Recently we were watching this amazing series starring Pankaj Tripathi called the Criminal Justice in which they show the poor police trying to find the murder weapon (in this case a surgeon’s scalpel!) which is thrown along with garbage!
When they showed the mountain of waste we generate; it was mind boggling!
At some point in the near future the best minds have to start thinking of the greatest problem mankind would face! GARBAGE!
Raccoons are well known for their affinity for garbage but in reality humans stand out as the trashiest animals on Earth. The average person produced 4.9 pounds of trash a day and globally we produce 4.5 trillion pounds per year!
Now as normal humans, when the trash is too much you put it on your neighbor’s yard! Till he or she does the same and you end up with your waste!
Everyday I am shocked at the amount of Garbage we generate! Even the cleanest and swankiest place in the world has to generate Garbage! Just because they hide it well does not mean that it does not exist!
It is like how even the most beautiful looking building or a palace would have a dirty basement!
The global waste problem is a significant and escalating issue, with billions of tons of waste generated annually and a projected increase in the coming decades. This waste has serious environmental, health, and economic consequences, including pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and strain on resources.
The world generates over 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste each year!
Plastic waste is a major contributor to ocean pollution, harming marine life. While improper waste management can lead to the spread of diseases! Then you have the poor people who scavenge through waste can be exposed to hazardous materials.
Not to mention the effect of garbage on air water and even tourism!
If you want a Nobel Prize or at least want to do something Noble then you must invest your time and energy in solving the Garbage crisis!
Now of course measures like reducing the amount of waste generated through conscious consumption and sustainable practices is crucial. We can also expand recycling programs and promoting reuse which can divert waste from landfills.
In fact the proper use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence must not be for war! But for sorting recyclables!
Some bright person with ‘street’ sense may suggest the ‘lets put the thrash on the neighbor’s yard!’ In this case, maybe take the thrash and ‘shift’ or ‘throw’ it on to the space or maybe even the poor moon!
But it is not possible! Not to mention that it is highly offensive in all sense!
Sending all of Earth’s garbage into space is prohibitively expensive. Estimates suggest it would cost trillions of dollars annually, and the technology to do so on such a massive scale doesn’t currently exist!
Launching even a portion of our waste into orbit would be incredibly costly, with estimates ranging from £20,000 to £40,000 per kilogram for near-Earth orbit!
The cost of transporting the 300 million tons of plastic waste produced globally each year, for example, is estimated to be at least £6,000 trillion annually!
Even Apple cannot think of this and apparently they think of everything (ten years after Android thinks of it though!).
Humanity’s current space-faring capabilities are insufficient to handle the volume of waste produced. There simply aren’t enough rockets or launch facilities to manage such a large quantity of garbage!
Even if the cost and technology were available, the sheer volume of waste would make it a logistical nightmare. It would be far more efficient to focus on reducing waste generation and improving recycling and waste management practices on Earth!
In short; try to create less waste, dispose of them properly and invest more time and energy in future tech on garbage disposal! Just make sure that the Prize you get for efficient management of waste is recyclable!
Efficiency and not waste though is the acting by Aditya Srivastava!
Now throw the thrash and sleep!
Shubh ratri…
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