We are hardly bothered about the way we dispose of the waste, in our day to day lives. Some waste goes to the dustbins which are emptied into the vats of garbage collectors and thus are away from our eyes. The least that we could have done was to collect the waste and throw in the bins, thus making the world at least a little pollution free.
We get complacent about the waste disposal, as we have much less awareness
We do not get to see the places where the trash goes and gets processed. This lack of awareness often makes us think that this is the best way to dispose of waste and thinking about it further is not required.
This is where we are actually wrong. Sparing a thought about waste disposal and educating our children too on it, has its reasons which are quite justified. The reasons are as follows:
Minerals and hard metals are contained in some waste materials. These can cause pollution to the environment. Electric waste production is increasing around the world, on a daily basis. Environmentalists are quite concerned about the disposal of electronic wastes which has hard metal components.
Waste takes up space even if disposed off well, it would still occupy space. Cities experience a lot of space crunch.
There are not many waste materials which are either environment friendly or are they human friendly. It also has a cost attached to it, for disposal.
Subsequent steps can decrease waste:
This is what we could do to reduce waste, when we are convinced that waste reduction is very vital and that we need to act upon it. These steps could be as follows.
We can start from our house by reducing the waste from packaging. It has been observed that one discarded packaging forms one third of the waste. One way you can do this is to buy things which has less of packaging or does not have any.
You should be careful buying mercury based products as mercury being highly toxic, pollutes the environment quite easily.
40% of foods are wasted by Americans according to a study. This is unpardonable as there are many who remain hungry round the world. One needs to understand the quantity requirements and cook accordingly.
A lot of paint is wasted each year. Many of these paints can be used. So before you dispose of the paint, see its usability. You also need to buy as much of paint required.
Another of the important aspect is recycling of many products
There are business organizations which gift promotional items made of recyclable material. This is a good practice. A corporate social responsibility can bring in many changes in our lives and in the lives of others too.
Another good sign is the recycling of scrap tires, natural tubes by many companies. They recycle by using this rubber instead of new raw material. The rubber decomposes very slowly thus throwing rubber uselessly would cause a lot of environment hazards. Manufacturing rubber using reclaimed rubber uses much lesser energy.
We see many household things that are made of reclaimed rubber. It seems to be sensible if a launch of a campaign is done for the use of reclaimed rubber. The uses are floor mats, batteries, flooring of playground for kids, footwear, construction materials so that they have good surfaces.
We get complacent about the waste disposal, as we have much less awareness
We do not get to see the places where the trash goes and gets processed. This lack of awareness often makes us think that this is the best way to dispose of waste and thinking about it further is not required.
This is where we are actually wrong. Sparing a thought about waste disposal and educating our children too on it, has its reasons which are quite justified. The reasons are as follows:
Minerals and hard metals are contained in some waste materials. These can cause pollution to the environment. Electric waste production is increasing around the world, on a daily basis. Environmentalists are quite concerned about the disposal of electronic wastes which has hard metal components.
Waste takes up space even if disposed off well, it would still occupy space. Cities experience a lot of space crunch.
There are not many waste materials which are either environment friendly or are they human friendly. It also has a cost attached to it, for disposal.
Subsequent steps can decrease waste:
This is what we could do to reduce waste, when we are convinced that waste reduction is very vital and that we need to act upon it. These steps could be as follows.
We can start from our house by reducing the waste from packaging. It has been observed that one discarded packaging forms one third of the waste. One way you can do this is to buy things which has less of packaging or does not have any.
You should be careful buying mercury based products as mercury being highly toxic, pollutes the environment quite easily.
40% of foods are wasted by Americans according to a study. This is unpardonable as there are many who remain hungry round the world. One needs to understand the quantity requirements and cook accordingly.
A lot of paint is wasted each year. Many of these paints can be used. So before you dispose of the paint, see its usability. You also need to buy as much of paint required.
Another of the important aspect is recycling of many products
There are business organizations which gift promotional items made of recyclable material. This is a good practice. A corporate social responsibility can bring in many changes in our lives and in the lives of others too.
Another good sign is the recycling of scrap tires, natural tubes by many companies. They recycle by using this rubber instead of new raw material. The rubber decomposes very slowly thus throwing rubber uselessly would cause a lot of environment hazards. Manufacturing rubber using reclaimed rubber uses much lesser energy.
We see many household things that are made of reclaimed rubber. It seems to be sensible if a launch of a campaign is done for the use of reclaimed rubber. The uses are floor mats, batteries, flooring of playground for kids, footwear, construction materials so that they have good surfaces.
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