Efficiency Equals Reduction Solar Power Energy Generation Guide

Efficiency Equals Reduction In Wasteful Practices

By Genevieve Thomson

Efficiency equals reduction in waste ending in our landfills. If we think about our household products, before we throw them into the trash can, then we will reduce, reuse and recycle more household products, helping reduce our dependence on finite resources like fossil fuels and other high emission products.

Buying less new household products, means we do not have to manufacture as many products and we do not need more space for landfills. Many of our household products and the materials used to create these products are imported, so if we buy less of these products, then we may reduce our import bill.

Now you can see, by taking action to reuse, reduce and recycle household products, you can increase efficiency equals reduction in the requirement for the manufacture of new household products.

Plastic Shopping Bags Affecting Our Environment

Imagine, you are at the grocery store the person bagging your purchases left empty, unused spaces in each bag causing you to carry 10 instead of 5 bags out to your car then into your home. You would be investing some extra time, energy and space when it was unnecessary.

Now transfer that thought to the waste and recycling industry. Instead of filling a trash bag or bin with large empty spaces, we can all do some simple acts to help keep transportation costs down while reducing fossil fuel consumption and saving ourselves some time and money.

Preparing Paper Products And Cans For Recycling

The flattening of boxes greatly increases space efficiency in a bin. This does not just apply to cardboard boxes, but also includes any paperboard (cereal or pet food) ones as well. Crushing cans before recycling is much more easily done if it is possible to remove both the top and bottom lids first. Foil products are easily flattened by hand.

Periodically crush your garbage bag down to its true size – you will find that it does not need to be placed on the curb as often. Fewer trips to the dump means less fossil fuel consumed and reduced curbside idling – idling is known to be terribly inefficient and more polluting than vehicles on the move.

Maintaining Your Waste Management Costs

Garbage collection fees are more easily maintained by the company due to reduced costs per bag, and some companies even offer a discount for those who produce less waste. Also worth noting, the household will go through fewer plastic garbage bags.

Some kitchen waste disposal units tend to put unnecessary pressure on overtaxed sewage plants. A much better option is to practice composting or vermiculture methods instead. Composting organic waste reduces household trash by approximately 30%.

Reusing Plastic Bags

Go one step further by reusing various plastic bags to isolate smelly meat, bones and pet waste. By controlling odors in the garbage, the bag will not have to be put out on the curb as often.

So, imagine that if your waste and recycling was now half the size that it typically was before. That means in theory, the waste pickup service would decrease costs by 50%, the landfill would be receiving half of what it used to, fewer trips to the recycling depot, less pollution…

Well you get the picture. It is easy to make a difference and we can all start at home. Right where we are.

Think About Recycling And Reusing Household Products

Looking at what you put in your garbage, can also help reduce your contribution to landfill. Every time you are about to throw something in the trash can, think about recycling and reusing household products.

Most paper products can be recycled, but confirm with your local recycling collection service about the recyclable products the recycling service collects. Once you know what can be collected for recycling, then you can stop placing recyclable household products in the trash can. Instead, place them in your recycle bin.

Keeping Our Finite Resources Longer

Recycling and reusing household products, helps to maintain our resources, as many of our resources are finite and will one day run out. They may run out much faster if we continue to use them at the rate we continue to use them. By recycling and reusing household products, we can reduce our dependence on finite resources.

To manufacture more products, often requires processes which produce high emissions, resulting in increased pollution levels. By reducing on dependence on new products, then we will reduce pollution levels and increase efficiency equals reduction.

About the Author:
Genevieve Thomson has written a number of articles on solar power and renewable energy including Solar Power System, Wind And Solar Power, Solar Thermal, Alternative Power Systems, Alternative Energy Sources, Ethanol Fuel , Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Wetland Ecosystems, Ecosystem Conservation, Waste Management, Curbside Recycling, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Waste Collection.
Look out for new articles as they become available on this site.

Little Known Recycling Facts.....

What are the three "R’s?"
The three "R’s" would be: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reduce is using less non-biodegradable substances that cannot be recycled. The second is to reuse items such as plastic containers or appliances that can be repaired.

The third is to recycle products so that they can be given life again as something new. The way to tie all three together is to buy recycled materials. This creates an incentive for more people to recycle products because they know that they will be used in a new way later down the road.

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