The increased dumping of waste in landfills poses several issues that need to be addressed promptly. Examine.
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: urbanization, their problems and their remedies
Topic: urbanization, their problems and their remedies
1. The increased dumping of waste in landfills poses several issues that need to be addressed promptly. Examine. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Hindustan Times , Insights on India
Why the question: A thick cloud of smoke continued to billow out of the Ghazipur landfill site, enveloping the surrounding areas in east Delhi, after a portion of the country’s largest garbage dumpsite — which holds at least 8.4 million tonnes of waste — caught fire on Sunday evening. Key Demand of the question: To write issues with respect increased dumping of wastes in landfills, threats from it and remedies for better waste management. Directive word: Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications. Structure of the answer: Introduction: Give a statistic about increasing municipal solid waste with the increasing rate of urbanisation. Body: First, write the problems associated with rapid urbanisation and waste management in India at landfills: Leaching of chemicals, spread of diseases, release of poisonous and toxic gages, fires, serious health and environmental hazards to the people etc. Next, suggest strategies to deal with solid waste so that it may prove a resource instead of waste. Conclusion: Conclude by writing a way forward.
Why the question:
A thick cloud of smoke continued to billow out of the Ghazipur landfill site, enveloping the surrounding areas in east Delhi, after a portion of the country’s largest garbage dumpsite — which holds at least 8.4 million tonnes of waste — caught fire on Sunday evening.
Key Demand of the question:
To write issues with respect increased dumping of wastes in landfills, threats from it and remedies for better waste management.
Directive word:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Give a statistic about increasing municipal solid waste with the increasing rate of urbanisation.
First, write the problems associated with rapid urbanisation and waste management in India at landfills: Leaching of chemicals, spread of diseases, release of poisonous and toxic gages, fires, serious health and environmental hazards to the people etc.
Next, suggest strategies to deal with solid waste so that it may prove a resource instead of waste.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.