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With or without word of caution, natural calamities can promptly manifest and consequently impact the lives of numerous people worldwide. It sure would have been a valuable thing if the authorities can warn its people when an incoming tsunami or flood would develop, and evacuate them to a less dangerous area right away.

Used cooking oil can be recycled, so that does not pollute the oceans. Used cooking oil can be recycled, rather than throw it down the drain. It is a simple action that helps protect the environment by double because we avoid the pollution of rivers, soils and pipes at the same time we opened the door of creativity.  Keep in mind that a single liter of cooking oil can contaminate one thousand liters of water.

Sewage treatment is very important in our society. It's an area that's often misunderstood if understood at all. Nevertheless, treatment plants have a number of important functions. A sewage treatment plant is also known as a domestic wastewater treatment plant. Basically, what the process involves is cleaning up the sewage which is released from domestic and commercial sources.

Waste Management is the undisputed world leader in nearly all facets of waste treatment, including low-level nuclear, chemical, and asbestos cleanup; and daily garbage removal, waste reduction, and recycling. Waste Management has expanded its operations both technically and geographically, acquiring a host of sophisticated suppliers of trash-to-energy plants, pollution control equipment.

With the urban development across the major cities of British Columbia, there is a fear of over-dumping of landfills and increased waste pollution. Especially, glass and plastic waste has been increasing in the recent times. We find a lot of waste comprising of plastic bottles, glass bottles, beverage cans and tins, alcohol containers etc.

I am convinced that composting is the number one thing you can do as a home vegetable gardener that is beneficial for your soil and plants. Adding good quality compost to your soil helps with drainage, nutrients in the soil and so many other things. Along with the soil benefits you can also take a lot of organic material that would otherwise find its way into a landfill and actually put it to good use. The question is, if you are new to gardening, how do you get from that organic material to usable, quality compost?