The Challenge of Waste Management in Growing Communities
The population and economic growth across the world is on the rise almost exponentially. Management of waste in this growing trend is crucial. The lack of proper resources to manage waste is a major factor contributing to the pollution of the ecosystems. Pollution can be linked to the source being: Wastewater seepage into the landfills or being directly disposed into oceans and rivers.
If you’ve recently moved into an apartment in your desired location, these effective practices will help you to keep your surrounding clean.
Waste Sorting: Definition and Its Importance
The government’s policy identifying households as a major contributor to increases in waste production started to change in 2016. Households were then identified as a responsible party for waste management and disposal by the MW and CVFF. According to that, units produces waste should be divided into categories and disposed in appropriate bins provided. Proper waste management will result in a decrease in water pollution in several regions across the world.
Types of Waste Generated In Residential Societies
In each of the apartments, being familiar with the various kinds of wastes is important in order to manage them well as a unit. Some of the major classifications are as follows:
Wet or Green Waste
Wet waste includes food scraps or waste, plants, and any organic matter that can decompose. There are kitchen wastes that are most wet waste such as left-over fruits and vegetables, tea and coffee particles, rotting foods and even meats. Some apartment complexes enjoy the luxury of being able to compost wet waste by having composting systems installed in their apartments.
Dry Waste
Dry waste refers to the known materials that include plastic, clothing, thermocol, paper, glass, and metal that are non-biodegradable, that is, items that cannot decompose through biological processes. If a waste does not rot in the soil, such a waste is dry waste.
Biodegradable waste can be broadly grouped into the following classifications:
- E-waste: batteries and wires, different e-components, mobile phones and computers, bulbs as well as tubes.
- Recyclable waste: such as some type of plastics, thin papers, glasses and metals.
- Toxic waste: includes things such as used or unused fertilizers and chemicals, pesticides, medicine, syringes after use and broken glasses.
Get to Know the 3 R’s – Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
As the volumes of e-waste and plastics increase, there is a need to focus on making wealth out of waste by adhering to the principles of the 3Rs- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Motivating residents of apartment communities to be a part of this eco-friendly project would also help in reducing waste and aiding in the protection of the environment.
- Reduce: Minding one’s consumption and therefore minimizing the waste output of the society at large.
- Reuse: Where waste can be re-used, do so; alternatively, think of donating things which you do not require anymore.
- Recycle: Recycle things by handing them over to recycling companies or disposing them in recycling bins in recycling centers.
Waste Management on Apartments – Best Practices
Now this process of separating waste and understanding its types has been great, let’s move on to the better part, some of the best apartment waste management techniques that you can now follow.
- Wet and Dry- waste segregation: Wet and dry wastes should be segregated and disposed off correctly through specified bins meant for either wet or dry waste.
- Using bin liners: Covering bins with garbage bags would avoid littering and flooding in case of container leaks or cracks.
- Washing food containers: Throw away the food from the plastics to remove any traces of food before discarding them.
- Stop hoarding wet waste: Ensure to throw away wet waste on a daily basis as it helps in keeping bad smell, rats, and other harmful insects away from the apartment.
- Sanitary paper application: Use a brown paper to cover sanitary waste before throwing it away.
- Keep sharp objects apart: Put broken glass in a transparent bag for proper handling of glass and other sharp things.
- Support community activities: Encourage your neighbours, waste collectors, and house help, to abide by these guidelines for their surrounding to remain clean.
- Do not throw bags away: If people don’t want to waste plastic bags while shopping, they can take a cloth bag along.
- Recycle organic waste: Transform kitchen and garden waste to compost that can promote plant growth as a biological fertilizer.
Following such practices will help you in controlling domestic waste and minimize the waste that is disposed of in the public landfills. At Confident Homes, we do comply strictly with those waste management guidelines set forth by the relevant authorities.
For a Beautiful Tomorrow, Make a Change Today
Then as a community, let us pledge to stop the proliferation of waste by searching for its reuse and remanufacture to help clean our planet. Proper managing of waste is everyone’s duty to help save mother earth for the coming generations.
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