Doing Simple Things for the Planet
November 14, 2008 by Eugene
Filed under The Philippines, Waste and Materials
(This article is contributed by our guest writer, Irene Rafer, and was first published in The Shape of My Life.)
“Wastes segregation begins at home.”
Practicing proper waste segregation reduced our household waste to 20% – the rest being recycled.
Metro Manila disposes tons of garbage everyday and time will come that its landfills can no longer accommodate all its wastes.
Our household trash is ordinarily composed of old news papers and scrap papers; cartoons and card boards; plastic bottles and plastic scraps; Styrofoam and the inedible parts of fruits and vegetables that we consume. Instead that those trashes end up to the garbage collectors we managed to segregate and recycle. We piled the scrap papers and card boards in a big cartoon then we allocated a separate sack for our plastic bottles and plastic scraps. Our lifestyle here sometimes demands for the consumption of plastic bottled drinks. Nevertheless, we are trying to be responsible consumer by properly disposing our plastic trash.
I persuaded my siblings to put our biodegradable trash in a used plastic container. Some of it is now completely decomposed and I am planning to use it as an organic fertilizer. We are going to plant our vegetable here in the city. I believe it is possible though we have a limited space in our house. I can utilize our used plastic containers as pots.
Talk of doing simple things for the planet, huh.
Trash to Cash
Last month, my sister Inkgs sold our accumulated non-biodegradable, recyclable household trashes. She just turned our trash into cash.
SM Supermalls have launched their Trash to Cash Recycling Market every first Friday and Saturday of the month. They buy scrap papers and card boards; empty ink and toner cartridges; plastic bottles and plastic scraps; used lead batteries (for cars, UPS/Voltage Regulators); Aluminum; tin cans; busted rechargeable lamps; polystyrene; Styrofoam; junk cell phones and cell phone batteries (not for buying/recycling).
Even big businesses are exerting efforts to save this planet.
Possibly, we can change from being a “throw-away society” to a saving, protecting, and caring society by simply being responsible to our trash.
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Does any one knows if there’s a business organisation like SM SuperMall in Singapore? How to get in touch with such organisation if it exists?
Thanks
You can contact collectors for recyclables at http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/article.asp?pid=1467.
If you wish to recycle at home or at work, refer to http://www.zerowastesg.com/2008/12/08/start-recycling-at-home/ and http://www.zerowastesg.com/2008/12/08/start-recycling-at-work/.
There are also cash for trash programmes at some CDCs where residents can exchange recyclables for food. Check with your CC or RC.
anyone know where i can find ecokits that include items that can save my overal utility bill. and preferably in the far east!
I’m looking for recycling games and puzzles. Any one knows of any websites?
Try this website http://www.recyclenow.com/fun_stuff/index.html