Make a poster to educate your peers about proper waste segregation. Colour your poster with bright hues including illustrations about the different bins used for different types of waste.
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Why should I Segregate my Waste Properly?
Most places you go to will have some form of waste segregation. Your office may have a bin for paper and cardboard, the gym has a mixed recyclables bin, even your house should have some form of waste segregation as all local councils do kerbside collection. But how important is it to put the right waste in the right bins? This blog will discuss why you should pay attention to waste segregation.
The first reason is it is legally required. Under the Waste Regulations 2011, you must segregate paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and glass at source unless it is technically or economically unfeasible. Under the same regulations, you should implement the waste hierarchy; reduce, reuse, recycle, other recovery and disposal. By law, you should implement this hierarchy and segregation helps with recycling in particular.
Waste segregation is included in law because it is much easier to recycle. Effective segregation of wastes means that less waste goes to landfill which makes it cheaper and better for people and the environment. It is also important to segregate for public health. In particular, hazardous wastes can cause long term health problems, so it is very important that they are disposed of correctly and safely and not mixed in with the normal waste coming out of your home or office.
