DUMPING CHALLENGE

“The fees associated with the discarding of waste can be prohibitive and that’s where we are seeing a lot of these large scale dumping; the mattresses, the appliances – these fees that are associated with discarding that type of rubbish can be prohibitive to dealing with that type of rubbish properly and so that is something that as a global community we need to come together to address – how do we address the process of handling our rubbish and our garbage in a way that is both sustainable for our global economies but also sustainable for our environment,” Schutes said. 

In addition, she noted that problems with waste collection must also be addressed.

“We are looking at whether there is not enough garbage collection or whether there is not enough infrastructure for the waste that we are all creating as societies, regardless of where we live. So what we are seeing is, if you do have infrastructure for landfills, or for incinerators or for however a country deals with its waste, we either do not have enough collection or the collection is not efficient enough and that waste can be getting lost,” she continued. (JMB)