Research Prospectus

After searching through a few topics that seemed very over-played in the category of writing papers on environmental issues, I started to explore solutions to environmental problems. In this search I came across the solution of genetically engineered foods. Many people are against the idea of eating something that could somewhat be considered unnatural, but there are many benefits to genetically modified foods (GM foods). Foods can be cross-bred with others to create foods that are more nutritious, deliver vaccines, and even plants that can produce different plastics. This sort of engineering can help the world in so many different ways. The opposing side to GM foods will say that there will be a food production monopoly over many small food vendors and farmers, unknown side effects, and simply that this will cause much stress to plants and animals.
Another topic that I have considered is solid waste. It seems very obvious, but I don't think that the general public is involved as much as it should be in recycling. People just aren't aware of how much trash gets thrown into landfills, which obviously takes up a lot of space. With recycling what we can, we can save ourselves a lot of trouble in the long run. Landfills are getting full and cause contamination in groundwater and burning it would release hazardous toxins into the air. The opposing side will say that recycling cuts many jobs, but this makes no sense to me because in increasing our recycling, we will just create more jobs in the recycling business. Not only will recycling do that, but recycled products are always cheaper than the original products. So what do we do? I never really recycle, so this subject to me seemed interesting to cover.