select the statement that is true.     The waste/landfill issue is an emerging social issue because few people are aware of the problem and even fewer people are concerned about it     The waste/landfill issue is an emerging social issue because relative to other environmental problems facing Canada and the world, the waste issue is new.  Only recently have landfill sites started to reach capacity     The waste/landfill issue is an established social issue because garbage disposal, toxic waste dumps, pollution of the oceans (with dumped bilge water and toxic waste) have been causing damage for many years.  Evidence of the damage is in the ocean mammals that are dieing, the extinct fish species, and the health difficulties that humans suffer from being slowly poison     The waste/landfill issue is an established social issue because many people have spoken out against the harmful waste practices.  Despite the fact there has been little progress in resolving the issue, many initiatives to solve the problem by reducing the flow of waste have been undertaken

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select the statement that is true.

   

The waste/landfill issue is an emerging social issue because few people are aware of the problem and even fewer people are concerned about it

   

The waste/landfill issue is an emerging social issue because relative to other environmental problems facing Canada and the world, the waste issue is new.  Only recently have landfill sites started to reach capacity

   

The waste/landfill issue is an established social issue because garbage disposal, toxic waste dumps, pollution of the oceans (with dumped bilge water and toxic waste) have been causing damage for many years.  Evidence of the damage is in the ocean mammals that are dieing, the extinct fish species, and the health difficulties that humans suffer from being slowly poison

   

The waste/landfill issue is an established social issue because many people have spoken out against the harmful waste practices.  Despite the fact there has been little progress in resolving the issue, many initiatives to solve the problem by reducing the flow of waste have been undertaken

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