Question

1. How can/do YOU reduce the amount of waste and pollution that you create? In other words, describe 3 things that you can do/already do to reduce, reuse and recycle more.  

2. The City of Phoenix recently started a program called "Save as You Reduce and Recycle", in which families are charged less for waste services (i.e., removal of their solid waste) if they opt to have a smaller trash can, as shown in the first video below. ( You can read more about the City of Phoenix program at https://www.phoenix.gov/publicworks/recycling/green-organics-and-say-r-r.) This is one form of a "pay as you throw" policy, in which people are charged less or more based on how much waste they generate. In Massachusetts, about 40% of communities have adopted "pay as you throw" programs and these communities only generate 63% of the waste of other, similar communities (from http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dep/recycle/reduce/paytfast.pdf. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTBeDv6JGig&feature=youtu.be

a. Do you think that more cities should adopt "pay as you throw" policies?  

b. Would you recycle and/or compost more of your waste if your city had a "pay as you throw" policy?  

3. Describe one environmental impact of waste in/near your community. For example, see the brief video (2nd one below) for one idea about the impact of plastics in ocean environments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9j0y9bivo

Answer 1

We can reduce amount of waste and pollution by following steps: 1)by used items: we can find everything team clothes to building materials at specialized sense centres. These used item are cheaper and as good as now. 2)buying sensible over dispensable items: we should look for items that can be reused for example: we can being own cup and silverware to work rather than use dispensable items. 3)maintenance and repairing of products: clothing, types and appliances should be repaired and maintained instead of being thrown out. 4)billowing sharing and sensing items can help our cause 5)reduce food waste: we should focus on reduction of food waste6)purchase items prepared from recycled products.