Waste in the past and in the present

Culture of living in Culture of living in the past and in the the past and in the

presentpresent

The attitude towards The attitude towards the wthe wasteaste in in the pthe past and ast and in the pin the presentresent

Life in the past Life in the presentLife in the past Life in the present

Life in the pastLife in the past Peaceful and simple life Peaceful and simple life Smaller villages and citiesSmaller villages and cities No stressNo stress No air, soil or water No air, soil or water pollutionpollution

Less wasteLess waste

COMPOSTINGCOMPOSTING

ANIMAL ANIMAL MANUREMANURE

HEALTHY FOOD - HEALTHY FOOD - MILK, EGGS, MILK, EGGS,

MEATMEAT

Almost all of the waste was of Almost all of the waste was of organic origin and was usableorganic origin and was usable..

What could not be used for making What could not be used for making compost or manure was thrown in compost or manure was thrown in the trashthe trash..

PAPERPAPER

ORGANIC WASTEORGANIC WASTE

OTHEROTHER

LLife todayife today

TTime of rapid and stressfulime of rapid and stressful life lifeTTime of rapid developmenime of rapid developmenttCConsumer society onsumer society PProduces large quantities of roduces large quantities of wastewaste

ORGANIC WASTEORGANIC WASTEPAPERPAPERPLASTICPLASTICGLASSGLASSMETALMETALHAZARDOUS HAZARDOUS WASTEWASTEOTHEROTHER

WASTE DISPOSALWASTE DISPOSAL ‘’KOŠER’’ ON ‘’KOŠER’’ ON THE ISLAND OF BRAČTHE ISLAND OF BRAČ

WASTE DISPOSALWASTE DISPOSAL KAREPOVACKAREPOVAC

The amount of waste is increasing The amount of waste is increasing rapidly, but our attitude towards rapidly, but our attitude towards waste remained the same!waste remained the same!

WWe put e put eeverythingverything in the in the ‘’‘’same same trash can’’trash can’’!!

Everything is Everything is GARBAGE!GARBAGE!

The impact of waste on The impact of waste on water water and sea water and sea water

qualityquality

BEACHBEACHESES, POOL, POOLSS, POND, PONDSS

PollutionPollution of of KarstKarst

Limestone is a rock that slowly Limestone is a rock that slowly dissolves under the influence of dissolves under the influence of

water.water.

Water dissolves other substances in Water dissolves other substances in nature, including discarded waste.nature, including discarded waste.

BBecause of numerous cracks and ecause of numerous cracks and holesholes,, polluted water very quickly polluted water very quickly

goes underground.goes underground.

AAnimals that live underground in nimals that live underground in caves and underground cavernscaves and underground caverns

drink waterdrink water with dissolved with dissolved chemicals. chemicals.

In the caves and pits of island In the caves and pits of island Brač Brač there are many endemic there are many endemic animal animal speciesspecies

A number of deep pits fasten the A number of deep pits fasten the flow of water to the sea.flow of water to the sea.

These chemicals enter the marine These chemicals enter the marine organisms organisms which which come back again come back again

on our plates.on our plates.

Shall we live like this…Shall we live like this…

……oor like this?r like this?

We need to decide!We need to decide!We should rWe should recycle!ecycle!

We should make compost! We should make compost!

We need to develop We need to develop environmental awareness!environmental awareness!