Waste Management

 

WASTE MANAGEMENT:

A waste management system is the strategy an organization uses to dispose, reduce, reuse and prevent waste. Possible waste disposal methods are recycling, composting, incineration, landfills, waste to energy and waste minimization. As for the waste management, it is the measures utilized to manage waste in its entire life cycle, from waste generation to disposal or recovery.

They focus main on how to recycle the waste. Reasons to recycle waste are:

Ø  To protect the environment.

Ø  Reduce the need for extracting, refining and processing raw materials.

Ø  Saves energy.

Ø  Reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to tackle climate changes.

Ø  Conserves natural resources.

Ø  Creates jobs, producing economic benefits.

Ø  Reduces waste sent to landfills.

 

Methods to create awareness about disposal of waste are:

·    An effective way to improve attitudes towards waste reuse and recycling is to integrate waste management education into school curriculum and particularly teaching children about the causes and consequences of waste disposal and highlighting the importance of waste prevention, reuse and recycling.

·      Waste management authorities can facilitate this by outreach activities, sending representatives to local schools or inviting school children to create awareness.

·  The awareness campaigns for citizens can be delivered directly by the waste management organization.

 

There are various method used to manage the waste

1.     Recycling the waste: 

          There are various NGO’s that look after the way to manage waste. One of this was RecyclEarth Foundation.

Now let us see how this foundation actually works:

 

RECYCLEARTH FOUNDATION:

RecyclEarth foundation encourages E-waste recycling that contributes to the development of the circular economy and reduce pollution. RecyclEarth foundation is a non-profit E-waste management organization committed to make a positive, effective and efficient impact on our environment. They help in reducing e-waste and glass waste being disposal of in an improper way by encouraging everyone to adapt environmentally sound waste management practices. This organization was built in the year 2021.  The organization is lead by Nayan Momaya.

Nayan Momaya

 

They focus main on how to recycle the waste. Common approaches they follow for waste management are records examination, facility walk throughs and waste sorting.

1.   First Approach – involves looking at waste hauling and disposal records as well as contracts with recycling facilities.

2.  Second Approach – requires a team of internal auditors to identify waste generating activities through observation and interviews with employees.

3.   Third Approach – is the physical collecting, sorting and weighing of a sample of organization’s waste. This sample can be a day’s worth of waste or a collection of waste from each department.

 

What actually the foundation does??

§  They collect glass waste and e- waste.

§  Data destruction services.

§  Compliance management.

§  Reverse logistics management.

§  Carry out awareness campaigns.

§  Electronic refurbishment.

 

Main vision of the foundation is to:

To protect, converse and help our planet for present and future generations. By implementing economical and efficient waste management solutions for business entities and individuals in compliance with the laws of the land.

 

 

 

This was all about the RecyclEarth Foundation. So I request you guys also to take part in this foundation and to place your first step towards the clean environment.

 

Conclusion:

The generation of waste is very dangerous not only for the present generation but even for the future ones, so its our duty to abolish the act of encouraging the waste production. Waste disposal should be a priority for all the people across the globe and it is critical that we learn from it. The slogan of waste management is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.