Critical Social and Economic Elements of Hazardous Waste

Running head: APPLIED ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Applied Ethics and Sustainability
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3. Describe the critical social elements of Hazardous waste?
Answer- The critical social elements of the Hazardous wastes are the disrupting social
structure of the communities, placing a burden on the distinct population (Crighton, Gordon
& Barakat-Haddad, 2018). The contamination of the waste streams notably decreases the
materials which could be recycles as well as the quality of recycled end products that in turn
influence the end markets as well as the confidence of the users of those recycled product.
The rise in population, the increase in the use of natural resources as well as the rapid
urbanisation have all given rise to a huge array of serious environmental issues such as the
habitat destruction, the loss of bio diversity as well as the degradation of the forest and
marine resources as well as air and water pollution etc. As per the De Jong et al. (2015), the
hazardous waste, the urbanisation and the economic growth are very closely related to the
trends. The trend in the living standard of the people has increased the amount of urban solid
wastes that are produced by the society and that is becoming a bug problem across the
nations.
4. Describe the key economic elements of Hazardous waste?
Answer- The key economic elements of hazardous waste is that it devaluate the property. The
landfill leaking methane or the installation process of the power plant in the nearby areas
could decrease the prices of the land and the homes in those region. It has been reported by a
study that the construction process of power plant within the range of two miles of the homes
have reduced the value of those power place in between 4 to 7 % (Currie et al., 2015). Also as
per the report of Pergola et al. (2018), the hazardous waste sites bring down the devaluation
of the property up to 15%. The Tower Chemical Superfund hazardous waste site located in
the central Florida is one of the sad examples of the requirements for the financial
responsibility by the owners of hazardous waste facilities.