Solution to Garbage

As the societies of the world continue to grow and expand, it is almost impossible to say that garbage can be deleted from earth’s existence. Considering it would be a huge feat to do so, not to mention an even more drastic to change the way the whole world lives, there are other solutions. The main way to help with the garbage issue is to reduce, reuse and recycle. I have talked about it before, and the concept is very easy to understand and do. However, the main problem that there is with this type of campaign is that in order to help solve the garbage issue around the world, the whole world must participate. I must say that, I am guilty of not always doing what I could, and partially it is due to the amount of resources that should be available in order to have it work efficiently. This could be a problem to the more “third world countries”, where they don’t have enough money and other resources that are needed to make it work. This is when there needs to be a larger type of organization, such as the Basal Convention to aid in the revolution to reduce garbage.
In many cases, the reason why globalizing countries are unable to get a hold on their garbage is due to the fact that they don’t have the means to. What I mean by this is that because they are developing to create a more stable society, they haven’t quite looked at all the pictures that are associated with this type of development. This can be seen in Africa. Here, they are growing so fast that they don’t have anywhere to put the waste. They do not have any sort of management for the municipal waste system. (Globalization, Urbanization and Municipal Solid Waste Management in Africa)



The figure above shows the urban population growth rates for six countries. Here, you can see that Africa by far has the largest increase, which could possibly be due the fact only a few years ago, Africa had a 38% urban setting. As a result, it can grow and expand the most. However, as mentioned, with this large increase in population, there needs to be a system set up to deal with the waste that is left behind. In the case of Africa, the cities were spending roughly 50% of their budget, but only 20-80% of the waste was actually collected. This relates to the need for another organization that can help with the total clean up of garbage. Similarly, the use of a waste system must be accessible to everyone in order to see a reduction. If Africa, for example, is only 38% urbanized, what about the other 62%? They are the ones that usually don’t have the means to have a proper waste system, and so the waste continues to pile. As a result, the areas in which that do not have a waste system, the people just end up dumping it to a vacant lot. This results in harmful exposure to hazards and waste. (Globalization, Development, and Municipal Solid Waste Management in Third World Cities)
With out a means to get rid of garbage, countries will only find themselves creating more issues if they just toss their garbage anywhere. Not only air pollution, but water and soil contamination and then run off into the water supply plagues all areas that unethical dumping occurs in. Thus as an overall solution, there needs to be some sort of management of waste in countries that is accessible to all areas. This can be done by individual countries, or if global organizations are created and more involved, then they can assist in aiding the areas that need waste facilities the most.


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