Managing Waste For the Good of Our Planet

Tons of garbage are produced by mankind daily and disposed in an inappropriate and totally harmful way for the environment.

Actually, over 2 billion tons of waste is dumped each year, both on the land and in the sea water.

The number has been rising over the past couple of years, providing extremely worrying implications for the planet and for the future generations.

We have here two different issues, one being created by the garbage that is thrown directly in nature, which pollutes the environment, and the other is created by the fact that trash could be recycled or used as biomass fuel for low-carbon energy generation.

There are various ethical ways of producing sustainable energy and it is obviously vital that we strive to make the most of these sources, rather than fossil fuels which will end up polluting the world further.

Food for thought: sorting through the waste

There are certain scenarios that yield a considerable amount of waste in the today’s society.
Examples include when you are renovating or clearing out your home or the office buildings.

The U.S. generated just under 550 million tons of construction and demolition debris in 2015 alone.

This makes up a startling proportion of the global wastage.

Eagle Dumpster Rental explains that reusable waste includes doors, appliances and paint.

Certain waste – such as wood materials and some rubbish – can be converted into
energy under the form of biomass.

Biomass as a Renewable Energy Source

The use of biomass as a renewable source of energy is becoming popular in the developed world.

It made up about 5% of the USA’s total energy use in 2017.

Given that biomass includes easily accessible things like wood and plant waste, garbage and
energy crops, there is potential for the use of biomass to rise considerably.

The use of biomass has to be carefully managed, however, because of the pros and cons that come with it.

For example, using wood as a renewable energy source could result in whole forests dying out if no controls are put in place.

Meanwhile, while using garbage for energy means a reduction of waste used in landfills, but there is also the possibility to reduce the level of harmful gases released by landfills into the atmosphere (methane, which is a greenhouse gas).

Managing and Reusing Sustainable Waste

There are almost 8 billion people living on planet Earth today, and we are all producing a pretty large amount of waste day after day.

With over half of the waste not being collected, reused or recycled properly, the environment on our planet – is kept in critical danger all the time.

Conclusion

By making a concerted effort as a whole to reuse and recycle every item possible, we can reduce the amount of trash where possible, we can become more efficient at producing and managing energy, we can improve the use of renewable energy on the planet, and we can turn our home planet into a cleaner and healthier place to live for us and the future generations.