THE SOLUTION

THE SOLUTION

First of all I would like to thank my friend Vikas for reading the article and pointing out that in my previous article- “Let’s talk rubbish”, I have only talked of the problem and not pointed out any solution or any concrete measure that a common man can take. In this small article I will be giving some suggestions as to what we can do.

The first thing which we can do is keep two dustbins in our homes and separate dry and wet garbage. If I am not wrong perhaps even the Supreme Court has ordered that it is compulsory that waste be separated at the point of generation itself. This would lead to much higher efficiency of waste recycling and prevent harmful wastes from seeping into our water table.

If we live in housing societies we can try to make sure that our garbage is being recycled there itself. Today it is compulsory that any housing society has its own pit where the garbage can is decomposed to make manure. The builders generally make the pit but then it is forgotten by the people who stay there as maintaining it takes some effort and responsibility and so we conveniently take the easier way of ignoring it.

If we do not live in housing societies then we can find where your garbage is dumped. There are several decomposing pits around. But it would obviously take some effort on our part to ensure that your garbage is going to that pit.

The least we can do is not throw garbage on the road from our Ford Icons.

You could also do one more thing - popularize this blog and ask your friends to read it. :)

Few days ago, I was talking to one of my friend and saying that we need to take more pain for the larger good. It could be small things like using public transport or separating our garbage at home but cumulatively it could make a lot of difference. He said that everyone needs to change and I said that we have to start with ourselves. He said that there is no motivation. And then I said that we have one. Even if we don’t think of others, we should think of our own children and grand-children. You obviously don’t want you grand son to be saying – “Grandpa, how could you be so careless?”

(Written in office on 19th May, 2009)