Future Thrust - Reduce Landfill in Coney Island Research

Future Thrust-Reduce Landfill in Coney Island
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Introduction
Thesis statement: As the population of people in the United States increases people are disposing off more garbage. While the government has use the landfill to solve this, there is a need to identify better solutions to address the problem of waste disposal to avoiding contaminating the water sources and the surrounding environment. While the public has no interest on better management of Coney Island, more landfills are being constructed. One of the main challenges with such landfills is that they are environmental hazards, when not poorly managed. For instance, the area surrounding Coney Island is heavily polluted there is high methane gas, while the people living close by are exposed to toxins and pollutants that compromise their health. To make Coney Island more eco-friendly the government needs to reduce the size of the landfill in the next 10 years and support waste management practices.
State the problems from landfill
Pollution is a major concern in Coney Island and the surrounding areas as the landfill poses an ecological risk as the landfill is not properly managed to manage waste disposal. Pollution on the ground, the air and even groundwater further poses a health risk to the residents of the area. This is especially when safety standards and procedures are not properly implemented when disposing waste. Since landfills are considered places of environmental hazards, efforts to reduce waste have been suggested in different countries and cities to reduce the volume of waste in the landfill sites.
The production of methane gas, which is the result of rotting garbage further increases air pollution. The buildup of water in Coney Island causes environmental pollution when the hazardous waste is dumped and the landfill is left unattended. The landfill is not the only environmental concern for Coney Island residents as sewerage disposal is also inadequate in the area. Even though, recycling and achieving zero waste are relevant initiatives to reduce the volume of waste in Coney Island landfill, achieving this has been challenging. At other times, there is under prediction and reporting of waste disposal quantities in the U.S indicating that efforts to curb waste generation have lagged behind even as heavy reliance on landfills poses and environmental risk.
Compensating Residents of Coney Island
One of the solutions to the problem is compensating and educating them about the health risk of the landfill. While spending public money may require the approval of both the r...