Class 12 English Unit 8: Writing

 

Writing: Letter to the Editor

a.   Write a paragraph elaborating on the idea of 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) in garbage management.

3Rs- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

The principle of reducing waste, reusing, and recycling resources and products is often called the "3Rs." It is a sequence of steps on how to manage waste properly. Reducing means choosing to use things with care to reduce the amount of waste generated. Reusing involves the repeated use of items or parts of items that still have usable aspects. Recycling means the use of waste itself as a resource. The three R's all help to cut down on the amount of garbage we throw away. They conserve natural resources, landfill space, and energy. Plus, the three R's save land and money communities must use to dispose of waste in landfills. Setting a new landfill has become difficult and more expensive due to environmental regulations and public opposition.

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b.     Garbage management is a big problem in most of the cities in Nepal. Write a letter to the editor to be published in the daily newspaper suggesting the ways of ‘Solving Garbage Problems.’

Simara, Bara.

13 Feb. 2022.

The Editor,

The Himalayan Times,

Kathmandu, Nepal.

Dear Sir,

I would be grateful if you allow a little space in your widely circulated and popular newspaper. To draw the attention of the general public as well as the concerned authority of the government to the problem of garbage management in most of the cities in Nepal, I am writing you this. We know that we have a serious garbage problem. There will be no value from waste, like energy or material if it is not segregated. But this is where our waste management system stops short.

The problem of waste is something that needs to be handled on a smaller scale and aggregated to solve the bigger problem. Waste-pickers already contribute greatly to solving this problem. We need to tap into their capacity. An IT platform like I Got Garbage can build business models for waste pickers. Instead of picking and dumping garbage from each house, the government can provide subsidies and give every home a composter. Landfill sites can never be a solution to solid waste in cities as it is an outdated idea. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle are the most common methods to reduce landfill waste. 80 percent of organic waste littering the streets can be used if the government cooperates with pig farmers in the respective cities. I wonder why the authorities are not adopting this method. As long as governments try cleaning the city by doing the same things they always did and say they will do it better this time, the city won't become cleaner. We need something dramatically different.

I hope the concerned authorities will take appropriate steps immediately. Looking forward to seeing a positive response to it. Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Amit Shrestha

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