Landfills

I think one of the most pressing global issues today is landfills and lack of recycling. Landfills not only smell and take up a lot of room, they ruin the environment. Trash sits in the landfills for years upon years because the trash is not easily decomposable. When they do start decomposing, they let off a terrible gas, methane. With many different items decomposing together, the mixture of the gases the put off can be very toxic to the air we are breathing. Also the run off from the landfills fall right into our lakes and streams which then pollute that ecosystem and environment.


If Rockefeller Foundation gave me $100 billion to address the landfills, I would make sure every public place and home had a recycling bin. I would also put on a commercial or class teaching people the harmful affects of the landfills and the benefits of recycling. I would consider giving a "reward" for recycling. I would probably want to partition the money among many different issues. Landfills are a big issue in the environment. But some of the other problems need money to help improve the environment as a whole.