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How can you reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill or burning?
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∙ 11y ago
As part of the Waste Management Act passed in 1996, the government made into law that we should follow the European scheme of prevention, reduction, reuse and recycling of our waste. Anything left over is to be incinerated and then as the very, very last option, sent to landfill.
33% of household waste is made up of packaging, much of which arises in the kitchen. Paper, cardboard, metal and glass are easy to recycle however, plastics are difficult to deal with and take up nearly 12% of your bin. Each year approximately 704 thousand tonnes of packaging waste is created each year in the domestic and commercial sector. Only 17.4 % of this is recovered or recycled. The rest is sent to landfill.
You can reduce the amount of packaging you buy, you can recycle cans, papers and plastics, and you can reuse paper, envelopes, boxes and cartons instead of buying new ones.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agowe can save our environment by a natural process called composting.we can put the kitchen waste ,etc.like this we can save our mother earth and our beatiful environment
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How can we reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill or incinerated?
we can reduce it by recycling the things that can be used again
How can you reduce the amount of waste that is sent too a landfill?
recycle more and burn things and filter the gases that come out
What would happen if you do reuse?
reuse in one of part in Integrated Solid Waste Management. it is to reduce volume of solid waste that transfer to landfill. if we do not reuse materials, the objective to reduce volume of solid waste will not successfully. in the future, we will face the limited area for landfill. the government also need a lot of budget to handling the problems.
What would happen if you do not reuse?
reuse in one of part in Integrated Solid Waste Management. it is to reduce volume of solid waste that transfer to landfill. if we do not reuse materials, the objective to reduce volume of solid waste will not successfully. in the future, we will face the limited area for landfill. the government also need a lot of budget to handling the problems.
What is the advantages of incinerating waste?
The ash takes up less room in landfills. Once burnt the ash from 3 trash bags can fit in a sandwich bag. And all the burning facilities filter out the pollution, and most use that gas to power homes.
What is a landfill and what type of waste and deposit there?
A landfill is a large area where people leave waste. People can deposit any hazardless waste there.
How can you reduce the amount of waste you produce?
all of the above
What is the most important function of a landfill?
the most important function of a landfill is to store and get rid of solid waste.it provides an area where waste is disposed of and can be managed properly in order to reduce health and environmental risks.
What is a type of landfill that holds municipal solid waste?
A sanitary landfill
Why waste should minimized?
General household and industrial waste tends to be bulky. Landfill sites are rapidly filling up, with new sites becoming scarce. By recycling and reducing the amount sent to a landfill, it is better for the environment - which is better for us, too!
Would it be possible to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill?
Yes, you need to compost organic vegetable waste, and recycle all metal, glass, paper and plastic. This should leave very little waste to go into landfill. You could also sort out all the unnecessary packaging that shops wrap things in and take this back to the shop and hand it back to them (do this firmly but politely), if enough people did this (leaving them the problem of what to do with all the waste in their shops) they would of necessity begin to address the packaging waste issue. It is easier to eliminate waste at source than at the end of the chain.
What are all the things you can do to reduce the amount of waste you produce?
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