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Do you still remember the boom of "garbage sorting" with the participation of the whole people? Once upon a time, the trash in our hands was no longer something to be thrown awayRather, it has been given an important role in the environmental mission
However, have you noticed that the "garbage classification" that once let the community aunts hold loudspeakers to popularize science, and the children carefully recited the classification knowledge in schoolNow it seems that it has gradually faded out of the public eye, and there is even a so-called "rotten" phenomenon in some places?
What is the reason for this social movement to move from national action to silence? Let's dive in** together!
Looking back on China's garbage classification campaign, from Shanghai taking the lead in implementing the "Domestic Waste Management Regulations" to responding all over the country, garbage classification has become an indispensable part of our lives. China's garbage classification campaign is driven by first-class policy guidance and environmental awareness.
As a pilot demonstration area, Shanghai has explored a feasible urban waste classification system in practice, and has stimulated the enthusiastic response of the best people across the country to the implementation of garbage classification policies with its remarkable results.
All localities have learned from the experience of Shanghai and formulated corresponding garbage classification management measures and implementation rules in combination with the actual local situation.
At that time, whether it was on the streets or alleys or in community squares, all kinds of vivid and interesting garbage classification slogans and posters could be seen, and garbage sorting apps and small programs also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain to help everyone easily deal with complex classification problems.
But everyone can't help but have such questionsWhy do we do garbage sortingAren't we living well before we don't classify?
In China, waste disposal mainly relies on landfill and incineration. According to 2017 data, the total amount of waste used in landfills in China is as high as 1200 million tons, significantly more than 14 times.
More than half of the top 10 provinces with the largest amount of garbage removed and transported are landfilled with more waste than incinerated wasteIn many places, landfill facilities have reached saturation, and there is still much room for incineration capacity
If domestic garbage is not classified, all kinds of organic matter, inorganic matter, plastic products, rubber products and various toxic and harmful substances are mixed, and incineration will produce a large number of harmful gases, such as sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and other strong carcinogens, often cause the "nimby effect" and cause widespread concern in the society.
Compared with incineration, the environmental pollution caused by landfills is more serious.
Not only can landfills emit a variety of harmful gases at will, but once the impermeable membrane ruptures, it will directly endanger the safety of groundwater.
In order to solve this problem, some areas have begun to excavate old waste from old landfills for reincineration.
In order to effectively reduce the harmful substances produced by domestic waste incineration, garbage classification is particularly important. When unsorted household waste is incinerate, water evaporation lowers the furnace temperature, and high temperature (above 850 degrees) is a key condition for inhibiting dioxin formation.
In addition, under the catalysis of metal ions, dioxins may be formed even when incinerated by materials such as paper and wood products.
Long-term exposure to dioxin-containing environments has a significant impact on human health, leading to decreased immunity, impaired fertility, and even increased risk of disease in the fetus and infants.
The implementation of the waste sorting system aims to improve the purity of various waste components and ensure that they are accurately put into the appropriate treatment channels, so as to minimize the occurrence of secondary pollution. Through waste separation, each type of waste can be disposed of in a more appropriate and environmentally friendly way.
In the past, the garbage classification work has achieved remarkable results, and the enthusiasm of the whole people to participate is unprecedentedly high, not only adults and children are familiar with the red, yellow, blue and green buckets, "kitchen waste, can be **, hazardous garbage, and other garbage" classification formula,Countless volunteers and environmental protection organizations have gone deep into the community to carry out a series of publicity and education activities, making the concept of garbage classification deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and successfully shaping a strong positive social energy.
However, as time went on, it was originally in full swingThe garbage sorting campaign seems to have waned, and even in some places there has been a phenomenon of "rotten". The reasons behind this phenomenon are intricate and mainly include the following:
1. Insufficient publicity and education
The success of garbage sorting,A lot depends on public awareness and participation。At present, although a lot of publicity work has been done by all parties in society to encourage garbage classification, or even semi-mandatory, there are still some residents who do not have enough awareness of the importance of garbage classification.
I don't know the specific classification criteria, and I don't understand the environmental significance behind them. The lack of in-depth popularization and continuous education has made many people at a loss when faced with the four-color trash can, and over time, the psychology of "rotten" has arisen.
For the residents themselves, garbage sorting has caused a lot of "trouble" to their lives, and we need to identify and sort household garbage before we can put it out.
2. The facilities are not perfect
Implementing waste sorting requires infrastructure support, including different types of waste bins, waste collection, transportation, and end-of-line treatment equipment.
