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Be careful, Burning Waste Can Harm Health

You or your neighbor still often burns trash? Although not many people know, actually this action has been prohibited by law. Besides being dangerous for the environment, burning trash can endanger your health. Health problems that can occur, ranging from respiratory disorders to chronic diseases. Even though at first glance it looks practical and immediately disappear, but burning trash can endanger health in the long run. Smoke from burning trash contains hazardous chemicals that can cause air pollution. To avoid the danger of burning trash, it is important for us to know how to properly manage waste.

Danger of Burning Trash

For some people, burning is the best way to get rid of rubbish. Even though burnt waste can release harmful substances into the air that can interfere with health. The type of material released into the air naturally depends on the type of waste burned, temperature and oxygen content. C'mon, look at what kind of garbage you burn can endanger you:

  • Inhalation of burning smoke

    • Burning waste can release hazardous materials, such as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, arsenic, dioxins and furans. People who are around the burning location, have the highest risk for experiencing health problems due to these materials, depending on how long and how often they are exposed to smoke from burning garbage. This disorder can start from simple, such as coughing, red or watery eyes, sore nose like burning, nausea, and headaches. In people with asthma, this smoke can also trigger asthma attacks. While in people who have a history of heart or lung disease, smoke from burning garbage can cause more severe disorders. Exposure to dioxins may even lead to some types of cancer, liver disorders, disorders of the immune system, and disorders of the reproductive system.

  • Consuming food contaminated with ash and smoke

    • After burning, the waste will leave a residue in the form of hazardous chemicals, which can be absorbed by vegetable or fruit plants that grow around it. Humans can be exposed if you eat these fruits and vegetables. Not only plants, this dangerous substance can also be contained in milk, meat and eggs from animals that are exposed to these substances, through contaminated soil. These foods can then also affect human health, if consumed in the long run.

  • Play around the remaining burning area

    • In addition to the air, these hazardous chemicals can also be found in the ashes from the combustion and endanger children who play around the area. In addition, burning trash can also cause fires.
Some substances from the combustion of garbage can even remain in a long time you know in the vicinity of the burning environment. In addition to the soil content, also in the form of dust in the house.

Prevent and Treat Waste Properly

Law Number 18 Year 2008 concerning Waste Management, Chapter X Article 29, already prohibits burning waste that is not in accordance with the technical requirements of waste management. Now, instead, let's process garbage in these ways:

  • Reduce rubbish

    • From the start you can reduce the amount of waste by choosing products with fewer packages. It's better to buy the product in one large package than in a small plastic package. Also, try to buy products that can be refilled and can be recycled, rather than those that are only disposable.

  • Use it again

    • Reuse items that can still be used. Donate items that you don't need, such as clothes, books, or furniture.

  • Recycle

    • Currently there are many garbage banks that accept certain types of waste to be recycled.

  • Compost

    • Organic waste that is usually produced from the kitchen can be reprocessed into compost.

  • Submit to final processing site (TPA)

    • Disposing of garbage through the landfill officer is the last step if you cannot process the waste yourself.
To protect yourself, your family, and others from the danger of burning rubbish, avoid these actions from now on. Let's make changes to reduce waste, in order to create a healthier environment.

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