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The Negative Effects Of Waste On The Environment

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Introduction
The environment that we live in is important for our health, economy, social status and overall well being of the current and future generations to come. It is not only the responsibility of the environmentalists to protect the environment that we leave in but of every human being leaving on earth. Over the years, the quality of our environment and the availability of our natural resources has gradually decreased, and this has lead to the extinction of some natural resources and live species, and might lead to the extinction of human kind decades from now. Waste is one of the major environmental problems that have to be faced by societies. The main solution for waste is the use of landfill but this practice can cause negative impacts …show more content…

The exploitation of natural resources increases the risk of natural resources being extinct, and there will be a decrease in the quality of our well being as the air we will be breathing will be toxic as well as the water that we will be drinking. Therefore, it is important for us to know and understand the negative effects of waste on the environment; how to manage the production of waste through waste minimisation and the benefits of reducing, reusing and recycling waste properly; know the importance of conserving our natural resources and how to conserve them; if these natural resources are at risk of being extinct; how long it takes and how much it costs to get these natural resources restored, if possible and how the conservation of natural resources can be combined with waste reduce, reuse and recycle process in order for us to live in a healthy environment.
Municipalities should move away from traditional “end of pipe” solutions that focus on waste after it has been generated i.e., collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste material to a service which focuses on the prevention of waste as well as the minimisation of waste as a by-product of production. This approach is recognition of the widely adopted waste hierarchy which includes the 3Rs of waste management i.e., reduce, reuse, and recycle as well as energy recovery. Only after these efforts, should the residual waste be disposed of at landfill

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