Waste Management is the call of the hour. Managing waste in the present will definitely lead us towards a sustainable future.
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Waste
Management
at Home
Because everything starts at home
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Our Talk
Today
Zero Waste
Tips on Zero Waste
Facts and Figures
Ocean Pollution
What We Can Do
Topics We'll Cover
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What is
zero
waste?
It is a philosophy that encourages
redesigning of already existing
products to make them easily
reusable.
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ZERO WASTE WAS A
CONCEPT BROUGHT
TO SMALL TOWNS
IN NEW ZEALAND.
The roots of zero waste
IT IS NOW A GLOBALLY-
RECOGNIZED MOVEMENT.
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REUSING
PLASTIC BAGS
CHOOSING REUSABLE
STRAWS.
SAYING NO TO
PLASTIC CUTLERIES.
THINGS I
WAS
ALREADY
DOING
TOWARDS
ZERO
WASTE
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Using soap bars and
organic dishwashers
Repurposing glass,
cardboard and paper
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INDIA
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Disturbing
Facts
About Plastic
IT'S EXPENSIVE TO
MANUFACTURE PLASTIC.
50% OF PLASTICS ARE
USED ONLY ONCE
MOST PLASTIC ITEMS TAKE
450 YEARS TO BIODEGRADE.
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How
Plastic
Waste
Impacts
Oceans
300,000 TONS OF WASTE
FLOAT ON OCEAN'S SURFACE
8 TONS OF PLASTIC WASTE
ARE DUMPED IN THE SEA
ALL THESE CRITICALLY
AFFECT MARINE LIFE FORMS
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What do we
do now?
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE
TO PROTECT NATURE.
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Advocate
eco-friendly
alternatives
Reusable water bottles,
bamboo toothbrushes,
and reusable lunch bags
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CONVENIENCE
AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE
ENVIRONMENT IS
NOT
CONVENIENCE
AT ALL.
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