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The organic trash They are materials originated from a living being (animal or plant) that have no use or that cannot be reused. Organic waste is continuously generated by living beings throughout the planet, in addition to being generated from many human activities, such as industrial processes or the daily actions of people (peeling a fruit, for example).
Organic waste is easily recyclable, and if it is separated from inorganic waste and subjected to the appropriate processes, it can be reused as food, compost, construction material, ornaments, among others.
Examples of organic waste
| Eggshells | Nail |
| Animal feathers | Chicken entrails |
| Sawdust | Animal hair |
| Fish scales | Human excrement |
| Damp wood | Dried tree roots |
| Straw | Mandarin seeds |
| Grape seeds | Melon peel |
| Dry leaves | Human urine |
| Pruned tree branches | Mowed grass |
| Animal excrement | Rotten eggs |
| Rotten fruits | Pork bones |
| Banana peel | Dead plants |
| Cow bones | Contaminated food |
| Spoiled milk | Badly frozen food |
| Watermelon seeds | Paper |
| Animal carcasses | Used yerba |
| Hooves | Animal urine |
| Cigarette ash | Unused cotton fabrics |
| Coffee leftovers | Leftovers |
| Paper bags | Apple peel |
| Fish bones | Cardboard packaging |
| Human hair | Onion peel |
| Flower petals | Melon seeds |
| Animal guts | Coconut shell |
Types of garbage
According to its origin, two different types of garbage can be distinguished:
- Organic trash: Are those wastes that come directly from a living organism, be it a colony of bacteria, a plant, a tree, a human being or any other animal.
- Inorganic trash: They are those wastes that come from materials, chemicals or substances that do not originate in living organisms, such as iron, plastic, cables, porcelain, glass, etc.
The organic trash It differs from inorganic garbage in that the first can be disintegrated in a short time from the chemical processes generated by bacteria (decomposing organisms) that represent the final stage of the food chain.
The inorganic trashOn the contrary, it can take enormous amounts of time to be fully disintegrated, which can range from several decades to millions of years, and can be highly polluting during the decomposition process (as occurs with some plastics or with nuclear waste).
- It can serve you: Examples of organic and inorganic garbage
Sources of organic waste
In general, we can say that organic waste can originate in three main ways:
- First, it can originate from normal bodily functions of living things, as in the case of excrement, hair, nails, dried flowers, etc.
- Second, it can originate from a human activity that sought to extract an economic resource from living beings (wood, food, oils), generating in the process organic materials that are not usable, as occurs with sawdust or the guts of processed animals.
- Third, organic waste can be generated from organic materials (usually food) that are in a state of decomposition or that they are unhealthy because they have expired or have been poorly preserved, such as badly frozen meat or rotten fruit.
