Ignorance and Hypocrisy in Household and Industrial Waste Management

Abstract

Waste management in Romania has become a problem with a very high environmental impact, especially in Maramureş County where it has overlapped with the pollution of mining waste. The article highlights the current context in which the population does not accept the construction of landfills, the authorities are not able to provide proof of competence, reaching a vicious cycle in which everyone loses. In this context, we consider that the substratum of the problem is the ignorance that manifests itself in the form of hypocrisy, most of those involved are "ecological", but in reality the environmental impact of irresponsible waste management is very serious.