Sustainable World
Waste
Everyone in the world produces waste of some form or another in their daily lives, from personal and household waste to emissions into the air as a result of motorized travel. The effects of this waste vary from the pollution of air, land and water to the threat of global climate change. Unfortunately, the amount of waste being produced by the world’s population is getting greater every year, and failure to deal with it could threaten the Earth’s ability to support life in the future.
If we and the Earth are to survive, we must deal with the problems caused by waste as well as reducing the amount of waste we produce in the first place. Such management is part of sustainable development - and this book explains how the world’s treatment of waste must change and evolve in the future. It also suggests some choices you can make to your own waste management to ensure a more sustainable future.