how does waste accumilation affect the environment
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Disposing of waste has huge environmental impacts and can cause serious problems. ... Some waste will eventually rot, but not all, and in the process it may smell, or generate methane gas, which is explosive and contributes to the greenhouse effect. Leachate produced as waste decomposes may cause pollution.
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Waste accumulation seriously affect the natural environment and societal health. These could be understood with the following aspects:-
1) urban sewage waste:- accumulation of urban sewage waste would create serious issues of water pollution, both surface and ground water, which inturn impacts the health of the local population.
2) The accumulation of dry urban waste, landfills:-- It aggravates land and soil pollution, water pollution and air pollution as well as is also a big source for green house gases in the atmosphere.
3) Accumulation of industrial waste severely impacts not only local ecology but also health and well being of locals. For example the contamination of ground water with heavy metals like arsenic metal leads to BLACK FOOT DISEASE.
Thereby effective disposal and recycling of both industrial, agricultural and urban wastes need to be done effectively, to save both natural environment and human society.