Sunny Crofoot
"Be better."
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UP TO30minutesspent learning
Sunny's actions
Health
Joyful Movement
I will spend 30 minutes doing an activity where I'm both moving my body and enjoying myself.
Waste
RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES
I will spend 30 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.
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REFLECTION QUESTIONWaste RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITESIn what neighborhoods or areas of your region are landfills or other waste sites located? Which communities are most affected by these locations?
Sunny Crofoot 1/21/2024 4:44 PMI hadn't ever looked into where landfill and other waste site locations are in Portland so this was quite interesting to learn. What I found out is there are about 15 locations in Portland, all of which are located along the perimeter of Portland. A couple on the West side, quite a few up North, and the most being further East toward the Gresham area. This corroborates some other information I came across regarding the correlation between landfill and waste sites located in poorer neighborhoods.-
Ben Wall 1/21/2024 9:12 PMHi Sunny,
I researched where our waste goes, as well. I think the impression I'm left with is how big of an industry it is. There's a ton of shipping involved, Waste Management is a huge business along with so many local businesses, transfer stations and landfills in every town...so much waste to process!
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