How to reduce waste?

Question

ways to reduce waste..means rubbish..etc.....please tell me as much as u can......i need it for my essay..

waste means rubbish...

Answer 1

Here are some simple examples:

1. If you bring your own bags to the store with you, you not only prevent having to recycle additional bags, you recycle an existing bag.

2. If you buy less disposable items or none at all (cloth napkins, towels and diapers instead of paper ones), you prevent more things from ending up in a landfill, and you don't use any packaging.

3. If you buy "long life" products (such as batteries and light bulbs) or "concentrated" products, (such as juices or detergents) you not only prevent buying unnecessary packaging, but you prevent more products from ending up in a landfill!

Here is Planetpals top ten list of ways to PRECYCLE:

1. Bring reusable bags to the store with you. Cloth or paper will do!

2. Buy Large Quantities. If you buy products in bulk or in large sizes and quantities, you can put them in smaller containers as you need them and this uses less containers.

3. Buy products with the least amount of packaging or none at all. Items packed in multiple containers may look nice, but they are a waste!

4. Buy products packed in recycled packaging. If you have to use a container, it might as well be green. Additionally, you help support green corporations. (Important: make sure you look for the recycled symbol)

5. Don't buy disposable items (plates cups, pens, diapers, batteries, etc.) They only fill the landfill more.

6. Buy less paper towels and napkins or none at all. Use cloth ones!

7. Buy long life and concentrated items (batteries, bulks , etc.) This saves on packaging as well as product.

8. Don't purchase styrofoam. It contains polystyrene, which is the most difficult material to break down in our landfill and is considered a hazardous waste.

9. Buy items in cardboard. aluminum, steel, glass, and plastic containers marked 1 and 2 ( They are stamped on the bottom 1 and 2). These containers can be recycled more easily.

10. Read labels for ingredients. Stay away from chemicals that harm our plant and animal life and poison our land.

Obviously, there are times when disposable items or buying in bulk are not as practical, such as traveling or picnics. The trick to all this, is to limit. We can take responsibility by changing our daily habits. Precycling may take a little more work in some cases...but an ounce of prevention is the main ingredient here!

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Answer 2

Frootbat31 has an excellent answer that most people don't think about.

One thing I think is probably not such a great practice for everyone - buying in bulk. Only buy in bulk if you can use all of it within the given time frame of expiration. If you can't, then it's just a waste.

When you pre-cycle and then recycle, there isn't much trash left. Most plant waste can be used as compost. Compost is great for the garden.

Speaking of gardens, if we all had less lawn, we could plant a lot of our own food. There is nothing like going out to the garden to gather fresh tomatoes, basil, squash, etc to make a salad, pesto, ratatouille, etc. No bags, no fuel used, and if you use compost, you have no nasty fertilizers. If you plant the right companion plants, then you have no pesticides either.

Answer 3

There's 'pre-cycling' where you avoid buying all the packaged crap on the market. Buy in bulk like a 2 liter of soda instead of all those cans. Avoid the 'individually wrapped' things.
Instead of paper towels, use rags.
Use environmental friendly cleaners that biodegrade without leaving toxins in the environment.
Reuse containers by refilling
With banking and other bills, switch to paperless statements online.
Get rid of your junk email: http://www.dmaconsumers.org/privacy.html
Buy and sell/give away stuff you don't use.
Check to see if your community has a curbside recycling program, if they don't; start one.
Start a compost heap:http://156.98.19.245/compost/index.html

Answer 4

There are lots of benefits and i know a few. . Reduce the effects of global warming, . Better look to your town, no runnish on the floor, By reducing i asume you mean recyling instead of just chucking on the floor??? If you do it is better becasuse if you just chuck in on the floor in end up rotting the earth and increasing the effects of global warming therefore haveing a negative effect for enviroment.

Answer 5

kitchen scraps , newspaper you recycle in your Garden in the compost plus all drink leftovers can go in your compost, also newspaper it turns into compost and than as mulch into a garden.
plastic and aluminum battles and cans you can recycle with your Garbage department

Answer 6

Packaging is the worst culprit in my opinion.
The smallest item is on cardboard and bubble wrapped.
Disgusting waste.

Buy a pocket comb, a pen knife, a pen, on and on. See what I mean?

Answer 7

Compact it into very dense blocks and use it to build houses for the disadvantaged. Compact it into very dense balls and use it for missiles in time of war. Compact it into very dense pyramids and use them for 'pyramid power' to reduce energy costs.

Answer 8

well for starters, people can learn to not be so wasteful.

think of the hundreds of pounds of food that gets thrown out of restaurants everynight and even at home.

Answer 9

you can buy things in bulk or going out to eat might also be a good choice collecting aluminum cans and then selling them, recycling are also good choices

Answer 10

I think you should do your own work.