WHAT CAN YOU DO TO REDUCE SOLID WASTE

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO REDUCE SOLID WASTE
September 13,2017: Carry your own cloth or jute bag when you go shopping.
Say no to all plastic bags as far as possible.
Reduce the use of paper bags also.
Refuse the soft drinks poly bottles for storing water.
Segregate the waste in the house – keep two garbage bins and see to it that the biodegradable and the non biodegradable is put into separate bins and dispose off separately.
Dig a compost pit in your garden vicinity and put all the bio degradable into it.
See to it that all garbage is thrown into the municipal bin as the collection is generally done from there.
When you go out do not throw paper and other wrappings or even leftover food here and there, make sure that it is put in the correct place that is into a dustbin.
Not to throw the waste litter on the streets, drains, open spaces, water bodiesetc.,
Storage of organic/bio degradable and recyclable waste separately at source Community storage collection of waste in flats, multi-storied buildings, societies, commercial complexes, etc.
Waste processing disposal at a community level (optional).
Pay adequately for the services provided.
Public education.

Shared in Public Interest by Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO .

Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO