ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

This paper focuses upon the issue of environmental problem and waste management. Human beings and other living organisms form part of environment and are directly or indirectly connected to each other.  Environment pollution drastically effect lives on the earth. With the rapid growth of industrialisation, significant rise in environmental pollution simultaneously seen. Although, its existence is as old as human civilization but today it has become major area of concern. Trans boundary pollution is emerging area of concern which occurs due contamination of water or air in one country floated or mix with the water as well air of another country. So, it would not be correct to say that insufficient waste management creates problem only to waste generating country but it also has transboundary effect. It brings serious threat to survival of mankind. This paper further highlights the procedure of waste management and its influence on the environment. The persistent environmental problems resulted in lack of natural resources, extinction of flora and fauna species and raise problems in global ecosystem as well.