In 2022, UN researchers estimated the value of all electronic waste at $48 billion, an amount almost equal to the GDP of Ivory Coast. According to a report by the International Forum on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE),...
Wooden packaging is an ecological and sustainable alternative to traditional plastic packaging in Alabama. This choice is not trivial, because wood offers many advantages both environmentally and practically, but it can reduce the need for dumpster rentals. In this...
Metals such as steel and aluminum are part of everyday life. Indeed, we find them in every action of daily life: soda cans, cell phones, electrical wires and others. Thus, these different metals are frequently recycled in order to...
Waste Management in Texas Waste management is a big problem in Texas. But there is also our waste, most of which, like plastic, which is full of chemicals and is not biodegradable. Once thrown away, we find them either...
In the United States, almost all residential garbage and junk is picked up once or twice a week for each household. That trash is then collected by a garbage truck or dumpster rental service. The garbage is then brought...
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, located in the southwest corner of the state. At the confluence of Arkansas, Mississippi, & Tennessee, it is situated just on Chickasaw Bluffs just above Mississippi River. Memphis, Tennessee, is the state’s second-largest metropolitan region and the state’s most populated metropolis. Besides the Arkansas suburb of West Memphis, the major Memphis suburbs includes Arlington, Bartlett and Collierville in Tennessee ; Horn Lake, Olive Branch and Southaven in Mississippi, in addition to Germantown, Lakeland and Millington in Tennessee. An area of 295 sqmi (764 square km). For the years 2000 and 2010, Memphis had a population of 646,889 and a metro area population of 1,316,100, respectively.