Earlier , in our villages , waste generated on the fields and animal waste was used as manure for the farms and there was no problem of its disposal. After the harvest , grass,leaves and stems from the crop were used as fodder for farm animals while the dung from the animals was again used as manure. So long as this was done, waste was never a problems . With change in the lifestyle of villagers and the abondoning of recycling by urbanites, waste has turned out to be a major problem . The desire to somehow get rid of waste has turned every street into a waste dump.
On an average,every person generates about half a kilo of waste everyday.Most of this waste is packed in plastic bags.In the past,waste was disposed of outside the town/city.At present,however,houses have come up even here and the residents object to waste being dumped there.However farther we go from an inhabited area,the problem of waste seems to have no solution.
All over the world , people are working to separate dry from wet waste . Wet waste is being used as fodder for animals and dry waste like plastic, metals, paper and so on is handed over to the scrap dealer for recycling. So we must popularize the method of reduce , reuse, and recycle of waste.
