Monday 7 December 2009

Food for thought: Think before you bin...

Our world is packed with full of gadgets and innovative technologies. National edges, cultural differences and geographical distances no longer pose barriers to industrial revolution. They play a crucial role in affecting our environment from the process of planning & design to the use by the customers. Each & every production process plays a role in affecting the environment. Consumption of materials & energy usage leaves its unused byproducts behind & this is not restricted at this stage. Even during packaging & distribution, plastics are being used unnecessarily instead of recyclable papers and cardboards. Industries compete in complex ways, but yet to act responsibly as far as sustainability is concerned. Overall, our environment is being polluted during the entire process. So slimming our bin a little bit by recycling is the least we can do & no doubt this would surely reduce the global waste mountain growth.

"All the ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans. Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals and soil. Human industry has been in full swing for little over a century yet it has brought a decline in almost every ecosystem on the planet. Nature doesn't have a design problem. People do."
-From the book "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things" by Michael Braungart & William McDonough

1 comment:

  1. Hi,

    Nice thoughts on waste management. One things I would consider is the size of the bin bag being sold in the supermarket. They are all quite large in size. This is not good for familes collect and bin the wastes in two or three days. How long can we keep the wastes in the house. Normally, most of the families dont like the food wastes in the house more than two or three days. Also, there are so many people are particular about not wasting the food. Therefore, the kitchen wastes would be much much less for the whole week. We can't wait for the bin bag fill full. Keeping this in mind, the size of the bin bags should be different for different people on their waste management....

    Good luck with your efforts...

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