mary Crowley a sea captain wanted to create a project to clean the garbage in the ocean but its time consuming and would be expensive and new technology advances would have to be invented to diminish the debris in the ocean. I was shocked that a "sperm whale died within two years because it had consumed 450 pounds of debris."(119) I realized that over time everything increases because before our ocean was clean, and now its particaly  full of floating plastic many which doesn't sink down. I wonder if garbage will take over and we won't be able to see the pure blue water. I recently went to the ocean and saw around the surface many small pieces of plastic that looked like colorful rocks. 

Chapter 4

In chapter four of Garbology, by Edward Humes, I found surprising how the "largest active municipal in the country" Puente Hills landfill has been active for two decades since 1993. I have known that our garbage created pollution, but i was astonished that our dumps create dangerous toxic chemicals in our oxygen. I wonder if the community of Puente Hills would choose to create a plant to decrease their waste in the landfill. I think that Puente Hills community should have approved the power plant because their trash has blocked their view since it taller than the height of the plant. In this chapter i was surprised by the waste questions at the end of the chapter, as i tried to answer the questions i only got two right. The question that surprised me the most was the one that we spend eight months of our time to dispose junk mail.

One Man's 365 Days of Trash

In this article, by Dave chameides, I was surprised that his trash became part of a museum in Connecticut. His trash accumulation in his basement weighed about 28.5 pounds. I was amazed that he would collect it in his house because I would be embarrassed if the smell created disturbance in my neighborhod. Its surprising that garbage can educate us to reduce our waste. If I had to deal with my own garbage for a year,  my first option would be to burn it and than bury it, but not accumulated it and be all over my counters and on the floor. Its amazing to know that for Chameides years garbage was accepted to be in The Museum of Trash In Hartford, Connecticut.

"The Joy Of Garbage" & "The Story Of Stuff"

In the article, "The joy of garbage" by Justine Parkin, was informative and relevant to the book Garbology by Edward Humes. I enjoyed the article and the attached video by Annie Leonard. In the video I was surprised how corporations are above the government. I also found interesting how many toxic chemicals are in our food chain and surprisingly common in breast feeding. Something I didn't like about the article was that Parkin's students interviewed older generations, I would have like to known what the younger generations dispose.

Interview with Edward Humes

The interview of Edward Humes was the summary of his first three chapters. His  asked a variety of questions in which he answers with his opinions and some facts based on his research. I was surprised how plastic was crushed down into tiny pieces and released by wind and spread everywhere. The surprise part was that fish tend to eat it as if it was plankton and when we eat fish we consume plastic and other chemicals. In this article, I expected more descripted detail but its all a recap of his book. Its also surprising to know that plastic bags are recent, and not history. plastic bags were introduced in 1950, and to this day many of them are flying up in the air. Knowing that plastic bags fly away i have purchased my own little re-usable bag and I leave it in the car. Another thing that surprised me, was when Humes mentions that the garbage gas can create electricty and light up about 70,000 homes in the area. as I read Humes interview, I thought about the electricty because  that would be an advantage of our waste but maybe its not as powerful to light up for a long time. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=150735732

Garbology Ch.3

Walking through a local restaurants trash can, I realized how easy it was for the wind to lift up a wrapper and fly it away. Just like in chapter  three, Humes tells us that many people confuse plastic bags to flying bird. It's annoying when people aim for the trash can and miss and don't go to pick it up. I also found surprising how a landfill can be used to hide criminal  evidence, and get rid of a dead body. It's sad to know that Robert Benneth body is buried in Puente Hills landfill, buried under a mountain pile of garbage. I think it's disrespectful to find trash on the ground next to a trash can. It's also surprising to know that many people are in debt, for things that are probably in the garbage by now. If we see trash in the ground we don't pick it up because it wasn't our trash, but if we think about pollution is affecting our plant.

Garbology intro. Chapter 1 & 2

   I never had an interest about garbage, until I realized how we can all become instant hoarders and how we accumulate many things we don't even need. In the introduction we are illustrated two short hoarder story's. The Gaston, an elderly couple who were saved on time before they were buried under their own trash, but unfortunately, the Collyen's brothers died from starvation and collapse of garbage. It's surprising that by average an individual can throw away "102 tons of trash a year". I multiplied 102 by my age and concluded that I have thrown away approximately 1800 tons of trash during my life and yet, I don't understand what I have thrown away that has created so much trash.
   In chapter one, we are introduced "largest active municipal dump in the country"  Puente Hills created by mike sSpeiser known as "big Mike"(20).Eventhough, Puente Hills is a sanitized landfill it doesn't make a difference because our trash is still there.Our trash can be cover by dirt after its "crushed and compacted"but that still doesnt make our trash disapear. Its surprising to know that our trash creates pills of mountains everyday. Before our landfills many people would throw their trash out their window and onto the ground, well people still do, but it would be dangerous back then because animals like rats would munch on the crums and fleas would create a plague and people would get sick. Theirs still many animals today that can create plague and harm the community, for example, seagulls fly around looking for left over food, cockroaches tend to go into homes looking for food, especially in a hoarders home. I can't imagine where our trash would go if we didn't have landfills, I asked myself, what would I do if we didn't have landfills, and garbage systems? I conclude that I would burn it and bury it, but then again I would still be polluting our environment by the smoke and ashes. It's annoying to think that we don't have a solution to where we should put our waste Dumps, car smog, hair products, and other chemicals create
   In chapter two, in the early twentieth century, New York is decribed as a dump. Colonel George E. Warning a "Civil War veteran" help clean New York streets with the help of a group known as the "white Wings"(43). If California was messy I would volunteer to clean my nieghborhood. Its wierd thinking that New York would be messy since its a state that is visted, especially durning new years. Its intresting to think that garbage system  has change many things. for example, know we place our trash in garbage bins. Warning did three garbage bins: one to throw away all ash, second one for food waste, and the third bin for rubbish items, just like Warning had three bins my family had them too. In Riverside county, each house  was  given three bins: one is for food waste just like Warning, the other is for recycling such as bottles, plastic, boxes, and the last bin is for dry, wreaked leaves, cut grass or wood material. Having a clean environment sound like a dream, but if we commite to having it clean we can do it, especially if we consume less we can decrease our thrash. its funny knowing that many "parks, zoos,lakes,golf course, museuns, and other national projects" are on top of what used to be a local dump.