| Waste management and disposal issues are not just | | | | 1992 Earth Summit. |
| problem of a certain country or a continent. It is a | | | | Waste management is important since it has a major |
| global issue which should be addressed immediately. | | | | impact of human and community health. There could |
| Countries and governments are expressing concern | | | | be chemical spills which could pose danger to water |
| over problems with their waste disposal. According to | | | | supplies. Poor landfills and incinerators could release |
| the United Nations, there are about 60% of countries | | | | cancerous carcinogen in the air and other pollutants. |
| worldwide expressed their concern about disposing | | | | They could also be causes of pests, vermin, flies and |
| solid wastes and other environmental concerns in the | | | | other similar carriers of communicable diseases. |