we need to tidy our act up (Waste disposal)

Member Name: dollydimples

Product:	Waste disposal
Date:	04/05/09 (56 review reads)
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Advantages: a green better future for my children

Disadvantages: a never ending circle

over the next 6 years local governments must now double their recycling targets by 2015, this is going to be a mammouth task.

This now the time to really get the supermarkets and the manufacturers to be accountable for all the over packaged products they produce.

My business is recycling, and i have seen at first hand how the councils and recycling companies are in an never ending cycle,.

With the recession and the downward buying trend, the demand for the recycable waste we produce is at an all time low.

I feel there are loads of so called 'eco' products on the market, that infact add to the problem of the waste we have.

We have been a throw away society for quite a long time, and everything has been based on convienence and current trends, that the media have promoted to us, as the 'must have' item to have etc.

I know this sounds harsh, but maybe with the recession hitting us hard in the pockets, and we are all cutting back on spending, that we will get out of the spending habbit on things that we dont really need, start cooking from scratch, so then we dont buy over-packaged ready meals etc, and also look after and appreciate the things we do have.

Growing some of our own fruit and veg, would save on packaging, reading magazines and newspapers on-line would save unpteen tons of paper

The topic of recycling and waste will never go away, and we will allways needs to do more. If we could all try and use things to the max, and make do and mend, and try and re-vamp old items of furniture etc, to make them trendy, i do, and 'shabby chic' is all the fashion at moment.

We need to set an example for the next generation, so maybe this is a good time to take recycling to the next level.

Summary: we need to tidy our act up