Name: Paper Waste and Management
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 41 s
Description: About 1.85 million tonnes of paper waste are created each year. Think about all the paper products you use on a daily basis. Watch this video to find out more.

Question

Describe in detail how non-biodegradable wastes can be managed.

Accepted Answer

Wastes that cannot be broken down by the decomposers are called non-biodegradable wastes. These wastes can be managed by the concept of 3Rs-reduce, reuse, and recycle. The practicing of these three factors in order to save our environment can be explained as follows:
First 'R': Reduce: Reduce means that we must use less of the natural resources in order to avoid their wastage. Ex: we can reduce the wastage of electricity by switching off unnecessary lights and fans.

Second 'R': Recycling: Recycling means that we should collect the used and discarded items such as paper, carton boxes, plastic, glass, and send them to the respective industries in order to restore the products and to prevent the pollution in the atmosphere.
Third 'R': Reuse: Reuse means that if possible we should use the same thing again without any further processing. Ex: the empty jars of pickles and jams can be further used for storage. The process of reuse is better than recycling as it saves energy, time, and money.

Describe in detail how non-biodegradable wastes can be managed.

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