Question by Mmmmm: When did the waste management came up with the recycling?
i’m doing a project, which i have to describe
when does the “waste” issue have been arise as a problem,
and how people came up with the recycling ideas.
can someone PLEZZZ give me a exactly data about this issue problem
THANK U!!!!!!!
Best answer:
Answer by E=MC2
Years ago. Call BFI in Ca and ask them. Or, do some research on the net.
Give your answer to this question below!
Recycling actually is as old as the world, well as old as agricultural societies. Organic waste was re-used to enrich soils, broken pottery to fill potholes, old clothes into paper, etc. Waste has been a real problem since the industrial revolution, when cities started to grow. Municipalities started to collect waste, and dump it at the outskirts of town,or sold it as manure.
Recycling as we know it now, was a reaction to the waste problems of the 60’s and 70’s. More and more inorganic waste as produced, and waste lost its value as manure. Waste then was put in land fills, or dumped in the sea (and washed ashore again) By reusing glass, plactics and paper, these waste streams could be reduced.
Recycling, however is one of the least desirable options for waste management. A dutch politician, Lansink, formulated a “ladder” of options from desirable to undesirable: prevention of waste streams,
prevention of damaging waste streams, reuse of waste streams (use the waste as-it-is), re-cycling (process the waste) , incineration, landfill. Although this is no international standard (which it should be) it is a useful way of thinig about waste. This was put forward in 1979. i can give you a source if you want, but it is in dutch.
The key point from this approach is that you should not look only at the end of the consumption chain, but you should look at the whole process of production and consumption.
These ideas have now been invigorated again with the Cradle to Cradle approach, where production processes are designed for “up-cycling”. the waste streams are suitable fro making the same product again.
Hope that helps