Sunday, August 11, 2013

Hiding our garbage in Africa

                                

The focus of this entry blog is about the illegal waste dumping in Africa and the consequences it brought too. As we learned in class about the rubbish dump, we could imagine the tons and tons of garbage from all parts of the world which arrive there…we can imagine the probable health problems for people who live close enough of these dumps. But when we think about illegal waste in Africa the problem grows as well grow the consequences.

This serious problem happens when foreign companies throw away their toxic waste illegally in Africa, we already have many worrying news, and this is an important one about the problem:


Examples of this dangerous garbage are pesticides or more polemic, they are sending broken electronics with the excuse to be “recycled” in these countries.

They do this because sadly, most cases of illegal dumping are not receiving accurate attention and justice for the irresponsibility of these companies; as well many companies try to avoid pay recycling costs too.

This dangerous dumping can affect human health in many ways; many diseases can be spread quickly, also because of this illegal garbage, many people dies thanks to the toxic pollution and more people has been affected severely, obviously the environment is being affected too, the toxic garbage can negatively change our entire world because this is a problem happening right now.
So, the important question is: What solutions could exist for this?

 
 

This situation causes a lot of problems. We are worried, and the problem will affect all of us in multitude, but we keep dumping more of this toxic garbage in an irresponsible way, and easier it will be to get close to a critical situation that might be irreparable.      

3 comments:

  1. is really sad that these things still happen in a world that is supposed to be civilized, it's incredible how the human being is able to destroy everything in its path no matter the rights of others. I think the world should be aware, each contributing with something as simple as it is recycling. many lives will thank later...

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  2. first of all thanks for the interest in this topic because we all should be aware by this problem, not only because happens in Africa, the illegal dumping exist in many others parts of the world so, if we keep with this way of dumping we will be living in our own filth with all the consequences this will bring

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  3. It is a really unfortunate and saddening truth, particularly for those who live it day by day, seeing how their country is transformed slowly into a thrash can.
    It is surprising how a lot of countries call themselves "developed" and then show how developed they are by contaminating a weaker country, treating them as flies or rats.
    There is hardly a chance for them to stand up with the weight of places like the US or the UK on their shoulders.

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