Do you know what invisible waste is?

We live in a world, fortunately, increasingly aware of the problem of climate change and more committed to the actions that must be taken to stop it.

But even if we do our part at home and recycle plastic, cardboard, glass … there is a series of waste that we generate without even realizing it and that is a great detriment to our planet.

They are the so-called invisible waste and in today’s post we tell you what they consist of.

What is invisible waste?

Invisible waste is all the garbage that is generated to make an object.

A mobile phone, for example, generates about 86 kilos of waste during its production process, not counting the pollution derived from its continuous use.

Some jeans generate about 25 kilos of waste, it is pollution that we cannot control a priori, but we can do something so that the impact is not so strong.

Extending the useful life of an object will make those invisible residues of which we speak are less.

We can live perfectly without buying a mobile phone every year or without renewing all the clothes in our wardrobe.

How to combat invisible waste?

At a particular level we can reduce consumption, as we mentioned.

On many occasions we buy new objects and discard the old ones when we could still continue using them without problem, only because of fashions or impulses.

If extending the useful life of the object is not possible, we can always recycle it. Either reconverting its use, (with jeans we can create cushions or aprons for example), or depositing them in the corresponding containers for proper recycling.

We know that this is complicated in a society that constantly encourages us to consume, but we must try.

We add more R to our life

In addition to the already known reduce, reuse and recycle, there are 3 Rs that we can put into practice in our day to day.

Fix

We have become accustomed to throwing away objects when they are damaged, but we can take them to a specialized store and repair them to continue using them.

Recover

Surely if we look around our house, we will find a lot of things that we do not use. If we are no longer going to use them, we can give them away or exchange them with someone who is going to use them.

Renovate

That piece of furniture that is in perfect condition but has become a bit outdated can become a new piece of furniture if you give it a coat of paint in a more current color or if you change the handles, for example.

The important thing is to reduce our ecological footprint to the maximum.

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Tips for recycling cooking oil
Oil is an element that we use daily in our kitchen and sometimes we use a large amount for frying, for example.
That oil, most of the time, ends up being thrown down the sink, which has a very negative impact on the environment.
In today’s blog we tell you how to properly recycle cooking oil.

The consequences of not recycling oil

Disposing of used oil down the sink drain has very negative consequences for the environment.

Although we associate that oil is a natural element, since we use it in our diet, if it ends up in water it is very polluting.

It is estimated that a liter of used oil that we dispose of incorrectly and ends up in the sea, can contaminate about a thousand liters of water.

In addition, it is very harmful to the pipes, and can clog them.

It can also lead to an increase in pests such as cockroaches and other insects.

What to do with used oil?

The most common thing is to store the oil that we are using to cook in used plastic bottles, whether they are 1.5 liters or 5-liter jugs.

Once the container is full, we must take it to a clean point that has specific containers to dispose of the used oil.

In some cities we can find this type of container in the urban nucleus.

With this oil, once it is recycled, biodiesel can be obtained.

But in addition to recycling it, we can reuse it in different ways.

We can reuse it to spread the molds when making a cake.

If we filter the oil to remove any remaining food or impurities, we can use it to make candles or even soaps.

We can also reuse it to polish wooden furniture or use it as a degreasing oil.

The important thing is not to throw it where we should not and do our bit to protect the environment.

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