The bulk of waste material come from kitchen refuse and food preparation. A typical family with seven members may accumulate one half to one cubic meter of all kinds of refuse which include waste paper, plastic, boxes, worn out shoes, clothing, tin cans, bottles, broken toys and food stuffs.
A clean and healthy environment is not hard to come by if the household learns to adopt a workable domestic Waste Management System. This is a zero-waste technology which aims to utilize wastes to the fullest to Maintain round the clock cleanliness, orderliness, beauty and dignity.
Waste Management consist of five options, Sources, reduction, incineration, landfield, recycling and composting of course these options, recycling and composting are the most commonly practiced approaches. Year ago, recycling and composting were routine household activities.
RECYCLING. Recycling means there is less trash, requiring disposal. Total recycling Schemes follows three basic steps;
- SORT OF SOURCE – There are two kinds of waste biodegradable or compostable (nabubulok) and non- biodegradable (hindi nabubulok). Pre- sort and segregate waste into two kinds right at the site or place where they are.
- PACKAGE PROPERLY – Place segregated waste according to kind in proper containers. Choose proper containers that with facilitate sanitary, efficient handling, storage collection and cost -effective disposal. They may be cons, sacks, bags, bins, boxes or pails.
- DISPOSE ECOLOGY – Avoid open garbage dumping this eye sore breeds rodents and insects that cause diseases. Avoid needles burning. Harmful fumes contribute to global warming and the thinning of ozone layers. Resort to total recycling.
- COMPOSTING – is the biological process by which organic material, such as food waste is broken down by micro organisms in the presence of oxygen to form a humus -like substance called compost.
Composting can take place in individual background or in centralized facilities.
RULES FOR COMPOSTING - Sort wastes and use only biodegradables, for faster composting cut, chop, or shred materials into finer portions. Mix up food, garden and animal waste.
- Do not burn on top of files or composters Burning will kill biological decomposers and will delay the process.
- Keep waste moist / moderately but not soggy.
Protect them from too much rain to present leaking. - Aerate or allow air access. As a matter decays, heat is produced too much heat may kill and reduce the microbe population, delaying the composting process.
