We throw out so much of garbage We throw out so much of garbage everyday from our homes, schools, everyday from our homes, schools, shops & offices. shops & offices.

All the material which we purchase All the material which we purchase from market, are packed in plastic from market, are packed in plastic bags or tins. All these wrapping bags or tins. All these wrapping material go out as garbage. We material go out as garbage. We sometimes buy things that are rarely sometimes buy things that are rarely used & often thrown in to the garbage. used & often thrown in to the garbage.

• Vermicomposting is the process of using worms and micro-organisms to turn kitchen waste into a black, earthy-smelling's & fertile soil .

Waste management: minimizing the impactWaste management: minimizing the impact

waste management is based on the waste management is based on the premise that a high volume waste is the premise that a high volume waste is the unavoidable result of our modern lifestyle unavoidable result of our modern lifestyle and a economic development. The objective and a economic development. The objective is therefore to manage waste & minimize its is therefore to manage waste & minimize its impact. Waste management strategies impact. Waste management strategies include burying or incinerating waste or include burying or incinerating waste or exporting it to some other state or country.exporting it to some other state or country.

Waste prevention: minimizing the volumeWaste prevention: minimizing the volume

Preventing waste is a kind of “front-end” Preventing waste is a kind of “front-end” approach; it views waste either as material approach; it views waste either as material that should not be created in the first place that should not be created in the first place or as a potential resource that can be use or as a potential resource that can be use as raw material for another process. The as raw material for another process. The fundamental objective of this approach are fundamental objective of this approach are to reduce the use of new raw material & to reduce the use of new raw material & energy & to recycle waste product back energy & to recycle waste product back into usable resource.into usable resource.

The waste prevention approach should have the following goals:-

Reduce waste & pollution.Reuse as many things as possible.Recycle & compost as much waste as

possible.Chemically or biologically treat or

incinerate waste that can’t be reduced, reused, recycled, or composted.