Today it becomes very important for you to dispose off your old appliance without damaging the environment. The governments of many countries are becoming increasingly aware of the negative impact on the environment if appliances are not disposed off in the proper manner. When you want to dispose off household items, you will have to keep in mind the 3 Rs which are reduce, re-use and recycle.
The term reduce refers to reducing your pace of replacing old devices with new ones. In case your old appliance is working fine and satisfying your demands then you can refrain from buying new appliances. The next step you can take is to re use the items. This means if you don’t want to use the appliance any further then you can simply call up the local donation office and get it collected form your house.
These offices then give the appliances to deserving people and in this way your appliance is getting reused. The offices have a list of people in need of such appliances and when they get an appliance they simply give it to needy people. Apart from donation offices you can give your appliance at charitable institutions. However do check to see if your appliance is working fine. The other way of reusing the items is to use the appliance in any other way. For example, if you have a tin can. Then instead of throwing it in the trash you can use it as a penholder and even a decorative item for children.
In case you want to dispose off your appliance then you should read the disposal instructions given on the appliance. You can simply call the recycling unit numbers and then give the appliance to the respective personnel. The recycling men will take the appliance to their plant and then use whatever they can from the appliance for different purposes. For example, plastic water bottles are crushed and then made into powder that can be used for many purposes.
You can even teach your children to recycle or dispose old appliances instead of throwing them in the trash. You should teach them the importance keeping out fragile environment as safe and as clean as possible. Before you get rid of any of your appliances you should make sure that you have evaluated all your options. You should ideally choose an option that can help the society and do lesser damage to the environment.
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