Household Waste Management: A System Thinking Approach

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HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Sustainability is referred to the ability is to remain diverse and productive in the long-run.
The primary principle related to the process of sustainability is the main agenda for sustainable
development of the economy, which has various interrelated components that are mostly
ecology, culture, economics and politics (Eilam and Reisfeld 2017). There are various problems
that have confronted the reality of the society in the attainment of sustainability development.
These problems are referred by various scholars to be the wicked problems because they cannot
be clearly defined and have no such solutions, where the interest of stakeholders are optimal in
nature.
The wicked problems are therefore the set of unique difficulties that are regarded as the
major symptoms of other problems. It is important to create solutions for the sustainability
challenges as there is an urgent need in the society to change the conventional way of thinking
and improve the current scenario (Chunlin and Chan 2015). Through system thinking it is
possible to develop the required solutions for the present sustainability challenges.
System thinking is the inter-disciplinary framework that is used in visualizing the
relationship for knowing the desired patterns related to change (Bing et al. 2015). Though system
thinking is termed to be old concept and is often regarded as the new way of thinking to manage
and understand the current complex problems in both global and local manner. This method is
also used for the development planners to act towards the investigation of economic and socio-
environmental dimensions of sustainability.
The major significance of the study is to understand the crucial fact that no wicked
problem is caused in isolation but is a part of vast system of interconnected networks. Hence,
system thinking is very crucial in developing solutions for such kind of problems. The main
purpose is to evaluate the role and part of system thinking in a local and global sustainability
challenges.
One of the major wicked problems present in Australia is notably the household waste
management, which are primarily the food wastes. ‘System thinking is critical in developing
solution to sustainability challenges’ is completely true and I completely agree with the
statement. The approach outlines major systematic ways to address the existing issue. The major
purpose of household waste management strategies are to clearly address the environmental,
health, aesthetic, resources and all the economic concerns that are related with the ineffective or
improper waste disposal (Schott and Andersson 2015). Australia is one of the developed
economies and in the recent years the country is facing complex environmental problems than its
economic profit. The nation has high challenges for its increasing population that lays more
pressure for the services and shelters.
The most primary wicked problem is household waste that comprises of mostly food
wastes. The number of household waste has dramatically increased in Australia over the past few
years. The only way to dispose the way is by dumping it unless the waste or garbage is easily