Sustainable Development Issue of Waste Management

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Introduction
The aim of the paper is to analyse the issue of waste generation in parts of the
Western Australia. This paper also aims to understand the issue of sustainability by
understanding the gravity of the situation from different perspective. It has been observed that
the issue of waste generation in the western part of Australia has been one of the issues that
have been bothering not just the local region, it is equally impacting the count as a whole.
The impact of this waste generation in the western part of the country has been estimated as
2.4 tonnes per person each year which means that they can even fill the two bedrooms and
three bathrooms with their waste generated in a year (Fry et al. 2016). What is shocking
here to note is that je total percentage of waste generation of the western part of the country is
highest in the entire country and this is one of the sustainability issues that is impacting the
country as a whole (Corder et al. 2015). This brings us the understanding that it is one of the
most crucial aspects of discussion that is likely to impact the development of Australia
towards fulfilment of the sustainable development goals setup the United Nations. This paper
is divided into two distinct arts while the first at of the analysis discusses about the
sustainability issue of the local area of western Australia while the next part of the analysis
discusses about the recommendations on the chosen area of discussion.
Discussion
Part 1
The city of Perth has been chosen as the local region for the discussion of waste
generation due to the fact that this city has one of the highest waste generations leading up
43% of the total waste generation of the western part Australia (Bernardo et al. 2016). It

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has been observed that Perth has undertaken number of initiatives for the purpose of
mitigating the risk associated with the huge number of waste generated in this area. This area
has the estimated population of 21,092 till 2018 which is also expanding by undertaking the
outskirt under their region. The total number of waste generated is 6.2million tonnes
between the year 2014-15. Out of this total waste generated, 42 of it diverted into the landfill
(Ganesh et al. 2016). However in the recent years there have been number of failure for
diverting the waste into landfill.
According to the sustainable development goals reaffirmation in 2002 in South Africa, solid
waste management has been given higher priority. The priority attentions for the new goals
are focused on the waste prevention and minimisation (Girotto et al. 2016). The waste
generated in areas of Perth has been divided into number of section like the solid waste
generated by the household and the waste generated by the local government activities. It is
also the commercial and industrial waste generation of the city which contributes to the total
waste generation of the city. Considering the SDG goals, there is an enhanced focus on
managing lower production and consumption pattern to generate lesser percentage of waste
for the city (Herat et al. 2019). It has also been noticed that the total percentage of the waste
generation has large portion of the remnants of the food not consumed. It is also important to
note that there are number of factors contributing to the development of higher waste
generation like the construction and demolition projects.
In the chosen area of analysis of Perth, it has been observed that number of
construction and demolition is much higher which is resulting in generation of half of the
total waste. It has also be pointed put in the previous researches that the number of such
waste is expected to increase in the near future. Another crucial factor contributing to the
generation of waste is the types and kinds of wastes. It has been observed that the types of
waste generated in Perth is mostly solid than liquid or gaseous (Bernardo et al. 2016). Hence

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it is to be argued that the nature of the waste generated by the household in Perth is mostly
organic waste, paper, and glass, plastic and metal. According to the Australian Bureau of
Statistics, it has been observed that the issue of waste generation has been increasing in an
alarming rate. It has increased to 23 million tonnes in the last few years (Joshi et al. 2016).
Another factor contributing to the waste generation in Perth is due to the fact that it is also
the source of the huge e-waste generated by the household. It has been observed that the e-
waste is one of the source of the waste generation that is given the prior important since it
has been found that less than 10% of the total waste is not recycled or undergoes any
treatment (Inglezakis et al. 2015). Hence it is to be argued that the process of waste
generation is due to three distinct reasons, one, the generating of the solid waste generated by
the household, second the e-waste generated by the government bodies and offices while the
third type of waste is mostly generated by the process of excessive production and
consumption related waste of food (Jambeck et al. 2015). Hence it is important at this
juncture to understand the linkages between the nature of waste generating, their effective
management and the overall impact of the same in the society and the country.
The nature of the waste generated in generally solid ranging from the plastic to
clothes to the food waste. What is important to note is the process of managing these waste
since it has been observed that the management of this solid waste is necessary in order to
mitigate the negative impact of the same on the society and the government of the
country(Fry et al. 2016). However what is important to note is that the nature of waste
generation has some of the inherent behavioural factors in it. For example; it has been
observed that the average population below the age of 36 are the largest contributors to the
waste generated in Australia (Bernardo et al. 2016). Moreover it has also been noted that the
Queenslanders and the Perth population has the habit of throwing the food extras and the
behaviours is aggressive among them. According to the behavioural changes, it has been