How To Segregate & Manage Our Waste At Home?

Alright today we are going to talk about our waste, trash, garbage which consists of every day items that we used and then throw away, such as product packaging, food waste, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, newspapers, appliances, paint, batteries and etc. Do you know that simple thing like this can bring a big impact to our daily life, our environment and our future. Do you know that we can turn our waste to energy? Here is how I segregate and manage the waste at home before throwing them. How about you?

How To Segregate & Manage Our Waste At Home? 

Do you know we can turn our Waste to Energy?

Can you imagine how much waste we produce or generate every day? According to study in 2013 Malaysia produced, on average basis about 30,000 to 33,000 tonnes of waste a day. So where do all these waste end up to? Somewhere, somehow and somebody have to take care of it right…

It start from our home and ourselves. Waste segregation is basically sorting out the wet and dry wastes separately. So that the dry waste can be recycled and wet waste can be composted. 

Wet waste

Simple as that… our wet waste consists mostly of organic waste such as food, soiled diapers and other “damp” materials. And the dry waste consists of solid and recyclable materials which can be further separated into three groups: plastic, paper and other. Accordingly, trash of each category and subcategory should be collected in separate trash bags or bins.

Sort out dry waste according to category - paper, plastics, glass & others

So usually the wet waste will be collected in plastic bags and then go the trash bin outside our house compound. Then the dry waste like newspapers, paper packaging, files, book, plastics bottles, glass bottles and other we will separate accordingly to the category of paper, plastics, glass and others. 

Recycle our waste

Do you know that we can turn all these waste to energy? Plus it can generate some cash when we sell it to the recycling center or we donate to the rubbish collectors who then take it and sell it to support their living. Why not do some good deeds whenever we can.

Why should we segregate and manage our waste at home?

You might be asking why should segregate and manage the waste? This will help to reduce waste that reaches landfills and reduces pollution to air and water. The different processes such as composting, recycling, incineration can be applied to different kinds of waste. Well, every initiative from us gives a big impact to the environment. We can contribute to the sustainability of this planet.

Practice waste segregation and management at home

Here is how do I practice waste segregation and management at home? I keep separate containers for dry and wet waste in the kitchen. The wet waste will go straight to the plastic bag and the dry waste will go into the separate boxes. The wet waste will go to the trash bin outside of the house compound every evening but the dry waste we will accumulate till certain amount then sell it or donate it to the recycling centers.

Generate our waste to energy

Here are some tips and sharing about How I Segregate & Manage Our Waste At Home. Hope you too can start to cultivate this habit at home. We can generate waste to energy!

I highly recommend a skip bin if you need to remove a large amount of dry waste from your home. The beauty about getting a skip bin is that a reliable provider will segregate the load of waste you’ve put into the bin. This saves you the double handling and your cleanup tasks will not take very long.

The professionals from Skip Bin Finder can help recommend the right size and type of bin to choose from. Please also consider that skip bins don’t except chemical or food waste.