The classical environment theories in the South Africa context

The traditional environmental theorists include Marx, Weber, Durkheim although they have not given the notion of modernity any attention in a more formal sense. Their work demonstrates that they were deeply concerned with modernization.

The most prevalent problem that we encounter in SA is food wastage since the food that is wasted exceeds the food that is produced, causing pollution and trash on the environment. Plastic debris is quite widespread in Southern Africa since many packaging materials are made of plastic, which is quite prone to pollute the environment. Another concern that South Africa faces is plastic pollution, with more than 12 million tons of trash entering the oceans and rivers each year, according to 2018 figures. Plastic pollution is hazardous to the ecology and species that belong within, and it also leads to fires starting. Soil erosion adds to the environmental problem because it has an impact on agriculture, which causes pollution. Another cause of concern in S.A is air pollution, which occurs when individuals burn various chemicals into the atmosphere, like coal, to create power, and we have a significant number of vehicles, which is another source of environmental concern.