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Understanding the Garbage Problem

This document discusses the garbage problem in the country. It defines garbage as waste thrown out from homes, offices, parks, etc. consisting mostly of food waste, paper, plastic, and other materials. It identifies those responsible for garbage as the government, environmental authorities, and citizens. The causes of the garbage problem are increasing population, unauthorized construction, lack of public awareness, and improper disposal of waste. The document outlines types of garbage and problems caused by garbage like environmental, health, and safety issues. It provides solutions such as reducing packaging waste, recycling, and composting to address the garbage problem.

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Understanding the Garbage Problem

This document discusses the garbage problem in the country. It defines garbage as waste thrown out from homes, offices, parks, etc. consisting mostly of food waste, paper, plastic, and other materials. It identifies those responsible for garbage as the government, environmental authorities, and citizens. The causes of the garbage problem are increasing population, unauthorized construction, lack of public awareness, and improper disposal of waste. The document outlines types of garbage and problems caused by garbage like environmental, health, and safety issues. It provides solutions such as reducing packaging waste, recycling, and composting to address the garbage problem.

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GARBAGE PROBLEM

What is Garbage?
• Garbage is waste that is generally thrown out
of our homes, offices, parks, shops, etc….

• In our country it mostly consists of rotting


vegetable and food matter, paper, plastic,
glass, rubber, leather, porcelain, metal, rags,
toxic material , building material and soil.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ..……… ?
• Government
• Central Environmental Authority
• Urban Councils and Municipal Councils
• People Who live in society

REASONS …………
• Increasing Population density
• Unauthorized Constructions
• Not Public awareness and wrong attitudes
• Dump waste materials hear & there
It is usually done in a shallow pit in the ground,
along the roadside, on a nearby dumpsite, in low-lying
marshland or in waterways or waterbodies.
• Weak waste collection and cleaning
• Waste Collection is not selective
Due to Insufficient resources
TYPES OF GARBAGE
DRY waste:-

WET waste:-
Cont…
TOXIC waste:-

SOILED waste:-
PROBLEMS
Garbage cause to environmental pollution.
Air pollution
Land pollution
Water pollution

Garbage cause to health hazards.


Left to roads and this breeds insects,
rodents and bacteria that cause and spread
disease
Garbage on the roads are unsafe for drivers &
pedestrians which can cause accidents.
Cont..
Garbage cause to stink
 because it consists of rotting organic
matter.
Garbage remains unclear
because there is too much of it which even
municipal corporations can't get rid of.
Garbage cause to ugly of the environment
because we do not throw it properly in bins.
Garbage cause to impede water in drainage
channels.
SOLUTIONS FOR GARBAGE
PROBLEM
•Stop the importation of packed stuff

•Recycling

•Making Compost
Stop the importation of packed
stuff

-Stop the importation of not crumbling materials


Ex-Containers of the soft drinks , Beers ,
Cooking oil

-Make laws to import bulk containers of food stuff


which can be repacked within country
Recycling

-Recycling is the driving force behind


reducing the amount of garbage that sit
on the landfills

- Pop bottle child’s toy


Making Compost
Steps of making compost

• Punch holes in a garbage can


• Chop plant debris into small pieces and place them inside the
garbage can.
• Spray water over the chopped plant material inside the can.
• Put the lid on the can.
• Place the filled garbage can .
• Turn the can as often as daily, or at least once a week
• Add more plant material at any time.
• Harvest compost after one month
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