Garbage - the problem with centuries of age

The hill of Monte Testaccio, which is about Rome, its height more than 35 meters, a circumference of about a kilometre. Hard to believe this hill consists of fragments of more than 50 million Roman amphorae. Previously, they stored the wine and olive oil. For getting rid of putrid smell, which is inevitable decomposition of organics, a huge trash heap sprinkled with lime. The growth of this giant dump lasted four centuries and ended with the decline of the Empire. In the middle ages on a Roman dump were held jousting tournaments and later national holidays. Later, in the depths of the dumps were formed caves, where the Romans stored wine.





Sidon or Sidon (modern Lebanon) an ancient Phoenician city also had a dustbin, which was formed from the shells of shellfish used to produce purple dye. The city absorbed this ancient dump height greater than 50 meters, during the Roman Empire. Today on the hill are the minarets of the house, there is also a cemetery .





Modern garbage incalculable big trouble for civilization. Modern landfills emit landfill gas, primarily methane, as they contain huge amount of toxic materials. Unreasonable consumption leads to the fact that more suitable to use the products is in landfills. Like mushrooms after the rain bigger. Just an alarming rate, are multiplying in the oceans, floating trash heap. This leads to the death of a huge number of living organisms.





In the future the landfill threatening to turn into deposits of rare elements, this will inevitably lead to extensive consumption of natural resources. Processing this waste is accompanied with considerable costs. Today each of us must start with yourself — osoznanno relates to the world around us, otherwise we risk becoming victims of the environmental disaster.

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