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This method would be the most environmental friendly among the three solutions mentioned because this method does not emitted any poisoned gases and would do the least harm to natural environment. According to the Environmental Protection Department (2012), only 3.02 million tonnes of municipal solid waste were recycled in 2011, which was less than half of the total amount of municipal solid waste produced that year (p.12). In fact, some of the waste sent to the landfills, for instance, glass, metals, paper, plastic and wood, are recyclable. They could be recycled and turned to useful products again. As a citizen, this would be the easiest method to support the environment. Simply by buying only what we really need, stop throwing reusable items away, giving items we do not need to persons in need and adopting eco-friendly goods or lifestyles, the problem of domestic waste would be solved when everyone gets engaged in
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Some believe that it could be hard to change people’s habit. However, people’s behavior, in fact, will generally change if we keep encouraging them to do so. Different communication strategies could be used to transfer the messages to the general public and raise their awareness on protecting the environment. For examples, we could use the normative appeal to influence the citizens by telling them what other people are doing for the environment. By the social learning theory, people are likely to follow the crowd so as to prevent social rejection. Also, we may use the narrative tone to transfer our messages to the citizens by cooperating with broadcasting companies and try to include the messages in the stories of soap opera. The audiences are likely to imitate what the characters did in the soap opera and they may observe the benefits that brought by the actions promoted. Besides, this method could transfer the messages to people with low literacy or people who are difficult to …show more content…
In spite of the fact that time is needed to educate people and change their habit, this solution should be the most efficient to deal with the problem of domestic waste.
Works Cited
Chong, W. (2013, June 27). Don't dump it all on us. The Standard, n.p. Retrieved November 27, 2013 from the World Wide Web: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=134996&sid=39876288&con_type=1
Hong Kong SAR Government, Environmental Protection Department. (2013). Hong Kong’s environment – Waste. Hong Kong: Author. Retrieved November 25, 2013 from the World Wide Web: http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/waste/waste_maincontent.html
Hong Kong SAR Government, Environmental Protection Department. (2012). Monitoring of solid waste in Hong Kong – Waste statistics for 2011. Hong Kong: Author. Retrieved November 25, 2013 from the World Wide Web:
Some believe that it could be hard to change people’s habit. However, people’s behavior, in fact, will generally change if we keep encouraging them to do so. Different communication strategies could be used to transfer the messages to the general public and raise their awareness on protecting the environment. For examples, we could use the normative appeal to influence the citizens by telling them what other people are doing for the environment. By the social learning theory, people are likely to follow the crowd so as to prevent social rejection. Also, we may use the narrative tone to transfer our messages to the citizens by cooperating with broadcasting companies and try to include the messages in the stories of soap opera. The audiences are likely to imitate what the characters did in the soap opera and they may observe the benefits that brought by the actions promoted. Besides, this method could transfer the messages to people with low literacy or people who are difficult to …show more content…
In spite of the fact that time is needed to educate people and change their habit, this solution should be the most efficient to deal with the problem of domestic waste.
Works Cited
Chong, W. (2013, June 27). Don't dump it all on us. The Standard, n.p. Retrieved November 27, 2013 from the World Wide Web: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=134996&sid=39876288&con_type=1
Hong Kong SAR Government, Environmental Protection Department. (2013). Hong Kong’s environment – Waste. Hong Kong: Author. Retrieved November 25, 2013 from the World Wide Web: http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/waste/waste_maincontent.html
Hong Kong SAR Government, Environmental Protection Department. (2012). Monitoring of solid waste in Hong Kong – Waste statistics for 2011. Hong Kong: Author. Retrieved November 25, 2013 from the World Wide Web: