The source separation horoscope
Aries
In your household you experience a blurred division of
labour, in connection to source separation, with the
effect that waste easily ends up between two stools.
Certain members of the household systematically withdraw
from their source separation responsibility, and for this
reason the source separation morale has decreased. It is important
to act in order to clarify responsibilities in order to
ensure that everybody contributes to a correct source separation.
Taurus
You have accumulated some hazardous waste, which has ended
up in your wardrobes. You have repeatedly considered
bringing the corresponding waste to the recycling station, but
other priorities have occurred and you have now almost
forgotten it. Lately you have even been tempted to
dispose of it among the ordinary household refuses. To prevent
the problem from growing even larger, you need to plan
the adequate disposal of the waste in the near future and
ideally you should settle a date in your schedule right away
to pay a visit to the reception place for hazardous waste.
Gemini
You have following the source separation compaigns of
the municipality paid attention to follow the instructinos
to a tee and regularly visit recycling stations as well
as anemity sites. Lately however, you have experienced
a lack of motivation when it comes to source separation and
you have started cheating, primarily regarding metal- and
plastic packages. This is a natural reaction to the work
with the source separation requires and the intransparancy
in the downstream activities. In order to cure this you
need a better knowledge of how each type of waste is
being handled, so that the value of your contribution becomes
clearer. Your municipality can provide you with further information.
Cancer
You experience a lack of control of what belongs where.
You have studied the source separation guide of your
municipality and you are familiar with the correct procedure
for the most frequent types of packages. However you often
sometimes hesistate when you handle waste categories which are
not quite as obvious, such as multi-material packages consisting
of both cardboard and packages. If you have carefully read
through the source separation information of your municipality
without finding the information you seek, Camelot recommends you
to contact the waste management advisor of your municipality.
Leo
You feel overloaded by the source separation duties and this applies
above all to the paper fraction. Apart from the newspaper to
which you subscribe you more or less on a daily basis receive large
amounts of printed commercials. You have reached a point, when you
have started asking yourselves whether it is worthwhile
to carry these significant amounts of paper, sometimes more than
once a week, to the reycling station. Many people experience the
paper fraction burdensome and in that case it may be a good idea
to consider measures of waste minimisation, for example by means
of declining direct commercials. In this way you reduce
the demands on yourself, while simultaneously doing nature a favour.
Virgo
Your municipality has not yet introduced separation of organic waste and
therefore prescribes the disposal of kitchen waste in the normal
residual fraction. Your ecological conscience however does not
find this to be a satisfactory solution. In case you live
in a separate house, you have the opportunity of introducing
a garden compost, where the best result is obtained by means
of mixing kitchen waste and garden waste. Contact your
municipality or order home composting equipment directly
from one of the manufacturers, which you will find by
following this link.
Libra
You find the intermediate storage of the waste at home difficult.
As long as the source separation only covered paper and glass, you
easily found enough space in wardrobes, where the waste could
be placed in paper bags prior to being transported to the
recycling station, but with the multitude of fractions currently
being included you have not found any practical solution yet.
Many people, in particular those living in apartments in block
houses, experience this kind of problems. A good solution is
to install a special source separation equipment, which can
be ordered from one of several alternative manufacturers, which
you find by following this link.
Scorpio
You find the disposal of bulky waste troublesome and you find
it complicated to transport for example old furniture to the
recycling centre. You would prefer the opportunity to
leave this waste in the doorside context, one way or another.
Many people request a high level of service, when it comes
to the bulky waste. In some municipalities it is possible
to order fetching directly from the door, either covered by the
tarif or at a separate fee. If this possibility does not
exist, you may consider to jointly in the neighbourhood order
a bulky waste container and thereby getting rid of the bulky
waste all at once. This also applies to block houses without
bulky waste cabinets.
Sagittarius
You have noticed that your waste bin is being filled surprisingly
quickly and sometimes you have detected waste bags in the bin which
you do not recall having placed there yourself. You have started suspecting
that illegitimate disposers utilise your bin. This can lead to additional costs,
in particular if you pay by weight or emptying occasion and it
is therefore important to counteract this kind of tendencies.
If you live in a separate house, you might consider storing the
bin indoors, for example in a garage. If you instead live in a block
house, keys to the waste cabinet may have started circulating in an
uncontrolled manner and the facilities manager will need to
check what keys have been issued and possibly change the lock.
Capricorn
You find that the distance to your closest recycling station is discouragingly long,
at least in cases when the disposal cannot be coordinated with another
errand. You have started asking yourself if it is really worth
the effort to be a good source separator. On some occasions, you
have even allowed yourself to deviate from the source separation norm.
In case your neighbours experience the same kind of problems,
it may be worthwhile to investigate the possibility of introducing kerbside
fetching of one or several fractions. Even for separate houses, it has become
more common to fetch sometimes even all fractions directly from the building.
Aquarius
You never cease to be surprised by the large amounts of waste
passing by in your home and sometimes you ask yourself if this
is really necessary. In many cases it is in fact possible to reduce the
packaging amounts by means of a conscious ecologically minded consumption selection.
By systematically preferring large packs and refill packs, you can
save significant packaging amounts.
Pisces
For many years, you have sorted packages and on the whole you find
that the municipality offers practical solutions for their collection.
However when it comes to electronic waste you find it more complicated
to adhere to the requirements. This applies to flash bulbs as well
as different kinds of electronic household appliances. Today the
only possibility it these cases is often to leave the waste at one
of the recycling centres of the municipality. The infrastructure
for the handing in of electronic waste in many cases, in Sweden as
well as abroad, is underdeveloped. Some form of doorside fetching for
electric and electronic waste is recommendable. In block houses
it is a strong recommendation for real estate owners to subscribe
to fetching of electronic waste, at least 5-10 times per year and
also in areas of separate houses, mobile fetching should take place
at least a couple of times per year.
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