Reduce Waste & E-Waste

Reduce Waste Actions

• Contribute cattle waste, food waste, and agricultural waste to biogas plant (provided under GOBARdhan)
• Practice segregation of dry and wet waste at homes
• Use agricultural residue, animal waste for composting, manuring and mulching
• Recycle and reuse old newspapers and magazines
• Feed unused and uncooked vegetables leftovers to cattle
• Set printer default to double-side printing
• Repair, reuse and recycle old furniture
• Buy paper products made from recycled paper
• Donate old clothes and books
• Do not discard waste in water bodies and in public spaces
• Do not let pets defecate in the public places

Reduce E-Waste Actions

• Repair and use electronic devices over discarding the devices
• Discard gadgets in nearest e-recycling units
• Use rechargeable lithium cells
• Prefer cloud storage over a pen drive / hard drive

Source : LiFE Portal