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Running head: LACK OF EDUCATION IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
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LACK OF EDUCATION IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
Introduction
The essay is prepared to discuss about the lack of education elated to the management of
wastes and how it can give rise to various issues, furthermore affect the environment negatively
as well. As it is an argumentative essay, it will discuss about the opinions and responses of
multiple authors and researchers who have acquired knowledge and information on the essay
subject. This will not only help in representing the both sides of the essay along with its positives
and negatives (Thyberg & Tonjes, 2016).
According to Guerrero, Maas & Hogland (2013), there are various waste management
challenges experienced in the developing countries nowadays and this has been one of the major
causes of pollution and unhealthy environment. Thus, it is essential for gaining proper
knowledge on the management of wastes and ensures keeping the environment clean,
furthermore maintain an ecological balance in nature with ease and effectiveness (Guerrero,
Maas & Hogland, 2013). Guerrero, Maas & Hogland (2013) also stated that the lack of education
and knowledge mainly has been caused due to lack of efforts put by the municipalities and waste
management workers, due to which, there have been more challenges associated with the
providing of an effective waste management system for the people living in Australia. Lack of
education is facilitated furthermore due to the lack of proper financial resources and inability to
promote necessary aspects related to the management of wastes (Zuo & Zhao, 2014). The
Integrated Sustainable Waste Management model can be helpful for studying about the various
aspects of the complex and multi-dimensional system, furthermore create scopes for people to
gain education and knowledge regarding the management of wastes during the urban
environment and development.

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As stated by Bolden, Abu-Lebdeh & Fini (2013), people often are involved in activities
that generate wastes in larger amounts and it is beyond their knowledge due to lack of education
on waste management. It is important to make them aware and promote waste management
programs for making them accustomed with the ways of managing wastes, furthermore learn to
utilize the waste materials or may even recycle those to prevent further generation of wastes
(Bolden, Abu-Lebdeh & Fini, 2013).
Thyberg & Tonjes (2016), on the other hand, stated that the drivers of food wastes are
needed to be identified, which can facilitate education and knowledge about the management of
wastes, furthermore create scopes for the development of sustainable policy. This has been
aimed at reducing the generation of wastes and focus on sustainable measures undertaken to
prevent land pollution and water contamination through reduction of carbon emissions and
managing natural gas fueled power plants and machineries too (Thyberg & Tonjes, 2016).
Thyberg & Tonjes (2016) also argued that there are evidences that showed that the replacement
of raw materials with the materials that could be recycled should assist in reducing the
dependence on the raw materials, furthermore enhance the rates if reusable and recycled waste
materials. Lack of education has made many people unaware of the potential negative impacts
that might be created due to the generation of wastes and this has resulted in polluting the
environment and degrading the environmental conditions too (Licy et al., 2013). Thus, lack of
education and knowledge on the management of wastes could be inappropriate considering its
negative impact on the environment and even making people unaware of the negative effects that
might be created in the future as well. Nagaraju et al. (2013) argued that the knowledge and
practice on bio-medical waste management are also required to be promoted among the health

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care service providers to prepare informational reports that are to be transferred to the care
workers within a health care organization (Nagaraju et al., 2013).
As stated by Zuo & Zhao (2014), the lack of education on management of wastes could
also contribute to lack of implementing the right green approaches that might prevent
sustainability management too. It is important to manage green buildings and at the same time,
manage sustainable green strategies to make sure that the wastes are not only generated in lesser
amounts, but also adopt the greener and environment friendly strategies to keep the environment
clean and safe by dumping lesser amounts of wastes (Zuo & Zhao, 2014). According to Licy et
al. (2013), though awareness is created about the management of wastes, still due to lack of
practices related to the management of wastes, people often neglect it all throughout. The school
students and college students are the individuals who are needed to be made aware of regarding
management of household wastes, which can not only contribute to the well being of the houses
and management of wastes in a structured manner, but will also allow them to make other people
aware through word of mouth and prevent generating wastes to the utmost level possible (Licy et
al., 2013). It is a major global issue and the management of wastes, if not done properly, can also
lead to critical health related diseases caused due to the wastes. Torretta et al. (2013) also argued
that the management of wastes generated from the use of electrical and electronic equipments
could further contribute to the successful management of greener approaches supported with the
use of innovative technologies. The new and innovative technologies could further promote
effective educational activities and identify the relevant and most appropriate actions to be
undertaken for helping the people and making them aware of collecting wastes regularly to
prevent pollution (Torretta et al., 2013). This has also been supported by effective information
campaigns and educational scopes provided to children and people have efficiently made people