Waste are items we (individuals, offices, schools, industries, hospitals) dont need and discard.

it comes
in infinite sizessome can be as small as an old toothbrush, or as large as the body of a school bus.
Everyone creates waste although some people are very environmentally conscious and create very little.
Likewise, some countries do a very good job creating less waste and managing the rest. Others are
pretty horrible and have created huge environmental problems for the people and animals living there.
since the industrial revolution, this has litteraly become a major issue as Humans rely so much on
material things and they all (almost) end up as waste. And hey where does the waste end up?
It's just that we use things once and then throw them away rather than thinking about whether it could
be re-used, recycled or composted..
We throw waste 'away' - but where is 'a way'?

Rationale
Why is waste a problem?
For many years people just threw away things they didn't want anymore. But with increasing amounts
of waste per person and bigger populations, we can no longer afford to do this.
As We are running out of places to dispose of all the waste. At the same time, people have made it clear
they don't want to live next door to landfills.
Suddenly, when faced with plans for new tips, people have become concerned about the waste of
resources and the impacts of waste on the environment and their quality of life.
Now we realise waste is everybody's problem and there fore everyone's responsibility.
As we have become more industrialised, we have created more waste. we Forgot to recognize that
waste costs
What we put into our garbage bins is collected and then transported to the local tip.
When we do this, we are :
Throwing useful materials away
Throwing money away
Most of the waste in your garbage bin - including plastic, food scraps, paper and cardboard - can be used
again, recycled, composted or fed to a worm farm.
But instead of seeing these things as resources, we use them once and toss them out. Then someone
else takes them away and buries them. This is not good for our wallets nor for our planet!
We all pay for waste disposal
Well now How waste disposal can harm the environment ?
When waste is sent to landfill, it doesn't just magically go away. It can sit there for years, sometimes for
generations, and create more waste in the form of gas and waste water.
method
Waste huh what is there to discover in that say people who are dumb enough to ignore that
We
Over-use resources to produce goods.
Use more than we need.
Mix materials together in the garbage bin so they can't be recycled or re-used. For example, mixing
newspapers and food scraps spoils the newspapers for recycling .
There are various sources provided through Internet which gives us record of these things.Books play
an important role too.
And well who could be more better than one who stays near a landfill to explain the hardships.This
project is thus a mixture of


This report is based on
Exploratory Realistic Approach that includes :
1) Gaining considerate of the meaning from various sources
2) Focus on practical applied research, incorporating different standpoint to help deduce data,
The result in this report is based on data from various sources including Websites, Encyclopedia,
Research papers, Newspapers and articles. Also the insight of many people of different age groups over
this topic has led to a useful extract. For result based on internet sources,the sampling error is quite
accurate in a range of 1-2%
The main sites include:
1) Wikipedia
2) Ask.com (Views)
3) Environment and Heritage
4)Infoplease.com


observation

All over the world, communities handle their waste or trash differently. Some common methods of
managing their waste include landfilling, recycling and composting. Other communities strongly embark
on waste reduction and litter prevention/control aimed at reducing the production of waste in the first
place. Some communities also engage in waste-to-energy plants and hazardous waste disposal
programs. But do you think all of these are right for instance take the landfills the garbage is dumped
but does that mean waste gone No a big No .this table is enough to prove.
in other stance recycling is a good shot but is it enough or we need to hike our thinking? ask yourself

Analysis

Packaging is the largest and most rapidly growing category of solid waste. More than 30% of municipal
solid waste is packaging, and 40% of that waste is plastic. Plastics never biodegrade; instead, plastic goes
through a process called photodegradation, in which sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller
pieces until only plastic dust remains. Plastic does not disappear even as dust it persists for centuries,
wreaking havoc in ecosystems. Given its lifespan, the quantity of plastic waste we throw away is deeply
concerning. Plastic waste has accumulated to the point where degraded plastic pieces of the central
North Pacific outweigh surface zooplankton by a factor of six to one. Aside from that
Conclusion:
This chapter tells you:
Why waste is a problem
How waste hurts the environment
About different types of waste and how much we create
How to:
o avoid
o re-use
o recycle
How to choose products that create less waste
Why recycling alone will not fix our waste problems
o What else you can do to reduce waste



Wasteful thinking
Our attitudes to waste are shown in the words we use to describe it. Think about the words we use:
refuse, garbage, trash, scrap,

rubbish. These words make waste seem useless, dirty or unhealthy.
Ask yourself:
What do you think about waste?
A re you concerned about waste, or is it someone else's responsibility?
Whose responsibility is it?
What do your neighbours think about waste?
What about your friends, family and workmates?
As Earth Workers, you will have the chance to influence how other people think about waste.
Your own attitudes will

probably change as you read on.




What will we leave behind for our kids?
Landfills can go on creating gas and liquid waste for 20-30 years after they have closed.
Our wasteful ways mean less natural resources, like forests, are left for our kids to enjoy.




Play your part!

Efficient and effective waste management is best achieved at household levels.

If every person gets involved, we can have a powerful effect on the our environment in a positive way.

Many times, people want to do the right things but they feel they are alone, and their actions will not
make any difference Wrong!!

There are millions of great teens like you who appreciate the magnitude of the waste problem and are
doing the right things to help. But

we can do more and get others who are not doing well to do better.



Reduce creating waste
The next time you change the waste-bin bag, take a look inside it. Is there anything that could have not
ended up there? Probably. Try

cutting the waste you produce at home into half. For example,

Use proper towels and ceramic plates at home instead of paper towels, disposable spoons and paper
plates.
Get your own shopping bag instead of bringing home plastic bagseach time you go grocery shopping.
Use old post package boxes to send parcels instead of buying new ones.

Re-use things that end up as waste
There are things that can be used over and over again: package boxes, gift wrappers, clothing, furniture
and even playing toys. If even

you have outgrown them, you can give it out to someone who has a need for it. Do not be too quick to
throw them away.


If we want to reduce waste you need to A-R-R. ARR stands for:

1. AVOID. If we use fewer products now, there will be less waste later.
2. RE-USE. It makes more sense to simply re-use an existing product than to spend the time and
energy recycling it.
3. RECYCLE. The materials in a used product are broken down and used to make something new.