SEC - S15W3 | Challenges, Solutions and World Waste Problems
Littering is completely inappropriate. It's concerning that we want to keep our homes clean but litter on roads and in parks. Plastic bottles and bags, paper and cardboard pieces, cigarette butts - we throw all this on roads and in drains. Seeing this is very disheartening. If we keep our homes clean then why do we litter outside?
I get that strict anti-littering rules and fines are necessary, otherwise people will keep trashing public spaces. I read somewhere that there are very heavy fines for littering in Singapore, which is why there is great cleanliness there. In our country, first of all such fines mostly don't exist and even if they do somewhere, they don't seem to be implemented properly. Our government needs to pay attention to this matter. And the police should make sure to catch litterers by imposing strict fines. When there are consequences, people will think twice before littering.
But fines alone won't work. We'll also need to educate people on why littering is wrong. More awareness programmes should be run in schools and colleges. Ads should also be shown on social media and TV that communicate how littering harms our health and environment. Only when people's mindsets change will this issue be solved.
In my opinion, littering is a huge problem in our country. To eradicate it, the government, police and public - all will have to work together. Making rules and implementing them strictly is very important. And we'll have to change our mindsets to become more responsible and civic-minded.
The Pakistani government is making efforts to improve waste disposal and management. Some cities have implemented waste segregation rules, so different types of waste can be disposed of judiciously. There are also some factories that recycle plastic and metal. But still very few. Only 1-2% waste is processed properly, the rest is dumped on roadsides and in landfills.
I believe there are many benefits of converting waste into income and resources.
- Saves money and resources spent on waste disposal and landfills.
Valuable materials can be extracted, reused and recycled, reducing production costs.
Creates jobs for waste collectors and workers.
Electricity or fuel can also be produced from waste, e.g. biogas.
I think the Government should research and formulate better policies around this. Corporates and entrepreneurs should also invest in the waste industry. The public can also reduce, reuse and recycle waste from their end. With such collaborative efforts, perhaps we can turn waste into an asset.
Waste management should start from our homes. To do this, every household needs to follow some principles to minimize and responsibly dispose of waste generated at home.
Firstly, make lifestyle changes - use reusable bags and bottles instead of plastic ones, eat fresh foods instead of frozen stuff, store things in reusable containers instead of disposable ones.
Secondly, start recycling at home - compost vegetable peels and leftover food to make natural fertilizer for plants/gardens.
Segregate paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and metals. Give to recycling trucks or take directly to recycling plants (if available in your city) in exchange for some money. This way you also earn something!
Thirdly, donate any electronics or furniture you cannot reuse to charities for others to use. Broken utensils can also be repaired through welding and reused instead of replacing. With such simple but effective ways, household waste can be greatly minimized.
It's true that excessive waste piling up in one country can sneakily affect neighboring ones. Because whenever there is too much pollution in an ecosystem beyond its self-cleaning capacity, it impacts a wider geographical area.
For example, if air and water pollution in our cities and industrial areas becomes extreme, it will affect regional climate patterns and weather systems. This can easily reach our neighbours through monsoon winds and ocean currents. Similarly, if our water bodies get so polluted that their self-purification stops, this pollution can get transferred downstream to areas that may belong to our neighbours.
Plastic waste creates a similar problem as it easily travels via water channels and reaches oceans. Here it disturbs marine ecosystems. And when we talk of global warming, majorly caused by greenhouse gases, it impacts the whole planet - causing extreme weather events and rising sea levels.
So, we must view pollution and ecosystem damage from a global, not regional perspective, as their impacts always go beyond local levels. Countries will need to jointly address this issue, or else no one alone will find respite from it.
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Good to read your thoughts on this topic. Waste management is one of the biggest issues we are having in today’s world and must humans are not helping but instead they keep making the environment unhealthy by throwing waste carelessly. Keep up the good approach you are using in managing household waste.
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La verdad es que sí en el país por la ciudad no se implementa el reciclaje Pues nada haríamos contratar de separar la basura en casa ya que toda iría a parar al mismo lugar.
Al menos en la zona donde vivo las personas se encargan de recolectar lo que es cartón y plástico ya que aunque no lo pagan muy bien pueden obtener algo de ganancia de trabajo de esta forma reciclan estos dos materiales y los vuelven a utilizar para hacer nuevos productos.
Éxitos y bendiciones amigo 🫶
Thank you for engaging with my post. 😊
Hay muchos beneficios cuando se reciclan algunos materiales, tal como lo describiste, y en casa podemos iniciar con este cambio y con nuestro aporte personal a beneficio del medioambiente.
Saludos y bendiciones.
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In today's society, waste disposal is a different problem. You are right we should solve this problem from home. You have said that the Government of Pakistan has taken good initiatives to overcome these difficulties. Nowadays it is seen that the things made of plastic produce the most politeness so we have to avoid them. We need to produce more natural fertilizers for our house plants i.e. garden plants and we need to give importance to organic fertilizers. If a country is developed, it is natural that the cleanliness of that country should be improved. I think you should do the same in your country. Best wishes to you.
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Hello dear, greetings to you. I hope you are enjoying the sweet moments of your life.
You said Waste management should start from our homes. Yes this is true. I think every positive step should be started from our own house. Yes this is true, it will help minimize the house hold waste. We have a very good set up here in our town for the garbage.
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Thanks brother. 🙂
Fining them is not always the right answer, we and the governments should create time and educates citizens the harmful effects of throwing waste products anyhow, this way it will reduce and our society will be safe from disease.
Good things come out from waste products just like you have mentioned above, like in my area plastic rubbers and condemned iron are used to create new products, which in turn provide employment and generate income.
I am happy to see the effort you're making to make sure that your family live in a healthy and clean home 🏡 accumulating of large waste products will cause air pollution which will affect people living around us.
Your entry is really amazing 👏 and i wish you nothing but the best in this challenge 🙌 do have a nice day.
Sending you greetings from this part of the world 🌎 🇳🇬
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment. 🙂
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