Encouraging communities to sort and recycle

Problem:

Many developing countries with low level of recycling like Russia have a problem with getting things going: society isn't ready to sort and manage their waste and recycling facilities can't stand idle (it's unprofitable) - that's a vicious circle.

Because of that governments opt for a cheaper method - landfills. Russia, for example, plans to bury 46 million tons of barely sorted waste in one of its brand-new landfills near Shies in the upcoming years.

Solution:

Instead of beginning from one point of this circle and making one part work first, I suggest that we should start slow and work our way up from both sides, by simultaneously creating recycling facilities and stimulating people to manage their waste.

This way we can solve a big problem with smaller steps, one district and one factory at a time, and show people the advantages of recycling.

Most of humanity lives in developing countries, producing a lot of waste. Combining that with lack of recycling system, we get air, water and food pollution. 

Obviously, managing waste is crucial for solving these problems, but going from a landfill to a fully recycling, eco-friendly system is not easy.

One of the main problems with the population of such countries is that they usually don't think that recycling will improve their lives and treat waste management as an inconvinience without any further advantages for them.

My solution is directed to the population of developing countries and newly industrialized countries - these communities typically produce a relatively big amount of waste and usually don't have a streamlined recycling system.

Although the final result is more or less the same - a community with highly developed and eco-friendly waste management system, the intermediate results of my solution can differ vastly depending on the community to which the method is applied and its needs.

The process of conversion to a recycling waste management system is quite difficult, for some people it might seem to be unnecessary, others can think about its unprofitability. 

And that's what i'm trying to solve. we should show people what can be done with their waste to help them understand why it's so important to recycle, why should they sort their waste and care about it.

New/renewed urban infrastructure, from benches and walkways to bus stops and lighting systems - all that and more can be done using recycled materials. Such parts of environment can show people the impact they make on their own everyday lives by recycling