7/28/2019 Marine Pollution Ad Toxic Waste

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By Bianca Brainwood

MARINE POLLUTION AD TOXIC WASTE:

We should be making the public aware of the issues and crucial information that isn't openly

being shared about toxic waste as everyone must act responsibly to prevent further pollution of

the environment.

In fact, statistics show that India, Canada and Europe are among some of the largest generators

of hazardous waste. Yearly, India generates the varying amount of 6-7 Million tonnes ofhazardous waste. Most of this is generated from pharmaceuticals, pesticides, paints, dyes,

fertilizers, alkalis, and other different industries. The lack of a preventative approach to waste

management has led to generation of more and more hazardous wastes and sadly, controllinghazardous waste has become a serious problem in India and no particular care is taken in their

management.

The average Canadian produce an average of 190 kilograms of hazardous waste annually. Only

the United States, Hungary and Luxembourg generate more hazardous waste per capita thanCanadians and in 1991, the most recent year of Canadian data available to the

OECD(Government organization that compares data), Canada generated 5,896,000 tonnes ofhazardous waste, placing 23rd out of 27 in total hazardous waste. The only OECD countries

producing more hazardous waste than Canada are the United States, Mexico, France and

Germany.

In 2010, the total generation of waste from economic activities and households in Europe

amounted to 2, 570 million tonnes.Among the waste generated in the Europe in 2010, some 94.5million tonnes (3.7 % of the total) were classified as toxi c waste. As such, inhabitants in the

generated on average about 5.1 tonnes of waste each, of which 188 kg were hazardous waste.This affects marine life because when people litter instead of disposing of their rubbishresponsibly, it ends up in drains and blocks them, as well as the drains emptying out and the

rubbish being located to the ocean.

Improper handling, storage and disposal of hazardous waste are the main factors contributing to

the environmental and human health impact. The pressing need is to rethink the present approachof pollution control and end-of-the-pipe approaches and focus on pollution prevention, waste

minimization and cleaner production. If we do not take action, our oceans and marine life will

likely become ruined and the chemicals in it will not allow for life to be sustained in it.

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By Bianca Brainwood

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