Why should we reduce our waste?

The production of waste has no advantages, it only causes disadvantages, both for humans and for the planet. When we get rid of an object because it is no longer useful to us, it becomes waste. There are several types of waste:

• Organic waste
• Hazardous waste
• Inert waste
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

All these wastes have health and environmental effects.

Health effects

• The treatment and disposal of certain wastes (hazardous, WEEE) can indirectly affect human health when pathogens of toxic pollutants are found in the air we breathe or in the water we consume.

Environmental effects

• Practices such as landfilling, burying, incineration etc. cause landscape degradation, pollute the air, contaminate the marine ecosystem and contribute to the disappearance of wildlife.

It is important to know how to manage and reduce waste production in order to limit its environmental and societal footprint. This would also help to limit the use of incineration orlandfill.

In this article, we suggest some concrete actions you can take on a personal level to reduce your waste. To do this, you need to :

• Ban all disposable plastic. Since 1 January 2021, in France, several measures are planned to put an end to the use of disposable plastic. disposable.
• Limit packaging. There are many ways to limit packaging.
• Give priority to reuse.
• Composting organic waste
• Dispose of hazardous waste properly. For example, take it to the waste disposal centre.

With this video, you will learn how to manage your waste to protect our planet.