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How to start sorting garbage
The problem of waste sorting in European countries has long been solved. The garbage is sorted and sent for recycling. There are no landfills the size of a ten-story building, no used bottles on green alleys.
Why are we worse than Europeans? After all, our country also has tanks for waste distribution and recycling points. Perhaps the reason lies in the inability of citizens to sort garbage.
In order to get rid of smelly garbage cans, you need to start sorting garbage, and it is very important to do it correctly. Today we're going to try to figure it out. How to properly sort garbageIn order not to inhale the stench of waste directly on the street, not to clutter the environment.
In Germany, garbage sorting and waste disposal are not without reason paid special attention. Here children from infancy are taught to sort garbage and order.
Such discipline is explained not only by the decency of the Germans and their cleanliness, but also by high fines for violations.
The Germans divide the waste into 4 recycling tanks: for paper, glass containers, plastic and organic waste. Old household appliances they put on the street, from where it is regularly taken out by special services.
For poor-quality sorting of garbage, citizens are fined, for example, if you threw a chocolate wrapper past an urn, you will be obliged to pay a fine of 30 euros. And if in the yard of the security services find that the garbage is distributed unfairly constantly, they may refuse to service your site.
Benefits of garbage sorting
Bea Johnson, the founder of the Zero Waste movement, has written a book on how to reduce the production of garbage at home tenfold. Bea herself doesn't even have a trash can at home because she knows, How to sort garbage at home.
The annual supply of garbage, which cannot be recycled, fits the woman in a liter jar. At the same time, Bea has children and a husband, and she is an artist by profession, and artists love creative disorder.
A woman does not buy food in disposable dishes, goes shopping with a canvas bag, and drinks coffee from a thermos. She also asks friends not to give dishes and things for holidays, and her wardrobe can be placed in 1 travel suitcase, which greatly facilitates travel.
Bea Johnson’s way of life seems eccentric, and not everyone can make such dramatic changes. But Bea didn't get there in a day. Start small: sort the trash and don't miss the urn.
Look again at the thing you're going to throw away, maybe there's a way to give it a second chance at life. And toilet paper sleeves have already been recycled, so they either need to be burned, or you can make original crafts.
Tell your friends on social networks how to properly sort garbage.
Why are we worse than Europeans? After all, our country also has tanks for waste distribution and recycling points. Perhaps the reason lies in the inability of citizens to sort garbage.
In order to get rid of smelly garbage cans, you need to start sorting garbage, and it is very important to do it correctly. Today we're going to try to figure it out. How to properly sort garbageIn order not to inhale the stench of waste directly on the street, not to clutter the environment.
- Have 4 waste boxes at home: for paper, glass containers, organic waste, plastic. There are many receiving points of waste paper and glass containers, find out where such points are located in your area. In addition to doing a good deed for the environment, you will get a small monetary reward and you will be able to treat yourself smart ice cream.
- You'll forget about taking out the stinky trash every day. Proper sorting involves clean waste: before you put a bottle of kefir in the tank, wash it, flatten it and you can throw it away. As a result, there is no stench, no garbage, and from pure plastic you will get high-quality recyclables.
- For the disposal of organic waste, you can start a special bucket-compost. There, the waste will rot and can serve as an excellent fertilizer for plants, the bucket does not miss an unpleasant smell. This bucket is especially important for private homes. By the way, they have already come up with a special garbage can that processes garbage into fertilizer: it dries and crushes waste, turning them into sand, although this tank costs a lot.
- Do not throw hazardous waste into public garbage: they harm the environment and human health, and decompose for hundreds of years. Batteries, energy-saving light bulbs can be given to a special reception point, where they are disposed of, however, you will have to pay for recycling.
In Germany, garbage sorting and waste disposal are not without reason paid special attention. Here children from infancy are taught to sort garbage and order.
Such discipline is explained not only by the decency of the Germans and their cleanliness, but also by high fines for violations.
The Germans divide the waste into 4 recycling tanks: for paper, glass containers, plastic and organic waste. Old household appliances they put on the street, from where it is regularly taken out by special services.
For poor-quality sorting of garbage, citizens are fined, for example, if you threw a chocolate wrapper past an urn, you will be obliged to pay a fine of 30 euros. And if in the yard of the security services find that the garbage is distributed unfairly constantly, they may refuse to service your site.
Benefits of garbage sorting
- Reducing the amount of waste in landfills.
- Minimal pollution of the environment.
- Absence of dangerous bacteria from rotting products in the air.
- Saving natural resources.
- Saving money for the purchase and production of packaging, packaging, paper.
Bea Johnson, the founder of the Zero Waste movement, has written a book on how to reduce the production of garbage at home tenfold. Bea herself doesn't even have a trash can at home because she knows, How to sort garbage at home.
The annual supply of garbage, which cannot be recycled, fits the woman in a liter jar. At the same time, Bea has children and a husband, and she is an artist by profession, and artists love creative disorder.
A woman does not buy food in disposable dishes, goes shopping with a canvas bag, and drinks coffee from a thermos. She also asks friends not to give dishes and things for holidays, and her wardrobe can be placed in 1 travel suitcase, which greatly facilitates travel.
Bea Johnson’s way of life seems eccentric, and not everyone can make such dramatic changes. But Bea didn't get there in a day. Start small: sort the trash and don't miss the urn.
Look again at the thing you're going to throw away, maybe there's a way to give it a second chance at life. And toilet paper sleeves have already been recycled, so they either need to be burned, or you can make original crafts.
Tell your friends on social networks how to properly sort garbage.
