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Should composting be required in school cafeterias? some people believe that uneaten food from school cafeterias should be composted to reduce the amount of trash in landfills. others argue that composting is time-consuming and difficult for schools to manage.

Oceans produce approximately 80 percent of the oxygen our planet needs to support animal life. pollution that reaches the ocean through dumping, oil leaks, runoff, and other processes interferes with that oxygen production and poses a real threat to the oxygen content in our atmosphere. if the oxygen content decreases, it is likely that carbon dioxide will increase. this could have dramatic consequences for life as we know it. which does this passage indicate causes a decrease of oxygen in the atmosphere?

Rooted in our tradition ,some of us felt that to be abandoned by our humanity then was not the worst thing ?