Waste management practices differ for developed and developing nations, for urban and rural areas, and for residential and industrial producers. Management for non-hazardous residential and institutional waste in metropolitan areas is usually the responsibility of local government authorities, while management for non-hazardous commercial and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the generator.
Waste disposal is a crucial aspect of infection prevention in health care facilities. Although disposal of waste from health facilities poses problems worldwide, it is often the most neglected area of infection prevention. This module will help you learn the correct procedures for disposing of waste so that you can protect yourself, your clients, and your local community from the risk of infections.
Proper disposal:
•Minimizes the spread of infections and reduces the risk of accidental injury to staff, clients, visitors, and the local community
•Helps provide an aesthetically pleasing atmosphere
•Reduces odors
•Attracts fewer insects and does not attract animals
•Reduces the likelihood of contamination of the soil or ground water with chemicals or microorganisms.
This picture was taken on our way to Calumpang, General Santos City. We introduced the proper waste management to the community and we also presented the recycling methods.
RECYCLING
Recycling generally involves the processing of final products so that they become ready for another use. This method is becoming more and more relevant in the current scenario when waste management is the need of the hour. This is because of the fact that wastes of natural resources are taking place at an unprecedented growth. Therefore, recycling can be a quick fix solution to restrict the uncontrollable rate of wastage which is harming our ecological balance in a catastrophic way. That is why recycling is graded as the one of the effective solutions to curb further wastage of natural resources.
Recycling can be undertaken on various objects like paper, textiles, plastic, metal, glass and electronics. The main advantage of recycling is that they can be reused properly.
There are numerous methods that can be taken as strong measures against global warming and ecological imbalance. Some of these methods are mentioned below:
• Paper recycling:
Under paper recycling or eco recycling, paper products are recycled so that they can be used further. This recycling activity can help in avoiding deforestation of trees and plants.
• E-waste recycling:
E-waste recycling is basically non biodegradable products recycling that have finally reached its final end life. They include all the electronic products including laptops, computers, computers, mobile phones and calculators. Most of them generally lie in junkyards of home completely unattended and finally added in the landfills. And recycling of these non biodegradable products help in reducing pollution level and on the other side, help largely in saving extractions of mineral resources.
• Mineral recycling:
This is another recycling phenomenon being used to preserve natural resources like lead, aluminum, and gold among others. Under this recycling process, smelting processes are used and therefore, minerals refining is done so as to increase their utility.
Recycling methods can bring a big difference in our environment as they help considerably in restricting the emission of greenhouse gases which are the main cause of global warming. So, use these processes and contribute towards world environment conservation so that future generations also become lucky to enjoy environment benefits to a great extent.
