HOW CAN WE REDUCE WASTE IN ROMANIA?

Made by Andrada Clipici 6th gradeScoala Gimnaziala Magura

Let's take out the trash !- one of the things that we all hate. But have ever thought about what happens to trash?

Many of the things we take are simply wasted instead of being reused or recycled. Only in the EU annually produce 1.3 billion tons of waste. Around 40 million tones of hazardous waste. One European produce on average 1 kg of domestic waste per day or similar. It is estimated that 2020 will produce 45% more waste than in 1995.

Due to the fact that in Romania the separate collection of waste has not yet become common practice, it can be said that a large proportion of waste which is recyclable material (paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, metal), is not recovered. So large amounts of secondary raw materials and energy resources are lost.

•What can we do?In order to reduce waste first we have to do our shopping intelligently. Here are some other ways to reduce environmental impact:

Organic products which are labelled.

Avoid over-packaged goods - Europeans packaging waste annually produce 4,000 times the weight of the Eiffel tower!!

Think carefully before you print something!

Use opportunities to recycle paper, packaging, metal cans, glass or other household waste. Recycling of aluminum cans saves energy to operate a laptop for 10 hours.

Since 2008, the European Union requires that Member States should develop national prevention programs. These obligations were translated into the new waste law in Romania (Law 211/2011). But the Ministry of Environment and Forests has not yet materialized a strategy in which to propose waste management.

5 Reasons to Recycle

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•Reduce environmental pollution; •Saving energy; •Nature and natural resources are protected; •Reduce air, water and soil pollution; •More space it is gained for parks and playgrounds.

The colours recommended for containers for different types of waste are:

red (orange) – plastic yellow - metal, green - biodegradable, blue - paper and cardboard and glass, brown - electrical, electronic, black - recyclable,

but they are not always respected.

So what happens?

Waste disposed of in random forests and campsites can cause great damage to the ecosystem.

Take a look at this:

In many areas of the country, there is still not a well developed system of collecting household waste. Especially in the rural parts, people throw trash in designated areas from where they can easily reach in rivers water. These areas are full of stray dogs, crows and rats that can easily carry viruses into towns.

One of the biggest problems of waste accumulation is that of PET. However, if they are discarded in nature, they can reach very easy in rivers, where float up and accumulate in one place. They can even form temporary true islands.

Thank you for your attention!!