Essay About Addis Ababa And Global Warming

Global Warming an Enemy for Human Race
Essay title: Global Warming an Enemy for Human Race
Global Warming an Enemy for Human Race
When we hear or read the word “global warming” many things popped up unto our minds.
The basic concept we had about global warming is that temperature rises on earths surface, and
abnormal changes of the climate occurs. According to Heartland Institute that scientists have
discovered that concentrations of minor greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, particularly carbon
dioxide (CO2) are rising (Instant expert guide, 2007). Carbon dioxide could trap more heat in
the atmosphere, leading to a gradual warming of the earths atmosphere. Theoritically, global
warming caused negative impacts to all living creatures especially us human beings by applying
3 Rs which stands for reduce, re-use, and recycle we can lessen the impact, and we can have the
ideal place to live in.
We should act now before it is too late; we should start doing things that will help lessen the
causes of global warming; one of these is re- using plastic bags. Do not throw plastic bags
away because plastics would not decompose right away, it may take up to couple or hundred of
years for them to decompose. Not only that plastic also emits harmful gas to the air especially if
it is burned in an incinerator. This gas specifically carbon dioxide would damaged the ozone
layer. Ozone layer is an atmospheric layer within the stratosphere made of allotropic form of
oxygen, and having a heavy concentration of ozone: it absorbs dangerous ultraviolet radiation
from the sun and serves to maintain the temperature of the atmosphere (Webster new world,
2007). If the plastic bags can not be use any longer, we can pack them and take it to a factory
where the plastic is recycled. 
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In Addis Ababa, Ethiopias capital is a city with all the problems of the under developed
world, pollution is the number one problem. Joanna Stavropolou (2007) reports that Addis
Ababa the most visible form of pollution is the plastic bags, cheap thin plastics are everywhere:
in the rivers, on the streets and in the treetops. When plastic bags clog the waterways they
create bacteria infected cesspits that further contaminate the already unclean water. During
rainy seasons, plastics leach further toxic waste into the soil when they are buried under layers
of mud.
The chart shows how poor Addis residents, a bigger portion of it are those people that do not
have electricity and running water in their houses; and their number one problem is pollution.
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70% of Addis Ababas waste is not adequately dispose of bins are left uncollected,
household rubbish is dumped directly in rivers and trash is tossed by people wherever they
happen. SOS Addis, a non governmental organization (NGO) that was created by
Ethiopians, started out by training 25 women, who were provided with gowns, gloves, masks
and boots in order to pick up the plastic bags safely through the wastes: through its recycling
program, it is cleaning up the urban environment while giving some form of employment to