Monday, October 26, 2009

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During the month of October, the National Environment Commission (CONAMA), this month launched a campaign is to generate awareness among people about the importance of generating the least amount of waste.

"Today the country generates about 5.6 million tonnes of solid household waste and similar, ie about 1 kg per person per day. Only the metropolitan area generates more than 2.6 million tons annually, of which approximately only about 12% recover with some practice of reusing or recycling.

Currently, most of the waste generated are destined disposal in landfills, dumps or landfills authorized illegal. However, options for reducing the volume of garbage coming into these destinations are varied. From avoiding the purchase of disposable packaging products, to compost food scraps, which account for 50% of our waste generation and recycling and energy recovery. "

The goal is every citizen to try not to buy products or disposable items and try to reuse those who may have one or more likely to be used.

Batteries

In Chile discarded more than 80 million year battery
A common battery 3,000 liters of water pollution.
A rechargeable battery equals 300 disposable batteries.
Avoid using batteries whenever possible.
Choose rechargeable batteries and properly labeled
Plastic Bags

used in Chile more than 3 billion plastic bags a year.
Less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled.
A plastic bag takes between 400 to 1,000 years to decompose.
Avoid using plastic bags
prefer to shop for cloth bags
Plastic Bottles

Each Chilean used about 3 kg. plastic bottles a year.
Recycling plastic bottles is less than 1%.
The disposable plastic delay between 400 to 1,000 years to decompose.
Prefer returnable containers over disposable




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