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Question
How will you register individual participation in solid waste management?
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Solution
- Putting the garbage into the trash.
- Repair and maintain the goods and use them for longer.
- Using 3 'R' mantras in solid waste management. Reduce (reducing waste), reuse (reuse of waste), recycle (recycling of waste)
- Put the plastic wrap of chocolate, biscuits, ice cream or cold materials into dust bins without putting it in the road or open space.
- Avoid the use of plastic bags and use bags made from cloth bags, home old saris, bedsheets, and curtains as an alternative.
- Writing on both sides of the paper. Re-use of greeting cards, and gift papers.
- By reducing the use of tissue paper, use a handkerchief near themselves.
- Using a rechargeable battery instead of leading batteries.
- To encourage themselves, family and society in solid waste management, implementing various programs.
- Avoiding ‘use and throw’ type of articles like pens, canned cold drinks and tetra-packs etc.
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