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by Deepak Subedi | 07-02-2019 23:51
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While I was reading online news I read a shocking and to be frank very bad news, within 2050 global waste could reach up to 70%! Isn’t very disturbing? I feel I should share this news with all of mentors, ambassadors and members. I hope our effort and hard work in conservation sector should help to reduce that high amount percentage of waste. Now this is the time, we will be very late after 10 years, so request you all guys to create awareness in your community, school and nation. Create awareness about waste management, conservation, plastic pollution and climate change. Global waste could grow by 70 percent by 2050 as urbanization and populations rise, said the World Bank on Thursday, with South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa set to generate the biggest increase in rubbish. Countries could reap economic and environmental benefits by better collecting, recycling and disposing of trash, according to a report, which calculated that a third of the world’s waste is instead dumped openly, with no treatment. “We really need to pay attention to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, as by 2050, South Asia’s waste will double, sub-Saharan Africa’s waste will triple,” said Silpa Kaza, World Bank urban development specialist and report lead author.“If we don’t take any action it could have quite significant implications for health, productivity, environment, livelihoods,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Belarus. The rise in rubbish will outstrip population growth, reaching 3.4 billion tons by 2050 from around 2 billion tons in 2016, according to the report. High-income countries produce a third of the world’s waste, despite having only 16 percent of world’s population, while a quarter comes from East Asia and the Pacific regions, it said.While more than a third of waste globally ends up in landfill, over 90 percent is dumped openly in lower income countries that often lack adequate disposal and treatment facilities, said the report. A booming waste burden could also contribute to climate change impact, with the treatment and disposal of current waste levels generating around 5 percent of carbon emissions.Adequate financing for collection and disposal is one of the biggest issues for cities that often struggle to cover the costs of providing waste services, said Kaza. “If the incentives are aligned and there’s ability for contracts to be enforced, then the private sector can be a really powerful player,” she said.Boosting recycling and cutting plastics consumption along with food waste could help reduce rubbish, said the report, which noted a number of low income countries lack laws to deal with waste. Plastics, which can contaminate waterways and ecosystems for thousands of years, comprise 12 percent of all waste, the World Bank said. “Unfortunately, it is often the poorest in society who are adversely impacted by inadequate waste management,” Laura Tuck, World Bank sustainable development vice president, said in a statement.“It doesn’t have to be this way. Our resources need to be used and then reused continuously so that they don’t end up in landfills. Source: https://thehimalayantimes.com/environment/world-waste-could-grow-70-percent-as-cities-boom-warns-world-bank/ |
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12 Comments
Greetings Deepak
I hope you are doing well!
Thank you so much for this report!
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Hema
Posted 22-03-2020 10:58
Greetings deepak
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope to read more from you.
Keep up with great works
Green cheers
Regards
Basanta
Posted 16-03-2020 04:14
Hello Gyeongrin Mentor
Namaste
We must act today to save for future generations :)
Thank you for your comment :)
Posted 18-02-2019 03:58
Hello
Joon Ho Mentor Namaste
Developed Countries are producing more toxic gases and wastage and effect is seen equally in developing countries as well
All this countries must pay fine and help in promoting greenery in the world.
Thank you for your comment. :)
Posted 18-02-2019 03:57
Hello Deepak
Indeed the population that lives the current era has quite been unconscious in what they consume. Things are used only once and then thrown away. And this has even worsened after the appearance of plastic.
Now it is truly the time that we see our reality and stand up for our future.
Thanks for sharing the news!
Posted 12-02-2019 17:33
Hello Deepak, I just read that article today. I knew for sure that inequality in close relationship within economic power and environmental problem effectiveness could get driven from such issues as it has been a bit like chronic problem for our globe, for more than decades.
Sadly, it is true that many rich countries do throw away lots of waste as consumption culture is totally different comparing to that of poor countries, but this means irresponsible waste management risk arises due to drastic increase in overall waste amount but lack of management efficiency decreases.
Thanks to your report, we've got to think more about our inequality within our societies!
Posted 11-02-2019 23:40
Hello Kushal
Yes brother we must distinguish the different types of waste and try to recycle and reuse them.
Thank you for your comment :)
Posted 08-02-2019 16:10
Hello Deepak Brother,
Large amount of the waste has been produced around the world and with increasing population, urbanization and industrialization this is surely going to increase. It is very socking to hear that the waste will increase in such huge amount in future. Most of the waste that has been produced can be minimized by ourself.
We must be responsible on where and what waste we are throwing. Degradable waste can be converted into compost. I had also written a report on Garbage to Garden about this. Other waste can also be reused and recycled to huge amount. We must be able to classify waste according to its nature and apply proper management practice according to it.
Thank you for your beautiful report.
Keep writing great report.
Green Cheers :) :)
Posted 08-02-2019 15:47
Hello Sachin
Yes we have to make culture and habbit to reduce waste and reuse a lot of things which are possible,
Use of biodegradable materials helps to reduce much waste in earth.
Thank you for your comment
Posted 08-02-2019 12:06
Hello Israel,
Yes my brother if we can't do anything, it will be more worse and extinction will be rapid.
Posted 08-02-2019 12:04
Hy Deepak
I also read a online portal that a couple from kerela is living with 0 waste. This culture should be globalized to live with zero waste.
Thank you
Have a nice day :) :)
Posted 08-02-2019 11:36
Deepak,
It is really disturbing, but will be more disturbing if we don't act and intensify our activities towards averting this possiblity.
Thanks for the report.
Posted 08-02-2019 06:48