“I love your bins. They're so random.” - Ja'mie King.

Let's face it. We have a lot of rubbish. In fact, we have too much. We, human beings, create an average of sixty-eight kilograms of waste per day. We don't seem to care about what we throw away, nor do we care about what happens after it goes into the bin, thus why we are facing such a large issue with waste management in 2013. Waste management refers to "the collection, transport, processing or disposal, managing and monitoring of waste materials." Despite how well-hidden it may be, issues with waste management occur throughout the entire world, especially due to the constant flow of advancing technology. In order to have the clean future that we all secretly dream of, it is imperative that we face the music. We don't have enough space for all of our rubbish. Our landfills are overflowing with things we consider "waste" that could easily be recycled or reused for the better of our future. This is one of the many issues that we currently face and will face for a long time. Another issue, is the fact that we are cutting down endless amounts of trees, and disrupting the chain of multiple environments, just for it to rot into the ground at over-flowing landfills.

A large portion of what resides at landfills can, in fact, be recycled, and yet however are not, for many "sensible" and "rational" reasons..right? The reason why getting people to recycle is so difficult, I believe, is most people are set in the Australian-way, and by that, I mean, laid-back and carefree. In order to get people to care about waste management and the environment, it is a good start to give them a reason why they should do it. In doing this, it is a stepping stone in creating a truly clean and egalitarian society, such as Leesha Mckenny's article, "New breed of centres face challenge of getting waste management down to a tee," - http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/new-breed-of-centres-face-challenge-of-getting-waste-management-down-to-a-tee-20120610-204h3.html.

“Some of you come from povo families, but that’s not your fault. Some of you I know don’t even have Foxtel.” - Ja'mie King.

As defined by my lovely Geography teacher, spatial inequality investigates the differences that exist in relation to access to services and resources between different areas of Australia, for example, the type and quality of housing in an area. In real English, spatial inequality is the variance in the standard of living between people, depending on where we live. A prime example of this is living either, in the Eastern or Western and Southern suburbs of Sydney. It is found that the Eastern suburbs have a larger access to a range of things that positively improve one's quality of life; the average income is higher than most Southern and Western suburban jobs, there are adequate health facilities and transport services, the housing is affluent, and of course, who doesn't want to live near a beach? Whereas, in most Western and Southern suburbs of Sydney, access to a similar standard of facilities is limited, and there is somewhat a dependency on welfare, and a higher level of unemployment as opposed to Eastern suburbs.

Spatial inequality is caused by a large array of reasons, such as socio-economic background, and race. However, it is not to say that your current location and living arrangements determine your entire future, but merely shapes it to say the least. It is safe to say that wherever you are in the world, there is a stigma or stereotype about everything, from Geography teachers to people who like Justin Bieber. As much as you would think, low socio-economic areas in Sydney are not excluded from this list. People living in "povo" like the hip kids would say, would not belong in a gated community, let alone first-class restaurants, purely because they don't earn as much as everyone else, they must instantly live in a government house or be dependent on welfare. They are miraculously made different and appear as nothing but dirt to people who simply earn more than them. However, a cycle is a cycle, and regardless of how we feel about it, there will always be stereotypes and bias about everything. It is almost impossible to change a solid and sturdy cycle such as this, but a large range of solutions are being put to the test worldwide, which is further expanded and elaborated on in Elizabeth Farrelly's article in the Sunday Morning Herald, "All things being equal" - http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/all-things-being-equal-20100412-s12h.html .