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What is the impact of waste accumulation on the environment and your health?


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Waste accumulation:

  1. Waste accumulation implies that more of it is produced.
  2. We can't just put it in a corner or a secure place and work around it.
  3. It will eventually infiltrate our everyday environment and have an impact.

Waste accumulation impact:

  1. Waste accumulation will harm the environment's quality and ability to sustain life.
  2. It puts one's health at risk. a bigger amount of toxic, unhealthy waste in our environment will eventually find its way back into our food chain, resulting in more disease
  3. When garbage is placed in landfills, methane gas is released.
  4. Open landfills accounted for 91 percent of all landfill methane emissions, according to the study.
  5. Large, open mounds of trash are being burned around the world, emitting alarming quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is warming our planet.
  6. It creates significant threats to both our environment and the people who live near these burning sites.

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