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Waste Management
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Waste Management

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Waste Management

Humans produce a lot of waste. The packages we put our food in and the material objects we have in our life are disposable, which if not handled correctly, leads to pollution. Pollution can affect any environment on Earth.

This lesson looks at how waste affects biodiversity.

The human population is quickly...

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A growing global population causes...

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What is waste?

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Pick all the options you think we would categorise as waste.

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What else (apart from a growing population) has increased the amount of waste we produce?

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What is the problem with waste?

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There are more and more people in the world and we live more and more luxurious lives. This means that humans are producing an increasing amount of waste. This is a problem, because if waste is not handled correctly, it can lead to severe pollution.

How can waste lead to water pollution? Pick all the options you think are correct.

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How can waste lead to air pollution? Pick all the options you think are correct.

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How can waste lead to land pollution? Pick all the options you think are correct.

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The increased human population and higher standard of living leads to more waste. If we don't take care of waste properly it leads to sewers, fertilisers and toxins polluting the water, smoke and acid gases polluting the air, and landfill and toxic chemicals polluting the land.

How can we take care of waste properly?

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Poor waste management is very bad for biodiversity because...

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Poor waste management causes pollution which kills animals and plants. When animals and plants die, biodiversity decreases.