Nowadays, we are suffering environmental dilemmas such as global
warming, flash floods, and etc. One of the causes of these problem is
the misbehavior of the people towards waste management. Some
people are reckless in throwing their garbage. They do not think of the
possible results of their actions on the environmental as well as on
health.
Waste disposal can be defined as any method used to discard
unwanted substances or materials. Poor waste disposal activities
engender severe environmental problems on a location.
Improper waste disposal is the disposal of waste in a way that has
negative consequences for the environment. Examples include
littering,hazardous waste that is dumped into the ground,and not
recycling items that should be recycled.
CAUSES
1. Ignorance: Ignorance of people about proper waste [Link]
are unaware of consequences of their unwise acts.
2. Laziness: Can cause improper garbage disposal because people
not following the correct rules of proper waste disposal their always
throw it what place they want and they have no care what will be the
effect of it.
[Link]: Can cause improper garbage disposal for example burning
tires of wheel and plastic instead of keeping it or trade the excess
automobile cars tires to maximize on it.
EFFECTS
Affects our Health
Like lung disease,heart problem,skin irritation,problem or abnormality
in breathing and more.
Affects our Climate
As some waste decomposes,it releases greenhouse gases into the
[Link] trapping of hear on earth that may effect of
abnormality of weather condition like more storm or typhoon coming
per year is happening until now.
Air Pollution
The open burning of waste causes air pollution or greenhouse
[Link] example burning of rubber and plastic.
Soil Contamination
Is caused by the presence of man made chemicals,the softness of the
ground,having smelly soil vapor and other alteration in the natural soil
environment.
Infections to humans
Skin irritation and blood infections resulting from direct contact with
waste,and transmitting bacteria from waste to infected wounds.
How can we solve this?
Decomposed
Decomposed your waste is an option for getting rid of your
households waste. You can compost losts of items: food waste,
animal waste, yard waste,and much more.
Recycling
Recycling waste is another option for getting rid of waste. There are
many different things that are recyclable: paper, tin, aluminum, plastic
and much more.
Buy products that are good for the environment
Instead of purchasing those plastic pop bottles, find a way that you
can buy things that are more environmentally friendly. Some of this
include bottle openers, calendars, coloring books, and much more.
It is very sad to know that many lives have been sacrificed because of
this calamities that have come. Many places in the Philippines are
down to flood every time when typhoon comes and worst, a large
number of families have lost their shelters and have nothing left for
them. Their wealth was ruined by storms, floods, etc. We are
experiencing very hot weather because of greenhouse effect and
global warming. Many kinds of disease occur because of untidy
surroundings. Others can no longer smell the breath of fresh air. All of
this are the effects of improper waste management.
So what are you waiting for, stop improper disposal. And we do the
Reduce, Reused, Recycle for the betterment of our country.
