5 Ways to Get Rid of Waste from Your Surroundings

Most of us grew up in a surrounding where we either contribute to littering or ignore it when other people do it. Due to our collective actions as a community, we have been responsible for so many environmental hazards that directly contributed to so many diseases and germs around us.

Reducing waste is related to littering and our everyday actions, which we tend to ignore. For example, consuming plastic causes long-term damage to the environment as it does not recycle and is often the reason for increasing wastage on earth and in the sea.

So many marine lives have also been in danger because of our plastic usage. Another example of us increasing waste is discarding perfectly usable food items instead of recycling them. Such items include bread crumbs, vegetable shavings, water, etc.

Imagine the difference we will make on earth if these things are effectively recycled by our collective efforts.

Why Reduce Waste from Around You? 

Individual efforts have a huge impact on our surroundings once it combines. When we reduce waste around us, the world becomes a better, cleaner place for us to live. There are several benefits of reducing waste around us, some of them are:

• We will have cleaner air to breathe in.
• We will have clean water to consume.
• There will be lesser bacteria and germs around us, hence the reduction of diseases.
• More environmental-friendly lifestyle to avoid harm to other living beings around us.
• Reduction of global warming.
• The longer and healthier lifespan of people. 
• Increased sense of responsibility among people. 

5 Ways to Reduce Wastage from Earth:

So to help you live a more sustainable and healthy life with minimal but promising efforts, here are five very smart and simple ways to reduce wastage around you and introduce more cleanliness in the environment. 

1. Switch from Plastic to More Environment-Friendly Products:

According to Condor Ferries, about 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals are killed by plastic waste discarded by choking on it. Most plastics that we use are not biodegradable, which means they don't decompose on earth and hence remain dumped on the planet for years and years.

 This causes pollution and a serious risk to living beings on land and in the oceans. The best way to reduce this risk is to switch from plastic into more biodegradable products, like cloth or paper bags, wooden, paper, steel straws, steel or wooden cutlery, etc.

These simple steps can go a long way toward making a big difference on earth and will reduce waste around us.

2. Use a Bin Regularly:

This is the simplest thing to do that we have been taught since we were little kids, but if that were followed as strictly as we were taught back then, there wouldn't be so much litter around us. Using a bin is essential in every public and private place.

Make it a habit to religiously avoid littering by throwing all of your wastage in a bin. If you can't, find one nearby, keep it with you till you can find one, or take it home. You can also contact a dumpster rental company near you. If you have children or are in their company, make sure you teach them how to use a bin by being an example of it yourself.

3. Keep Your Area/House Up-To-Date with Plumbing:

This step is very important because such issues cause sewage water to overflow on the roads, hence contaminating the earth and causing serious harm to people's healths. Your area should be well-groomed and clean to ensure a better lifestyle for you and your family.

Any leakage or damage should be repaired immediately to avoid any water being wasted or other issues that it may cause. The whole point of plumbing is to maintain the quality of life by following the code of cleanliness and good health. 

4. Spread Awareness, Especially Among Children:

Children follow exactly what you do. They wouldn't follow instructions as much as the following live actions of people around them. So make sure you set a good example by spreading awareness both verbally and physically by being a responsible person and avoid littering or spreading any waste around you.

Teach simple tasks to children like using the bin and getting brownie points in return. Or show them an entertaining but informative movie or documentary on pollution, so they get a better idea about this issue along with entertainment.

 Teach them other minor things, like finishing your meals instead of wasting them, watering the plants with undrinkable but non-toxic water instead of draining it in the sink, feeding animals and birds with fresh food leftovers instead of throwing it away, etc.

5. Re-Use your Food Leftovers: 

How many of us have cut the corners of our bread and threw it away? Or how many of us drained the pasta water after the pasta gets done? Or how many times did we overspent our time in the shower, wasting water needlessly?

These minor activities, which we do daily, combine to form a huge disaster on earth and cause a scarcity of food and clean water for all of us. To make sure we reduce waste around us, let's learn some practical ways to reduce food waste:

• Use pasta water in making pasta sauce.
• Use vegetable shavings or skin to make a yummy vegetable stock/broth.
• Use a bucket instead of a shower for bathing.
• Toast the bread, so the corners taste good.
• Feed the meat trimmings/discards to your pet.
• Use leftover tea or coffee to water your plants.
• Bake potato or other vegetables skins to make a quick snack.
• Use fruit peels to make a fruit mask.
• Grow your fruits and vegetables with leftover seeds or stems.
• Use leftover cake to make cake pops!

Final Thoughts:

We live in an era where global warming is at its peak. We need to make sure that we do everything to reduce waste and make our surroundings more environment-friendly.

Teach children and adults alike to participate in campaigns to promote cleanliness and do many activities like the ones mentioned above to keep littering at bay. Bringing these minor changes in our lifestyle can make our home and the entire earth a better place to live once if we work together effectively.

Author bio

About Ashley Rosa: Ashley Rosa is a freelance writer and blogger. As writing is her passion that why she loves to write articles related to the latest trends in technology and sometimes on health-tech as well.  She is crazy about chocolates. You can find her at twitter: @ashrosa2.