Waste management concepts
One concept involved in waste management is waste reduction, especially in large urban
cities such as London for instance. The effect of waste build up is just too nasty to
contemplate, and whereas most city dwellers leave that side of life to their local
government, it is not enough on the long term if we are to reduce the effect waste has on
our environment.
An important method of waste management is to prevent creating waste materials, in other
words, reducing waste. One way to do this is through recycling, or using products that are
packaged in materials that can be recycled and to stop using disposable plastic items.
Industry can help in this regard too even if it means designing products that use less
packaging or products that can be refilled or reused.
Waste management hierarchy
The first is the 3 “R’s”. Reduce, reuse and recycle. This classifies waste management in a
nutshell and is the cornerstone in minimizing waste.
We need to extract practical benefits from products while generating the minimum amount of
waste.
Holding the producer responsible makes up part of waste management hierarchy and is meant to
put accountability on the producer over the entire lifecycle of a product and packing.
Those who manufacture and sell products need to be more responsible for their products not
only during manufacture but also after its use.
The “polluter pays principle” is a principle which entails the those responsible for
polluting paying the price for the damage to the environment which include
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