English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

some things to prevent pollution
i need 5 or more

2006-09-12 23:03:16 · 8 answers · asked by diko 1 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

8 answers

This has a funny ring to it at my house. I say
there's a difference between garbage and trash.
To me garbage is food waste and trash is non-food
waste but my wife uses the term garbage to mean
any and all of it. I'm from the old days when there
were both a garbage man and a trash man. I know it's
more politically correct to say collector, 1) because it's
somewhat demeaning to say "man", as if "trash" or
"garbage" is a part of their character and 2) because
the man might be female. But I'm not going to say
trash person either - and certainly not trash woman.
But here I used it to capture the way we used to
say it before there was any notion of political
correctness.
With that, I keep

1) garbage separate in an airtight container and
when it's full I bring it out to the compost pile
by the garden. That might be impractical
where you don't have your own land.

Additionally I bring as much to the recycling
center as possible. That includes

2) newspaper,
3) corrugated boxes,
4) tin cans,
5) plastic and
6) glass.

2006-09-12 23:27:49 · answer #1 · answered by albert 5 · 0 0

First thing... minimize the garbage you bring INTO your home !! Get a fabric bag in which to do your grocery shopping or recycle your shopping bags.

1) Compost materials... paper towels, vegetable matter, egg shells can be composted. A garden then reduces the number of plastic bags you're using.

2) Recycle other materials: cans, plastic, & paper.

3) Use fewer disposable-products: dish rags instead of paper towels, a mop instead of "swisher-sweepers", glasses instead of paper/plastic cups, dishes instead of paper-plates...

oh wow... and I'm a Republican

2006-09-13 06:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0 0

With a wormery

What is the wormery? It's an easy, efficient system of converting ordinary kitchen food waste into liquid feed and rich organic compost through the natural action of worms.

http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/test/worms_.htm

2006-09-13 06:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kangkid 3 · 0 0

Separate the wet (fruits & veggies peels, paper, cardboard, organic waste etc) & dry garbage (plastic, glass)

dry garbage can be collected by the municipality collectors.

wet garbage to be buried with garden soil, mixed with potted plants etc

2006-09-13 06:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by Robin 3 · 0 0

Compost/Reuse/Recycle/

2006-09-13 06:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by BKJH_92 2 · 0 0

What are the ones you have already?

2006-09-13 08:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by Katyana 4 · 0 0

use it as fertilizers.
don't waste, recycle.

2006-09-13 06:08:58 · answer #7 · answered by RAWR 2 · 0 0

u burn them or use them as fertilizers.

2006-09-13 13:53:20 · answer #8 · answered by mukisa I 2 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers