WHAT CAN WE DO?
Clearly, more appropriate and sustainable approaches to waste need to be adopted. To be sustainable we need to move the emphasis toward a system that is local, community based, makes use of low tech / low energy systems and is focused on waste minimisation. This is an approach which we at FullCycle advocateOther methods of managing waste include:
Waste minimization is an approach that aims to reduce the production of waste through education and the adoption of improved production processes and less wasteful practices.
Recycling, by separating certain materials within the waste stream and reprocessing them. The recycling of many materials is currently not financially viable.
Waste processing is treatment and recovery (use) of materials or energy from waste through thermal, chemical, or biological means.