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How can Recycling Lead to Environmental Sustainability?

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  Over the last few decades, exploitation and degradation of the environment have drastically gone up at an alarming rate. Environmental problems such as global warming, waste disposal, air pollution, and water pollution are serious concerns for the environment. Fortunately, our nations and environmentally-conscious organizations have started taking action to protect the planet. To help, everyone should consider reducing the volume of waste generated, and to reuse materials whenever possible. Recycling is also one of the most effective ways to preserve our planet. Everyone should be involved to help recycling and sustainability impact deliver better results. Recycling and Sustainability As the concept and need for recycling become accepted by most, it is important to continue emphasizing how it affects sustainability. For example, recycling wood materials means that you do not need to cut more trees. It also helps to protect watersheds, biodiversity as well as maintain soil stability.
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Zero-Waste Solutions

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  “Do what is right, not what is easy for the environment.” Going to zero is not just living without plastic, but also living without producing garbage, avoiding everything that needs to be thrown away and that could end up in a landfill, in the ocean, or any other uncontrolled environment. On average, the urban population of 377 million inhabitants produces a whopping 62 million tons of garbage annually, of which only 70% is observed and the remaining 30% are mixed and lost in the urban environment. Of the total amount of collected waste, only 12.45% of the waste is processed, and the rest remains untreated and dumped in landfills. The concern is serious, as growing the number of waste impacts each part of society. If we don’t look after this issue, it will not only impact individuals, communities, and the government but also the world at large. How to Achieve Zero waste There is no entirely sustainable product, the same way there is no truly ethical consumption under capitalism.  To
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Decentralised Waste Management

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  “There is no such thing as ‘Away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere” Today humans generate more waste than ever before which is not only an environmental problem but also an economic loss. On an average, over 377 million urban people living in 7,935 towns and cities generate almost 62 million tonnes (MT) of municipal solid waste per annum. Of this waste generated only 43 MT of the waste is collected, 12 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfill sites by municipal authorities within or outside the city haphazardly, creating various issues like: Waste collector dumping waste on road sides creating unhygienic condition Solid waste disposal often takes up valuable and costly land Your dry waste is not giving you any earning No facility to treat wet waste on-site No resource recovery from waste Therefore,  Solid Waste Management  issue is the biggest challenge to the authorities of both small and large cities in developing countries. The problem is posed due to the ma
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Why just Recycle let us also Upcycle!

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  Oh, just another of the many new words that sound cool but mean almost nothing”. Reduce, reuse, recycle, repeat… but now say hello to  upcycling. So well, if I recycle, why do I need to upcycle? The distinction between recycling and upcycling really makes sense and invites us to investigate the very sense of terms such as product design and sustainability. The manufacturing revolution has changed the way we turn wasted materials into amazing new stuff! While both recycling and upcycling reduces the amount of junk that goes to our landfills, upcycling turns that same waste into a product of a higher quality–while recycling slightly decreases the quality of certain materials. Believe it or not, for every ton of tossed plastic bottles that get upcycled, tons of CO 2  is prevented from entering the atmosphere! Upcycling is more about less use of water, energy, and raw materials to create something new than traditional production. Only a few decades ago, especially in rural culture, what
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Plastic Packaging Number

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  “To do good, you actually have to do something” Since its invention and widespread introduction into the economy, plastic has become a valuable part of business and daily life. Our actions have created more than 8.3 billion metric tons of it around the world. If we were able to take all of that plastic and switch it into a single grocery bag, it might hold the entire planet. Infact, it is projected that with the present rate 30 years down the line we will produce enough plastic waste to double-bag the Planet. However, the problem is not with the production but the indiscriminate disposal, cause more than 76% of all plastic ends up as waste. Infact, nearly 50% of the plastic waste we now produce each year is just used once, often just for a few minutes. So, the single-use packaging that we throw away each year represents  $100 billion of economic value  and that’s a figure worth paying attention to. Whether we like it or not, we all are living in a world full of various types of plast
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Secure Destruction

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  “Your Data, Our Responsibility”“Your Data, Our Responsibility” Regardless of industry or size, organizations lately believe data drives business. Whether, it is assembling, using, buying, transferring, or storing data, there’s one issue businesses have in common: they have to work out what to do with that data once it’s not necessary to stay. With the amount of knowledge breaches have increased exponentially over the last decade, following best practices for secure data destruction is important, especially when recycling or removing or reorganizing data. Not only is it vital to make sure your data is wiped from recycled devices. It’s also important to back-up any necessary information. Many products that appear broken still have sensitive data. This data is often restored and transferred to other devices, which could end in your personal or business data being obtained by other individuals. Here are a couple of benefits of ensuring complete data destruction: Prevent Data Leaks Keep P
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Why is it important to breakdown cardboard waste?

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“Cradle to Cradle is like good gardening; it is not about saving the planet but about learning to thrive on it.” Around 80 percent of all products sold either through online shopping or traditional shopping use cardboard packaging. However, 850 Million Tonnes of paper and cardboard are discarded annually. The EPA estimates that paper and cardboard materials represent the largest component of municipal solid waste. If you are a business owner or manager, chances are you generate a lot of cardboard waste. But are you aware of the consequences? —especially in added costs—that arise from not breaking down your cardboard for disposal? We have assembled a helpful detail about why ‘breaking it down’ is important. How properly doing so could create a revenue source for businesses, and the best practices to leverage for your cardboard waste. Reduce Pollution Conserves Energy Averts Deforestation Create jobs It is very important that we cultivate the habit of recycling cardboard, rather than thr
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