Recycling is one of the actions that we can do to contribute to sustainable development and the use of resources, and it is becoming easier to carry out. There are many containers, plastics, papers, cardboard and glass that we use in our daily lives and, if we recycle it, we can reduce the impact and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the process of forming these materials.
We can make simple and easy gestures to recycle and, without realizing it, we will be helping our planet. Do you want to know what those gestures are?
Separate, reuse and recycle
When you do your shopping, you can use reusable bags to save on plastic bags and pollute less. Whenever possible, avoid not buying an item with too much packaging.
Before the synonym of recycling was to separate the waste in an infinity of different bins, now it is only necessary to separate the organic from the recyclable. When there is garbage that is garbage, it is not recycled. For example, pizza cartons or cardboard containers that previously held frozen food and used napkins are not recycled. The containers with motor oils either.
Hazardous waste and user responsibility
You have to be careful with some more dangerous types of waste such as light bulbs, batteries, chargers, appliances, etc. These should not be thrown away.
Organic waste can be used as compost. Although it is not very common, there are people who ask their relatives to reserve organic waste to use as compost in their gardens.
It must be taken into account that the fact that recycling is not carried out completely well is not the fault of consumers, but also of companies that do not indicate correctly or provide information on how materials should be separated for proper recycling.
Recycling is part of everyone and it is necessary that both companies and consumers are aware of it.