Waste recycling

Waste recycling-

This is the next stage in the priority. It involves the recovery of materials. This involves the waste materials to be processed back into raw materials and then reprocessed into finished products. The processes involved include:

1. Melting
2. Re-pulping
3. Chemical processes
4. Biological processes

Advantages of waste recycling includes

1. Its makes it easier to get raw materials
2. Job creation
3. Saves energy
4. Reduces pollution
5. Reduces waste volume for landfill disposal and incineration
6. Conserves resources for future generations

Waste reuse

Waste reuse

This is the next on the priority list. It involves the use of product and material after some cleaning and refurbishing. It also reduces the adverse effect of waste and its processing on human health and environment.

Advantages of waste re-use includes

1. It saves money
2. It saves energy
3. It reduces pollution

Policies should also be enacted to explore the advantanges of waste re-use

1. Make policies to give incentives on return of used of products.
2. Make policies for companies to produce products that will last long.

Waste reduction

This is the highest in the priority whereby it seeks to reduce the amount of waste produced. If this is done, it will positively affect the other stages because there will be few wastes that will be produced. This will reduce the effect of waste and its processing on the environment and the health of human beings.Some simple reduction activities that individuals within a community can do are backyard composting

Waste reduction can be encouraged by:

1. Making policies that will discourage waste production e.g sanitary inspection, surcharging people on amount of waste produced.
2. Making policies that make discourage production companies to produce disposable materials and also products containing unnecessary packages.
3. Making policies that encourages company to produce useable and recyclable products.
4. Making take-back laws. This works more with electronic wastes. This should make manufacturers to take back products that are not in good condition, repair or use its part to repair others.