Question

What would you do? When you hand over your household waste to the waste pickers ...

Answer 1

• When you hand over your household waste to the waste pickers, it should be properly segregated into wet and dry waste. Wet waste, such as food scraps and vegetable peels, should be kept separately from dry waste, such as paper, plastic, glass and metal.
• We should also avoid mixing hazardous waste, such as broken glass, medicines, batteries and sanitary waste, with ordinary household waste. Proper segregation makes waste collection safer for waste pickers and helps in recycling, composting and proper disposal. This keeps the surroundings clean and reduces pollution.