The life of the modern man is associated with a lot of waste surrounding him everywhere. The problem is in the fact it seems that the contemporary industries work to provide people with more waste, and the principles of consumption contribute to the development of the situation. The issue of waste management is current for the campus community, but the situation is complicated with the fact that the surrounding community is also involved in realizing waste management because of the system’s specifics.
Today, the campus community has no necessary resources to realize waste disposal independently, and the issues of ignoring the principles of dividing and recycling the waste fixed by the campus and surrounding communities contribute to the development of the conflict situations. It is important to pay attention to the fact that the problem can be solved effectively if the accents are made on providing the students with the necessary knowledge of the question and the ways of its resolving.
Students should know that the effective waste management is the first step to resolving the global environmental issues, and the problem can be overcome with references to rethinking its aspects. The current agreement with the surrounding community on the problem of waste management is based on such principles as the reduction of the waste and its division according the recycling standards.
However, many students do not follow these principles, creating the conditions for conflicts with the local communities and rejecting the ideas of the environmental sustainability. The action of a student can reduce the positive effects of the campus community’s activities and influence the local surroundings. That is why, the environmental protection policy associated with waste management should be followed strictly.
The problem of waste management is always current because the number of waste can be reduced, but it does not disappear. That is why, students should be aware of the problem, and the administrators’ task is to develop the necessary strategies to cope with the problem of waste at the campus territories and its further recycling with the help of the surrounding community’s resources.
The accents should be made on the integrated and sustainable waste management (Wilson and Scheinberg 1055). Nevertheless, students should not only know about the principles of recycling and dividing the waste according to the material but also follow these rules to save the environment.
Each student’s efforts to contribute to the effective waste management matter when the ignorance of the principles leads to the environmental pollution. It can seem that the effects of ignoring the practice of waste disposal are minimal because it is rather difficult to observe the immediate results. Nevertheless, the ignorance of the waste management principles can lead to such long-term results as the soil and water pollution and to the negative effects on the public health (Monahan).
Thus, it is important to change the attitude to the problem and pay more attention to such simple actions as the regular division of the waste according to the material. It is easy to separate plastic boxes, organic waste, and paper to contribute to the effective recycling process.
Moreover, it is easy not to collect the waste in rooms. Such simple actions can be effective in reducing the threat of the environmental pollution from the large perspective and avoid the local conflicts between the campus and surrounding communities because it is more pleasant to live in the world free of waste.
Works Cited
Monahan, Matt 2004, Municipal Solid Waste Study. PDF file. Web.
Wilson, David and Anne Scheinberg. “What Is Good Practice in Solid Management?” Waste Management & Research 28.12 (2010): 1055-1056. Print.