Harmful Impacts of Ignoring Proper Waste Management

by Waste Dis Waste Disposal and Removal

At our homes and offices, etc., we all claim to follow waste management procedures very seriously, but deep inside in our hearts, we all realise that we are not putting in the efforts to the topmost potential. Yes, we are still not serious about the regularly deteriorating condition of our environment, ecosystem and so on and handling waste disposal, bulk waste collection processes very carelessly. The negative effects of this carelessness started showing decades back and these effects are still visible very clearly in the form of climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion sand so on. Some locally felt impacts are there too and we have covered them here in this article.

Soil Contamination

Whatever waste we are generating, the maximum part is plastic and we expect it to go to recycling centres and come back to us in different forms. But this is not happening and the reality is totally different that the maximum part of the garbage is ending up at landfill sites and from there, it is spreading soil contamination even right now when you are reading these lines. This contamination occurs by spilling and burying hazardous components in soil and the remedy to this is careful and complete processing of these waste materials like petroleum, hydrocarbons, solvents, pesticides, heavy metals and lead.

Water Contamination

According to waste disposal Adelaide companies, water is an excellent solvent and a number of chemicals can dissolve in it with extreme ease. This might be sounding very soothing, but the downside of this activity is that these chemicals dissolve and pollute the water and this is what is presently happening all across the globe. Due to inappropriate garbage disposal methods and so on, the current situation is that our neighbourhood fountain, pond, lake or even drinking water taps are susceptible to the dangers of contamination.

And Who Are The Victims?

Basically, we all are the victims, but the worst sufferers are the aquatic animals and because of this, aquatic ecosystem is getting imbalanced on a very serious note.

Extreme Weather Caused By Climate Change

Landfill sites across the globe are the biggest generators of greenhouse gasses and these gasses rise up to the atmosphere and trap heat. This heat is causing the temperature of the earth to rise and because of this climate change is occurring that is causing extreme weather conditions. Currently, we might be at ease thinking that this is not effective us as individuals, but the fact is that each and every human being is getting affected. There are things like acid rain, increased level of precipitation in the air; hail storms, floods, etc. and they are all the results of this climate change. This also spreads out into other areas with regards to subdivisions such as thermal and radioactive pollution.

Air Contamination

Governments and landfill site managers think that incineration is the easiest method to get rid of the garbage, but rubbish removal experts have a different take on this. They say that this burning of different kinds of garbage generates toxic smoke that continues to float within the air and make it "toxic air". This toxic air that mostly contains methane has played the biggest role as far as ozone layer depletion is concerned and not to mention that it is damaging us, the humans as we inhale it every single second of the day.