However, in fact, due to the constraints of economic conditions, due to insufficient investment or unreasonable planning in some areas, the garbage sorting facilities are not complete, resulting in residents being unable to effectively put them even if they want to classify them.
At the same time, if the sorted waste is not strictly separated in the subsequent treatment process, the early efforts will be wasted, thus discouraging people's enthusiasm.
In the follow-up treatment of garbage in many areas, the sorted garbage is mixed and loaded into garbage trucks to be transported to the garbage dump, which inevitably causes confusion among residents.
3. The incentive mechanism is insufficient
The effective implementation of garbage classification is inseparable from the management system of clear rewards and punishments.
For now, XuIn many places, there is a lack of positive incentives for garbage sortingIn some communities, although there are intelligent sorting garbage cans, there is no corresponding points exchange platform or green account system, resulting in a lack of internal motivation for residents to classify garbage.
At the same time, there is also a lack of effective restraint mechanisms to impose strong penalties on violators.
In addition, the unclassified garbage reporting system is in vain, and some reports have not been resolved, and over time, residents will naturally be "rotten" in their hearts.
In this way, the difference in cost between consciously complying with the classification rules and violating the regulations is not large, and it cannot stimulate the motivation of the general public to actively participate in garbage sorting.
Behind the "rotten" garbage classification, there are three major cruxes: insufficient publicity and education, inability to keep up with hardware facilities, and lack of institutional incentives and supervision.
Addressing these issues requires policymakers, community managers, educators, and every citizen to work together to build a consensusOnly by implementing garbage classification from slogan to action can we truly achieve the goal of reduction, recycling, and harmlessness of domestic waste.
Garbage sorting must continue to be carried out, only in this way can our future be more beautiful, so how to make garbage sorting hot again?
Let's take a look at the practices of foreign countries, where garbage classification has been done relatively well, such as Germany, Japan and so on.
German resident families usuallyEquipped with four colored trash cans or **bags, which are used to collect different types of garbage, including green buckets, blue buckets, yellow buckets, and black buckets, and then have a unified staff **, which solves the problem of residents' classification and discarding.
What's more, Germany's waste sorting regulations are extremely detailed and strict, with clear classification standards for different types of waste and adopting them"Sitting" punitive measures, i.e., if residents do not sort according to the regulations, the entire neighborhood or street may be penalized, which makes it necessary for residents to take garbage sorting seriously.
Japan has systematically planned and implemented garbage sorting from top to bottom. New residents will receive a detailed introduction to local waste sorting rules and receive intuitive and easy-to-understand guidance materials when they move in.
The school also cultivates students' environmental awareness and garbage sorting habits from an early age, making them a part of civic life.
Some garbage needs to be discarded after special treatment, such as broken glass that needs to be wrapped in newspaper and marked "dangerous", used lighters need to be drained of fuel, and old clothes need to be washed and dried before being put away.
Combined with these experiences, what should we do? The first thing to do is to make everyone fully understand and master the knowledge of classification.
We can disseminate the importance of garbage classification, classification standards and operation methods in simple and clear language by holding community lectures, distributing brochures, and easy-to-understand shorts.
For example, regular garbage sorting knowledge competitions are organized to not only make it suitable for all ages, but also allow residents to learn practical sorting skills in the process of participation.
In addition, the implementation of garbage sorting also requires a practical incentive system to make everyone feel that doing this well is rewarding.
For example, some communities implement a garbage sorting point system, and you can get points every time you correctly classify garbage, and the points can be exchanged for daily necessities or deducted property fees.
In this way, garbage sorting is no longer a burden, but a real benefit.
For another example, in a certain city, ** awards honorary certificates to families who actively participate in garbage classification, so that they can feel proud and proud, and then drive more people to join it.
In addition, in order to reduce the burden on residents, residents can be encouraged to set up four-color classified garbage cans in their homes to facilitate residents to dispose of garbage and save time.
For the follow-up garbage disposal, we must pay attention to the division in the garbage truck, and the garbage cannot be mixed again, so that the previous efforts will not be in vain
Residents who do not classify garbage need to be punished in time, and rewards and punishments are combined to increase residents' awareness of garbage classification.
In order to make the garbage classification movement lively again, we need to make more efforts in publicity and education, hardware facilities and incentive mechanisms, so that everyone can easily participate in garbage classification and realize the transformation from "I want to share" to "I want to share".
Let's work togetherProtect the green home with practical actionsLet garbage classification become a way of life that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!