- I chose the HealthyPeople 2010 goal: Promote health for all through a healthy environment. I chose objective 8.15: Increase recycling of municipal solid waste. The data for my particular objective is unavailable at the current time.
- For the mid-review, objective 8.15 could not be assessed at this time. The reason for this was that the data was not yet available. However, the data is stated to be available by the end of the decade. Since no data is yet available they are also unable to provide disparities information. There are also no opportunities and challenges stated within the website, but I feel as though one challenge that would arise is access for all Americans to recycling facilities for municipal solid waste. This also could lead to an opportunties to make or find these places all over the U.S. for Americans to have access to. One emerging issue would be that health educators are needed to educate the public on reducing risks and reducing their impact.
Title: Waste-to-Energy Technology Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] (introduced 7/26/2010) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2010 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Recommendation: Vote Yes for H.R. 5856 for Waste-to-Energy Technology Act of 2010.
My Political Representative(s): Congressmen Steve Kagen and Thomas Petri
This would be a good goal to try to push forward. I feel like we should be able to decrease the amount of garbage we produce! Options like composting should be taken advantage of.
ReplyDeleteGiven that this goal has no available data, I like how you are thinking ahead for this goal regarding challenges that can arise. I think another challenge would be checking what resources we may already have and making them more useful too.
ReplyDeleteI also like how you are looking ahead to future problems. I think a big challenge would definitely be the availability of recycling places. If it is not an easy thing to do, then people may be less likely to follow regulations and actually recycle.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great issue! Its disappointing that there is no information for this topic yet but good to know that they are still working on it and plan for it by the end of the decade. Like Kara said composting would be a good idea, did you think of any other ways that could help this issue? I also agree with Sarah's post about having recycling places. People may want to recycle but have no means of disposing of the recyclable items properly.
ReplyDeleteGreat issue, hopefully the reasoning for not sufficient data is that they are finding accurate data for it. It is our job as health educators to educate people about the issue as well.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a good thing. I have learned first hand that you can create less waste by composting. I think if more areas has a composting site we would have less municipal garbage.
ReplyDeleteI'm super pumped that you chose this objective! This was the other objective I was interested in advocating about so I'm really excited to see what research and information you come up with! I remember hearing somewhere that grocery stores are not the best at taking care of waste. For example, I have heard that most food products that become 'bad and old' are simply tossed out, unfortunately most stores don't partake in alternative methods, ie. composting. So maybe we could look to those stores to help with energy generation!
ReplyDeleteI hope that once the data eventually is posted, that they can find an efficient way of solving this waste problem. Like Sonny said, if we start by discovering such places on our own, we can spread the word faster!
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