IMPORTANCE OF 5Rs IN

WASTE MANAGEMENT
Proper Waste Management
5Rs in Waste Management
• Waste management refers to the practice
of proper waste disposal
• Waste refer to used or consumed
products or materials
 5Rs in Waste Management
• Promote a clean and
healthful environment
• Transform garbage into
something useful
• Making the Earth free
from any garbage – “zero
waste”
 1. Buy what is needed! The lesser we buy, the
lesser garbage we make.
1.) Reduce 2. Compost! Food scraps, pencil scraps, wood,
animal manure, and other biodegradable
• We should not create materials make a good compost.
nor make waste 3. Reuse! Cans and plastic containers can be used
materials as much as as pots for plants.
possible. 4. Refuse buying products that are toxic to the
environment.
2.) Reuse
1. “As is” – reuse them in such a way that their
• Reuse non- use are as is.
biodegradable
2. Donate materials instead of throwing away.
materials as much as
possible. 3. Do a garage sale!
3.) Recycle 1. Transfer recyclable materials to nearby
factories or junk shops that can remanufacture
• Recycling is the process them.
of remanufacturing or 2. Always think of recycling materials instead of
reprocessing used throwing them away.
materials.
 • Electricity
4.) Recover - conversion of petroleum products like gasoline
- non-renewable resource (limited in amount/supply)
• converting waste to
energy
• transforming used
materials into a
useful substance in
order to create
electricity or energy

1. Store used products like cooking oil, tires,

vegetable and fruit peelings, and even animal
manures for they can be transformed to LPG for
cooking or methane for generating electricity.
5.) Repair 1. Do not immediately throw your defective
products at home. As much as possible, find
• Fix anything broken as ways to fix them (reuse and save money).
much as possible.
Benefits of Using the 5Rs of Waste
Management
Community, Health, and Earth
 Community
• Using 5Rs save one’s money.
• Recovering used materials and
products enables us to benefit
from using free electricity and
fire for cooking our meals.
 Health

• Because zero waste

management, harmful diseases
caused by polluted
environment will be reduced.
 Earth
• Free from Pollution and Wastes
- free form any type and kind of
pollution
- all living things will be able to survive,
no extinction
- biodiversity will continue to flourish
• Keeps Resources from Running Out
- when we practice 5Rs, we do not need
to use the resources of Earth over and
over again
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