What is Garbage? Any item which has served its
purpose or is of no use to humans is discarded in trash can. Normally we can
find kitchen waste, expired medicines, dry waste and unused plastic in the
trash. No wonder it is rightly called as ‘Use Me’ and we also use is
ruthlessly. Did we ever think how we can make use of waste for good? No. Solid
Waste Management comes in action for you. #SWM
is collecting, treating and disposing of solid waste in a well managed way. Improper
disposal of solid waste effects environment badly. It also leads to outbreak of
vector- borne diseases – diseases spread by rodents and insects. To implement #SWM in our society, there are social,
administrative and economic challenges to be handled first.
We have seen huge piles of
garbage lying alongside the road or streets waiting for the Municipal garbage pickup
van to arrive. Until it arrives it acts as a playground of street dogs that
scatter the waste here and there. Why such a system exists in the first place? Why
cannot we have our trash cans placed outside our door for the pickup van to
collect one by one? Of course that will require a monthly fee by the
authorities but if we can spend on expensive clothes, parties etc, then why we
feel the pinch in paying for the trash pickup?
First and foremost step in #SWM is ‘Waste Segregation at Source’.
It is my humble request to have at least 2 trash cans in your home - One for ‘dry
waste’ and another for ‘wet waste’. Wet waste includes all kitchen waste such
as vegetable peels, fruit peels, leftover food, tea leaves etc. The wet waste
can be used to produce manure by the method of ‘Composting’ (I will explain about composting in my next post). All
other waste excluding Kitchen waste is Dry waste. Even in dry waste, we can
find articles which can be recycled. Finally the not recyclable articles is
just waste which can be given to regular pickup.
I am looking for volunteers to
stand up for the cause #SWABHIMAN
and join me to educate people around us. If you agree with me and want to
volunteer or contribute, leave your comments below or tweet using #BlogchatterProjects. Look forward to
connect with like-minded people.