is waste an increasing problem with the environment?

Answer 1

yes.In the past three decades there has been a global awakening regarding environmental issues. Considerable progress is being made in addressing a variety of complex and technical problems associated with a historical disregard of these issues. But environmental issues continue to be some of the most important and perplexing problems facing all governments today.

Part of the difficulty facing politicians and the public is the technical complexity of the subject. A full understanding of the risks that we face is often limited to scientists who specialize in a particular field of knowledge. On some issues there is serious disagreement among scientists which puts lay policy makers in a very difficult dilemma. 2

The resolution of environmental problems also involves a careful balancing of competing interests and values. Although business interests frequently resist attempts at environmental regulation, this resistance usually reflects a public demand for products and development. Some environmental activists oppose many aspects of further human economic development because of threats to the remainder of the ecosystem. Others are chiefly concerned about current and future threats to the health of the human population. 3

Environmental issues present special difficulties for developing countries. These countries pose a big potential threat of exacerbating threats to the environment. But absent massive infusions of assistance from richer countries, they cannot afford to match environmental controls being adopted by developed countries.

In August 2002, a global environmental summit sponsored by the United Nations convened in Johannesburg, South Africa. Despite some agreements, the meeting is an overall disappointment for many environmental activists. The positive spirit which had been generated from a similar meeting in Rio de Janiero ten years earlier was absent. Much of the criticism was directed at the United States. President Bush was one of the few major heads of state who chose not to attend

Answer 2

Waste isn't the problem...it is the people who create it.
Waste Management should and is taught at lower age/grade levels. Hopefully a heightened awareness of this matter will increase conservation and recycling to a greater extent. Just think of all the waste you make each day and see if you could have changed any of your habits to decrease the throw aways?

Answer 3

Yes. It seems that everything these days has become disposable. Our landfills are filling up so rapidly that we should all be focused on recycling. Check out this site:
www.freecycle.org
It's a worldwide network of yahoo groups that have a unique way of dealing with waste.

Answer 4

it sure is !!