What should we do with our rubbish?
“In places like Africa there is less rubbish, because people have less to throw away”.
What about us? What about our
country, Chile?
Nowadays, industrialization, technology, individualism and thoughtlessness, are bringing us consequences. Beyond the facts that today is easier and faster to get something, to buy something and to communicate with people from anywhere, we need to face that Chile is the first rubbish producer in Latin America: 6, 5 million tons per year and we recycle only the 10% of it. Every year, each of us produces 384 kilograms of household rubbish. Shocking! Isn’t it?
Here we have types of rubbish we produce more:
Plastic bottles: As many of you may know, each plastic bottle takes 100 years to degrade. Lately, thanks to disposable bottles, this type of rubbish has duplicated. Here’s some ideas to use them instead of throw them away..
Technological junk: In 10 years app. this type of rubbish will give us a real headache! If your computers or chips don’t work anymore better use them in something creative!
Batteries: These have toxic material inside, so you better remember to throw them in the right place..
Organic rubbish: A big quantity of household rubbish is organic. You should use it! Make your own humus and composting!
Cardboard and paper: To produce paper, many trees must be cut and big quantities of water and electricity must be used…
So, be aware of what you throw away! Think about the environment, your health and the next generation! You probably want to leave a legacy, so be smart and reduce your quantity of rubbish! What do you think? Are you ready?
These statistics are incredibly shocking! We really live in a plastic world. But now up to us to change that reality, or at least, trying to care a little bit more about the enviroment and the next generations.
ReplyDeleteWe can't continue waiting, we might be the ones with the conviction to change this.
I remembered a movie I watched about plastic, it's called: "Plastic World". It's very interesting to see, I attach the link: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/plastic_planet/
Good post!
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ReplyDeleteWow this is absolutly ghastly, people really should be more aware about their waste, but i think nowadays we have a little bit more awareness about this topic, but it's not enough it must be faster, we need to change this as soon as possible.
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