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Video credits: ACCIONA, published on Apr 19, 2018
Some sources argue the 3R principle (reduce, reuse, recycle), some mention the 5R principle (refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle), or even the 7R principles (refuse, reduce, repurpose, reuse, recycle, rot, rethink). This is because recycling systems are not always available in each country and may not always work. Richer countries often export their recyclable waste to other countries, and this can end up in landfill or on the side of roads. Therefore recycling is seen as the last step in the process, making it something to avoid and only do as a last resort.
Think about what you have learnt from this video.
Do! Take a look around. Grab the first three objects you see or the ones that are closest to you. Think about their lifespan and their usage. How long have you had them? How often do you use them? How long will they last? What will you do with them when you won’t need them or won’t be able to use them anymore? If you will throw them away, do you know where they will end up?
Reflect on these questions on your own. Now think of at least 3 alternatives or best practice examples how people could reduce waste or improve their individual daily waste management practices. Write down your answers in the comments.
Educate! When we are in the shop, faced with a wide variety of products shipped there for us to choose and consume, try implement the 3R, 5R, or 7R principles! Talk to the other shoppers in the store, what do they base their choices on?
Notifications
1. give the clothes that need mending to an older person who knows how to do the work; you get your clothes mended and provide a small income or purpose to someone else
2. exchange clothes and shoes with friends who have your style
3. make it a point to not say “yes” every time a shop assistant thinks their job is to put what you bought in a bag or box or the waiter who brings you a plastic bottle of water you haven’t ordered.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, in fact it is necessary to have this practice.
These are activities that slowly have good effects.
There is a need to speed up awareness of this practice, because in developed countries it is already a reality, but in Africa and specifically in Mozambique there is a need to campaign on the 3Rs. Here some people throw plastic, glass, metals wherever they want and this activity negatively affects the environment and it is necessary to think about future generations.
1. Use paper carrier bags for domestic shopping instead of plastic ones whose disposal is risk to health and the environment.
2. Promote the use of Iron sheets for roofing rather than asbestos which cannot be reused.
3. Encourage the use wooden plates and spoons as these can convert easily into a composite manure when they become out of use in the house.
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1. Use paper bags instead of plastic ones.
2. Avoid the use of metallic cans for packaging quick
3.Encourage to use wooden plates and spoons as these can convert easily into a composite manure.
They must be encouragement for renewable resource as well as recycled items so that after use it can be reused even for something else
1. Use paper bags instead of plastic ones.
2. Avoid the use of metallic cans for packaging quick consumables such as drinks.
3. Use recyclable containers such as bottles.
If I do not need something anymore, I put it in the entry of our house and any neighbour can take it. If nobody of the house does want it, I can put in a box on the street.