Writing Assignment
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The assignment requires 1,000+ words
**Go ahead and post your essay to this discussion forum. You will all have great info shared about important local topics!**You do not need to send it to me as a separate document.
Writing Assignment #1 Look at the following Options for your Writing Assignment. You will earn up to 100 points for discussing one of the following topics. Please provide adequate detail and list any resources that you use (may consist of personal correspondence with employees as well as newspaper, Internet, or article references), for full credit. If you are interested, many of the local sites will give you a tour of their facility if you call and inquire. The Lake Havasu City Wastewater Treatment Plant is especially interesting and currently expanding. Post your findings on the discussion forum.
A typical response for full credit would consist of approximately 5 paragraphs, much the same as if you were answering an essay question on an exam. However, the discussion will be awarded for the thoroughness of your response, and answers to a number of the sample questions provided below for each topic.
Topic: Research your local waste/landfill, or recycle center, or water treatment facility, or sewage treatment plant.
Option Landfill:
Find out what landfill (city/county/state) your trash goes to and write on waste and landfill(s) in your area.
To help guide you in your research, some sample questions are provided below. Note that you may or may not be able to answer all the questions, but these are examples of content that might go into a discussion. The onus is on the student to provide an in-depth review of their local landfill, whether they use the questions below or not.
How many tons/day are received? (If there are no weigh stations & no concrete numbers, ask for an estimate of cubic feet per day of space used, etc.)
Is there an estimate as to the % of collected waste: how much is paper, plastics, food matter, glass, yard waste, etc.? How is leachate handled?
Is any waste imported from surrounding states? How much?
When will the landfill be filled to capacity? What will happen to the landfill when it closes? What new landfill site has been chosen as a replacement?/span/li lispan style=” line-height: 1.4; “Does your landfill generate any energy from the waste? If so, how? If not, are there plans to do this in the future?”How is household hazardous waste handled? (Paint, batteries, pharmaceuticals, cleaning agents, etc.)”How much local waste is incinerated? Is this done on-site? “What are the greatest problems concerning solid waste disposal in your community, county, etc.?”
Discuss if your landfill was recently in the news (last 10 years). If there are no articles, then report zero articles. If you have articles about landfill, how do they contribute to your report? What are the articles about? If there are dozens of articles, you don’t need to summarize each one. Report an overview of how many articles there have been (10 articles in the last 10 years). Look for any common themes. For example, 8 of the 10 news articles from the Clarion Ledger in the summer of 2010 lambasted the city government for not meeting state health codes. There is no guarantee that this will be present; if not – no big deal. Note that we will be checking up via Google to see if articles exist or not.
