Are you worried about the mountains of garbage
everywhere across NCR?
Well, you should be.
That’s because the biggest of them all,
the Ghazipur dump, is soon going to be higher
than the Qutub Minar and Taj Mahal.
While you might think that you can’t help
to solve such a big problem, you actually
can.
The solution lies in front of you – waste
management!
Wait, you don’t know about the types of
waste, do you?
Let me tell you.
Waste can be classified into 3 main types
– dry waste, wet waste and hazardous waste.
Dry waste consists of glass, plastic and other
substances.
Meanwhile, wet waste includes all waste that
comes from food – peels, tea leaves, coffee
grounds and the like.
Now, we come to hazardous waste – chemicals,
medical waste, paints and electronic waste,
consisting of batteries, old electronic components
and so on.
So, what do you with your waste?
Put it in the bin, from where it goes to a
landfill.
So, you are contributing to the Ghazipur dump
and other dumps too.
Shocked?
Well, you still can fix this – through waste
management.
This is the segregation of waste into its
types, making it easier to deal with.
After segregating your waste you can deal
with it in different ways.
Wet waste can easily be composted, dry waste
and electronic waste recycled
or reused, while chemicals, medical waste
and paints can be treated to make them harmless
towards the environment.
See, it’s that easy!
Also, it shows us that waste is a valuable
resource or a mortal enemy – it’s our
choice what we want it to be.
