Illegal Dumping

Broad Question: Investigate the issue of illegal dumping and its impacts and effects on Waste Management for Blacktown City Council Inquiry Questions: What is the definition of illegal dumping? What actions are being organised to prevent illegal dumping? What are some of the detrimental effects of illegal dumping? Why is illegal dumping an imperative aspect of Waste Management that needs to be thoroughly addressed? How can you identify an illegal dumping? Purpose of Research Action Plan: This research action plan will enhance my understanding of illegal dumping and its impact on the waste management for Blacktown City Council. It will allow me to identify issues that need addressing, enabling me to improve the communities within the council and help the environmental state of Australia. Why is waste management important to Australia? Waste management is highly important to Australia due to a variety of reasons. It refers to the organization of waste, which includes the disposal of municipal wastes, commercial and industrial wastes, and prescribed wastes. Correct and safe organization of waste is essential to the wellbeing of Australias environment, civilisation and countless ecosystems. If waste management is not successfully established, detrimental and hazardous situations are created, such as the contamination of irrigation systems, which poisons the environment and causes a rapid decrease in the availability of crops and therefore a reduction in food and an increase in market prices. Other situations caused by incorrect and unsafe waste management include harmful problems for flora and fauna, which is initiated through pollution, littering and illegal dumping. Animals can often mistaken plastic bags for food and attempt to consume them, resulting in choking or suffocation. A well-known case of this type of situation is Pete The Pelican, who died upon eating plastic bags that had been littered in Kiama. Furthermore, waste management is imperative to the future. Unsafe and incorrect waste management is unsustainable and insufficient for Australias future, as the country is legitimately running out of room for waste. With traditional methods for waste management, such as landfill sites, creating too much instability through air pollution, local health risks, increases in greenhouse gases and infrastructure damage, waste management has become strongly important to Australia. Unsafe waste management contributes to the greenhouse effect, which is extremely detrimental. Earth naturally has greenhouse gases to trap heat in the atmosphere in order to keep the environment at stable temperatures, but with situations like landfill sites creating emissions that increase these greenhouse gases, the atmosphere starts to become too hot. This initiates damage to animals, which are unable to adjust to these extreme temperatures, leading to endangered and extinct species. It also damages the ozone layer, which causes high UV rates that damage skin and create melanoma. However, if waste management is thoroughly addressed and heavily contemplated in Australia, all of these detrimental situations and

damaging cases can be easily avoided. Waste management and its importance are imperative to the wellbeing of Australian civilisation, as the incorrect disposal of waste causes heavy impacts on society by affecting the economic and environmental states of Australia. Why did you choose this area of research and this area of study for the issue of waste management? I chose this area of research (illegal dumping) and this area of study for the issue of waste management (Blacktown City Council) because of several reasons. Firstly, illegal dumping is an extremely detrimental problem that needs to be thoroughly addressed and managed, especially within this area of study. Blacktown City Council is constantly experiencing problems with businesses, companies, groups and people committing the incorrect disposal of waste, causing unstably high rates of illegal dumping and heavy environmental, economic and communal impacts. Additionally, this area of research is not only an intriguing topic, as it involves the exploration of the detrimental aspects of illegal dumping, but it is also captivating and quite confronting, due to the menacing impacts that illegal dumping persistently establishes, including negative effects for animals, who are unsuspecting to hazardous materials that have been dumped in their habitats. I also chose this area of research as it is an issue that I have taken notice ofit lingers within communities, casting a bad image upon them by establishing the aura that they are disorganized and disrespectful to the environment. Personally, I would like to obtain a better understanding of illegal dumping and gain knowledge of its impacts on society and nature and, specifically, its impact on the issue of waste management for Blacktown City Council. I chose this area of study due to the fact that it is the council that my suburbQuakers Hillis apart of, and I strongly acknowledge that extensive comprehension of my local councils waste management is highly beneficial, as it will allow me to realize what areas of illegal dumping need addressingI have the ability to contact Blacktown City Council to inform them of any concerns that may be sparked by my research, which will allow me to improve the local community and enhance the councils management. Illegal dumping is an important aspect of waste management as it is hard to control. It is a complex issue that is complicated to manage, as it is quite easy to commit the crime and even harder to clean up the crime once it has been committed. I believe that my area of research and area of study for the issue of waste management will increase my knowledge of waste management immensely, benefiting me greatly. What do you already know about the issue? I am aware of a variety of aspects of waste management. I realize that it is an important issue that plays heavy impacts on the environment, the future and the human race. The term waste refers to any discarded, rejected or unwanted gas, solid or liquid. Waste is categorized by source and by product, and ranges from the rubbish households dispose of in bins, to hazardous materials thrown away by an industrial company. Numerous methods have been initiated to control waste, such as recycling and landfill. Different types of waste streams include: Municipal wastes, which are produced by households or local councils Commercial and industrial wastes, which are created by industries and specific businesses Prescribed wastes, which are dangerous and hazardous, and mainly made from industrial sources