Author: @madridbg, through Power Point 2010, using public domain images.
Welcome dear readers, it has become familiar in my publications to address the scientific topic from the chemical point of view as well as the effects of climate change on our planet, without forgetting the educational perspectives that we have assumed with the arrival of the current pandemic.
In this sense, in order to generate a greater conceptual diversification in my blog, in this installment we will be addressing the consequences that COVID-19 has generated in terms of waste generated by the community in general.
It is no secret that even a year after the beginning of the pandemic, the levels of contamination by emissions of polluting gases have decreased considerably, which in a way has improved environmental conditions and has helped the planet's carrying capacity to be restored little by little.
Fig. 2. Solid waste has become a major problem in these pandemic times. Author: RitaE
However, this improvement, which has awakened positive emotions in many people, has on the other hand awakened despair in others, especially in those who are in charge of solid waste treatment in large cities. Thus, the confinement produced by the COVID-19, has awakened an unsustainable growth of waste, which has given rise to this problem to worsen more and more.
Staying at home has increased online shopping, which in turn causes the increase of plastic materials, cardboard, glass, among others, which accumulate from our homes and end up generating visual, aesthetic and unhealthy pollution that ultimately end up affecting the general population.
This alteration that is visualized today represents a variation of the global dynamics of the materials generated, to the point of altering their composition, as well as the unusual production of waste. On the other hand, it is no secret that in many countries, long before the pandemic, poor management of solid waste was observed and with this excessive increase in equipment, facilities and the final disposal of the material will end up becoming a problem with serious alterations in our environment.
Fig. 3. At present, there are major failures in the solid material collection system. Author: Syahdan Cahya Nugraha
In our country, Venezuela, a large part of these materials are found in the streets of large cities, as well as in rural areas, due to the simple fact of not having the necessary logistics and material for the timely collection of these materials.
Therefore, it is necessary to implement from the public administration a strategy of sustainable management to ensure safe handling and proper disposal of these materials, in order to minimize the environmental damage that we can generate.
In this sense, I would like to know your opinion on this matter.
BIBLIOGRAPHY CONSULTED
[1] Sanchez. Post-pandemic challenges in solid waste management. CienciAmerica (2021) Vol. 10 (1)
ISSN-L 1390-9592 ISSN-L 1390-681X. Article: Online Access
[2] J. TARIFA / C. MENDIETA. THE ENVIRONMENT IN COMPANIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANIES. Article: Online Access
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Love this content. We have to be awareness about what happen with these garbage. We have to be more open to give a solution. Because our planet is change so fast. We need to know about conservation an care about our home! Thank u so much
Greetings @lizbetcontreras thanks in advance for stopping by and leaving your input. No doubt we are evolving by leaps and bounds and our planet has ended up suffering thanks to these changes hence the need to move towards principles of sustainability and environmental balance. Thank you for your contribution
Great blog topic! Thank you for sharing this. It's such an Important issue. And just in time for World Environment Day (June 5)
Greetings @inavan glad you liked this time of material. Undoubtedly the advances in environmental matters will always be welcome, we must be informed about the affections that afflict our planet and work according to these. Thanks for your contribution
You have come up with some vital issues of this polemic situations which we need to think. As you have mentioned the online shopping and the disposal of the used material and its proper management is being problem more in this pandemic situation. It is our hope that public administration will take initiative very sold so that we can get out of this problem and make this world more beautiful and stay as a sustainable
Greetings @engrsayful it is certainly hard work and long before the pandemic the public administration had lost control over the waste generated, we have to wait for their adaptation process in order to improve this problem. Thank you for your contribution