Environmental Issues

Municipalities in low-income nations are spending only 20% of their budgetsBudget on waste managementWaste management and more than 90% of wasteWaste in low-income nations is openly burnt/dumped which will have huge implications for the health and, thus, requiring urgent action. Changing compositions of solid wasteSolid waste and rapid urbanization poses a challenge to manage the wastes in an environmentally acceptable manner. Effective waste managementWaste management depends on local waste characteristics. Solid wasteSolid waste can affect air, water, soil, flora, fauna, property, and human health. Unrestricted use of resources to make something which is later thrown away will affect global resources. Solid wasteSolid waste will have everything on the earth which is used and discarded by humans. The solid wasteSolid waste has an array of impact on environmentEnvironment including animal behaviour, spreading of seeds, altering predator–predator and predator–prey dynamics, eradication of wildlife population, spread of ailment in wildlife, reduced fitness among wildlife, choking of digestive system. At a global scale, improper solid wasteSolid waste management contributes to climate change and marine pollution. Considering these aspects, this chapter deals in detail with the impact of solid wasteSolid waste on environment. Almost all human activities will have impact on the environment, so as the SWMWaste management. Municipalities in low-income nations are spending only 20% of their budgetsBudget on waste managementWaste management and more than 90% of wasteWaste in low-income nations is openly burnt/dumped, which will have huge implications for the health and thus require urgent action.