Waste and pollution
(Wondalem Misganaw Golie)
This article is intended to provide a brief overview of waste and pollution caused by misconceptions
and practices in human life, in various institutions, countries and the world at large. The article
focuses on the wastage and pollution human life, health, beauty, secrecy, profession, scholars, time,
peace, wealth, children, the environment, the people, future generations and nature. The purpose of
this article is to advise individuals, institutions and leaders to carefully study their thinking and
practices before implementation to avoid wastage and pollution.
We use many things in our daily lives. We eat, drink, and wear to live. But because we do not use
things properly, we waste our wealth and resources. Waste causes pollution in many ways. If there is
waste anywhere, there will be pollution. Pollution may not be limited to environmental pollution. The
clothes or shoes we wear should be modest. If it is too much, the clothes will be wasted and the
wearers will be contaminated. We should eat and drink in moderation; just as we check the clothes
we wear before buying or buy them in moderation. If we eat too much or drink too much, not only
will food and drink be wasted, but our bodies will be contaminated and we will be exposed to
accident and disease. If we do not pick and choose words during discussion, we will be polluting
others. If there is to be no pollution in a house or an area or a country, we must first eliminate waste.
Children do not know much about good and bad at an early age. They often waste more food than
they eat because they do not know how to eat properly and do not know the pros and cons. Worse
still, their clothes, food, and storage space are contaminated.
Individuals in different institutions and countries may have their own secret practices and issues. For
the sake of public and national security, the confidentiality of individuals, institutions and the country
must be handled with care and should not be disclosed to the third party. If personal, institutional,
and national secrets are leaked and wasted, the consequences can be devastating. Those who
squander the secrets of individuals, institutions, and nations through selfishness and temporary gain
are people whose minds are lost and defiled. If secrecy is unnecessarily disclosed and wasted, it will
never be repaired and recovered. At any rate, if secrecy is wasted and contaminated, life will be more
wasted and spoiled, country and its nationalities will be polluted and infected. Therefore, our
experience and competence in confidentiality must be high.
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One of the most important manifestations of a country's growth is the development of manufacturing
industries and the ability to produce properly. If a factory does not follow waste reduction methods
during production, it may incur a lot of waste. As a result, not only will the factory fail to achieve
what they set out to do, but it will also damage the environment and the health of others.
Atmospheric pollution is a major cause of global warming and the spread of many diseases.
Numerous scientific studies have shown that cleaner production is the key to sustainable
development. Waste-free production can be implemented in a variety of ways, such as properly select
or modify raw materials, improve production methods and develop and use better technology, follow
improved production practices, improve or modify the type of product being produced, and recycle
and reuse. Although many countries around the world believe in and practice this waste-free
production system, it will continue to be difficult to solve in the long run unless it is implemented in
all parts of the world.
Just as the Creator made us beautiful, so He made the earth beautiful. Our forefathers told us that
most of our country was covered with natural forests a few decades ago. When we have to use and
nurture the gift of nature, we are wasting the gift due to misconceptions, misuse, and malpractices.
After all, we began to see deforestation, drought, and soil erosion. The whole natural resources are
wasted and caused much pollution. We are currently working hard to replace wasted natural
resources and to clean up the mess. But even if we waste and spend as much money as we want,
completely replacing nature is a very difficult and costly task. It is well-known that human beings
need to care for and use nature properly, but when they are greedy for temporary gain and do not
understand the consequences, they waste their precious and irreplaceable nature and permanently
pollute everything.
When the Creator created women, he created them in a way that was more beautiful than men.
However, some women become insane and waste their natural beauty. On the other hand, some seem
to be wasting their time trying to find more beauty than the Creator gave them. Without realizing it,
they rush to do what everyone else is doing. To this end, they squander their resources by buying
various man-made chemicals and depleting their natural beauty. Adding artificial beauty to their face
is a time-consuming beauty, but the end result is another incurable skin loss and pollution. Just as a
mad person does not have long lasting natural appearance and beauty, so mad women waste their
money and ridicule the beauty bestowed on them by the Creator. Waste and pollution do not stop
there. They are wasting their time and resources by trying to repair their damaged skin and move
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from one hospital to another. In order to restore the beauty that they have voluntarily lost and
desecrated, they re-welded again and created more waste and pollution. If it does not, the waste and
pollution will continue. They paint their nails to beautify them. They spend a lot of money on nail
polish and removers to get rid of paint. They always say “stick me first, and then untie me”, just like
someone else said. In fact, these women have created jobs for others by wasting themselves and
polluting themselves.
