The sake of our Environment
Our country has been producing over 21 million metric tons
of garbage every year. The National Capital Region (NCR), with its estimated
population of over 12 million, is the biggest producer of garbage. With all of
these wastes in our country, it may create serious negative impacts like
infectious diseases, land and water pollution, obstruction of drains, and loss
of biodiversity. We could change these results by helping together.
There are so many ways to help the whole country and avoid
these negative impacts. Here are a few ways to reduce waste:
· Recycle. Start recycling recyclable items at home instead of throwing them away and purchase products that come with less packaging or come in packaging that can be recycled.
· Start composting your fruit and vegetable scraps, egg shells, coffee grounds, glass clippings, and leaves.
· Avoid using straws and paper/plastic cups.
Making these as everyone’s habit would help a lot in
reducing the country’s waste. Let’s do our best for our own future and have a
clean environment.
Be mindful of your actions. Throwing one trash away wouldn’t
look like it would affect the community so much but by doing these on a daily
basis, it would result to something bigger which was mention in the first
paragraph. So always consider the aftermath of your decisions.
“Environmental impacts of improper solid waste management in developing countries: a case study of Rawalpindi City” by: N. Ejaz, N. Akhtar, H. Nisar & U. Ali Naeem https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrary/papers/SW10/SW10035FU1.pdf
“Eight Ways to Reduce Waste” https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/delaware/stories-in-delaware/delaware-eight-ways-to-reduce-waste/
“Beginner’s Guide to Reducing Waste” https://www.addisoncountyrecycles.org/recycling/reduce-reuse/plastics-reduction
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