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☆☆☆☆☆A sustainable resource is a resource that is used up at the same speed that it is renewed. Wood can be a sustainable resource if the trees are harvested at the same rate as new trees mature. Wind is a sustainable resource as the wind is not "used" up. Solar and hydroelectric power can be considered sustainable. Oil, natural gas, minerals taken from the earth do not regenerate and are non-sustainable. Fish stocks can be renewed and can be used in a sustainable fashion but are presently being used at a greater rate than they are being renewed and are considered non-sustainable.
incinerating - apex
Toxic chemicals in the air
If it can be replaced at the same or higher rate that it is being used up, it can be sustained. If I use 100 trees a year,but grow 200 new trees each year, that can be sustained. If I use 100, but plant only 50, eventually I run out of trees.
Milk production and consumption now causes much more pollution.
bacteria.
Replanting trees in deforested areas can help keep the oxygen cycle stable.
Pollution of groundwater
Dumping and burning
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: High rains increase the water supply.
Use more coal to make electricity(apex)
Turn off the lights when leaving the room. This is to save energy. It's especially true if your lighting company uses fossil fuels. A person can also reduce carbon releases by buying an electric car, these may be expensive, so shop around.
Turbines
electronic storage of files. apex
minerals and salts (apex)
Do not waste water.
ATP is produced for use by cells.
crops that grow more reliably
A citric acid is added to the solution but the pH of the solution does not change