Humans entertain themselves in a variety of ways to refresh their tired minds. Still, everything should
be in order. Drinking may not be a bad thing at all. But overindulgence does more harm than good.
Drinking too much water can lead to waste and pollution. If the river overflows, it will destroy the
environment. Some people go out of their way to earn money or to pay for leisure activities, and then
they waste their money on unplanned drinking. After they are contaminated, they drink in large
quantities. Along the way, they collided head-on with a tree, a wall, a rock, or a human being.
Intoxication is a major cause of over-indulgence. Some are more likely to become emotionally
contaminated by them and create contamination on others. They are less able to control themselves
and use and may have no the chance of using control and protective methods, and they are more
susceptible to various diseases. In all, excessive wastage can lead to an incurable disease.
Many meetings and discussions are held on various institutional and national issues. Messages are
also transmitted using a variety of media. Words need to be chosen and measured when speaking,
and communicating in meetings and in various media. If there is a waste of words, others are more
likely to be infected. Excessive and inaccurate speech can leave a lasting impression on the next
generation.
Leaders are removed from office and reassigned for various reasons, both within the government
structure and in various organizations. In their place, another person is appointed. But when we
acknowledge the role of a relative or a person of our own ethnicity, we appreciate the class, look
forward to a big change, and think that we will benefit. However, it is possible to make a difference
and work for the benefit of the people only when the right professional is assigned to the right place
and the assigned professional has respect for the profession and has a purpose and commitment to the
task assigned to him or her. An educated workforce plays an important role in the development of a
country. To this end, countries are allocating large budgets to build educational institutions. They
educate their citizens at great expense, both at home and abroad. This issue has been widely used in
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our country and is still being addressed. The educated manpower will be effective and will benefit for
the development of the country when it is properly managed and assigned to the right field of work.
In the history of our country, not only is the loss of resources, knowledge and skills, but also a huge
gap in the development of the country due to the fact that the standards and organizations are not
based on the level of education, qualifications and professionalism. There have been many problems
with job placement. We have seen a professional graduate in the field of agriculture be appointed
head of the health bureau. We have seen a graduate in mathematics be appointed as a public
administrator at various levels to lead the nation. Others are seen as wasting their professions, as well
as wasting resources and human resources. Some, without proper education, have been entrusted
with a great deal of responsibility and are wasting resources. There are countless people who have
taken the lead without education and led the people to the abyss, squandered the country's resources
and polluted generations. It is a sad and embarrassing story of those who run health facilities without
any formal education, they consider themselves as doctors, waste medicine, make people miserable,
and wasted human lives. Although a scholar can contribute a lot to the development of a country by
creating a generation, a leader who has not properly completed his/her tenth grade is seen to be
wasting and polluting the educated manpower. In some institutions, we have seen unqualified
students who have failed exams being assigned to serve in that institution. It is common for people to
take advantage of opportunities to retaliate, waste, and pollute teachers. Not only is it not the right
thing to do, it is the least important thing to the educated community. There are a lot of waste and
pollution going on to make educated people feel like criminals and to be thrown around and
embarrassed. The biggest example of this is the scholars who have been displaced from their jobs in
Addis Ababa University. The case of these scholars is well-known, but there are countless scholars
who have been expelled from higher education institutions for various reasons. People are abused so
much that they hate their profession. Our country needs many professionals in various fields.
However, due to systemic and managerial problems, professional migration occurs frequently. Many
engineers, medical professionals, teachers of higher education, as well as scholars of various
professions have been displaced or forced to flee the country. This is a man-made waste of scholars.
The waste of scholars has caused great pollution on the minds of scholars and their successors. On
the other hand, some scholars are addicted to various drugs, wasting their personal and professional
skills, and squandering their trust in the country and the people. To become a politician, the person
must first be determined to make sacrifices for the country and the people and persevere in his/her
cause. In politics, the people and the country should benefit from the political outcome, not the
politicians. When politicians enter the political world, they begin to think that the ideology they are
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pursuing will benefit the people and the country. Politics should be for the benefit of the people and
the country, not for the job market. Some politicians are wasting their time and resources on their
people and their country. Power should also benefit the people, not the authority and the party. If left
unmanaged, they can be left astray and lose the right path. When designing administrative systems
and other directives, they should take into account the potential negative effects of waste and
pollution on the people. The socio-economic and political issues that have been wasted and polluted
in our country are innumerable. Instead of believing in his own body, he has done a great deal of
waste and pollution to worship his race or nationality. Many displacements and movements have
been made to organize people into their nation. As a result, a lot of energy, time, and money are
wasted. The end result, however, is a major generational pollution. The challenges our country has
faced so far and the current situation are sufficient indicators. Instead of strengthening people's unity
and building bridges, it wasted a lot of time and money to organize them and build a wall between
them. It has been years since preaching and hatred have been preached. The end result, however, is
not solidarity, but the relentless loss of life and unimaginable displacement and genocide. This has
left our country desolate and polluted. In the meantime, the most amazing thing is the annual
Nationalities Day, which is celebrated every year in our country to unite the people who have lost
their order, divided, wasted and hated. We have seen that people spend a lot of money to celebrate
the holiday, waste their time and work, and waste money that can feed and sustain all nationalities. A
large amount of budget has been allocated for the construction of many roads, buildings,
gymnasiums and football fields. It is seen that the budget allocated for the project is already wasted
before the construction is completed. This is not only a waste of national resources but also a waste
of generation.
Corruption is one of the major obstacles to the development of a country. Corruption is not just a
waste of resources but a major scourge. It has become a common practice in our country to see
people who have lost their morals and who are infected with theft, squandering the country and the
people in order to glorify the country. Ironically, those who are appointed to fight corruption are
often tainted by corruption.
Marriage is the family's natural source of life, and religious books teach that marriage is honorable
and sacred. However, marriages are honored and sanctified only when they are legally binding. But
on the contrary, most marriages in the North and in some parts of the country are based on early
marriages. Early marriage is a system in which children under the age of majority are forced to
marry. Family law in Ethiopia stipulates that marriage must be performed only with the consent of
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both spouses over the age of 18 years. Because children have the right to grow up and learn to make
their own decisions, early marriage not only harms children but also carries severe legal penalties.
Girls are more likely to experience premarital sex, and boys are also to be affected. Girls who marry
early are forced to drop out of school. Young girls have little access to reproductive education and
health care, and often lack the knowledge or courage to use contraceptives. These girls are forced to
have children without being physically and mentally prepared. Teenagers are more likely to be
exposed to fistulas and other sexually transmitted diseases. In general, early marriages are a major
economic disaster for married parents, and not only do they endanger the psychological and health of
married children, but also making them to have inferior feeling for the rest of their lives. In general,
early marriages are a serious abuse of children, a great loss of wealth and life, and a consequence of
the loss of human life.
It is common for couples to enter into weddings to enjoy a happy marriage and family, as well as to
spend time with their loved ones. However, wedding expenses may not reflect the wealth and income
of the couple or their family, and they may incur additional debt. The future of a marriage will
depend, not on the number of parties and on the occasion of the wedding, but on the couple and the
will of the Creator. Excessive spending on weddings can not only be a huge waste of resources but
also a risk to the couple's future. When they have to raise a child, they spend the rest of their lives by
paying the debt wasted on the wedding day. Worse still, they are more likely to get married and get
divorced.
Our country has many ancient cultural and historical values. We have a responsibility to protect and
nurture these resources so that these stories and values can be sustained and passed down from
generation to generation. Examples of this are the Far East and Southeast Asian countries. These
countries do not negotiate their on national cultural and historical values. Therefore, they have
preserved their history and culture for centuries. We are influenced by the culture of the other world
in our country. Western thinking and culture pollutes our country. This is a huge waste of culture and
history.
In general, many things are wasted on lack of knowledge and capacity, selfishness, temporary gain,
systemic problems, dishonest leadership, and ignorance of the consequences. Because of waste,
wealth, time, country, beauty, health, age, peace, love, life, thought, personality, generation, and so
on are wasted. As a result, everything is polluted. Environmental, social and economic events are
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also at risk due to waste and pollution. If pollution is to be avoided, waste must be prevented first.
Controlling waste in all sectors is essential if a country is to survive as a nation and a generation to be
saved. If we want sustainable development and peace, we need to know and eliminate waste and
pollution as a big, important and unique tool.
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