Practicing Proper Garbage Segregation

 

Most  households are in the habit of using one garbage bin for all their waste, and therefore understanding garbage segregation can become problematic.

 

But with recycling and waste management becoming major concerns, now is the time to start segregation.

 

Here are some guidelines to help you segregate garbage at home:

 

Understanding segregation is not so difficult. There are four types of garbage:

1. Wet waste
2. Sanitary waste
3. Dry waste
4. Hazardous household waste or E-waste

 

 

Wet waste.

 

Rotten fruits, vegetable and their peels, left-over food, egg shells and rotten eggs, mango seeds, tea bags, used coffee powder, coconut shell and fibre, used flowers, non-veg food remains, bones, spoiled spices, chewing gum, garden waste, rangoli colours and dust come under wet waste. Spoiled or expired food should be removed from its packet and discarded. Nails must be wrapped in a paper. Anything liquid amongst these must be drained and the remaining must be wrapped in a newspaper.

 

 

Sanitary waste.

 

Used sanitary napkins, panty liners, sanitary cloths, condoms, syringes, cotton and bandages, diapers, tissue papers, ear buds, dental floss, blood-stained cloth, etc., is sanitary waste. This should be wrapped properly in newspapers and marked with a red cross before handing over to garbage collectors.

 

 

Dry waste.

 

Toilet cleaning brushes, other brushes, toothbrushes and scrubs must be dried first and then wrapped in newspapers. Doormats and containers of pesticides, various papers and stationery, razors and blades, various bottles should be kept separate. All the covers of various food/dairy items like tetra packs etc must be cleaned, dried and handed over separately. Hair, waste pet food and thermocol should be wrapped in paper

 

 

Hazardous household waste.

 

Mosquito repellent bottles and mats, used phenyl air fresheners, expired medicines, tablet covers, syrup bottles, injection bottles and other medical discards, old paints, fluorescents and button cells should be separately handed to the collectors. Batteries, CDs and cassettes, CFL, tube lights, printer cartridges, broken clocks and thermometers should be packed in newspaper or cardboard box and handed over. Cosmetics should be wrapped in the newspaper marked with red cross on it. 

 

 

 

It is time for change and no government can bring this change without the support of the people.  Garbage segregation can make our streets cleaner, it can help us recycle things, reduce the use of certain raw materials and hence in making our country and planet a better place to live in.

 

from: http://www.mdhil.com

 

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