Waste Management Specialist

Without a clean environment or healthy water, the human race would perish. Waste Management Specialists monitor the primary source of pollutants that include industry, agriculture, and municipalities, these segments usually emit harmful materials into the environment and water supplies.

Environmental pollutants

Waste management specialists monitor harmful materials that include organic wastes, sediments, minerals, nutrients, thermal pollutants, toxic chemicals, and other hazardous substances. Organic wastes are produced by animals and humans, such wastes require oxygen to decompose. When they are dumped into streams and lakes and begin to break down, they can deprive aquatic life of the oxygen it needs to survive.

Solutions for environmental problems

Waste Management Specialist are professionals who identify and design solutions for environmental problems. Their main objective is provide safe drinking water, treat and properly dispose of wastes, control water pollution and remediate sites contaminated due to spills or improper disposal of hazardous substances. They monitor the quality of the air, water and land. And, they develop new and improved ways to protect the environment.