Remember when you’re throwing your rubbish out that it is going to go into landfill. The rubbish is not just going to magically disappear as one may like to think but instead it will be thrown into a big hole that has been dug into ground. When one thinks about the amount of rubbish generated around the world, the reality of landfill is appalling. Here’s some tips on how to help minimise it;
Use your Green Waste (Compost & Mulch)
Lobby your Local Government to Provide Best Practice Recycling Services
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Recyclable Plastic Boat Sets Sail
http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3116
A boat aptly called the Plastiki, made out of 12,500 recyclable plastic bottles filled with carbon dioxide, has set sail for a great voyage through the Pacific. While it seems like an extreme stunt, the journey has more of a purpose than just seeing if a plastic boat can make the trip.
Litter: our legacy to future generations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/24/jeremy-paxman-rubbish-roadside-coke
Our grandchildren will know us by our discarded cans of Coca-Cola and packets of Walkers crisps
Give up bottled water
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/21/bottled-water-fizzy-drinks-ethical
Globally we consume 200bn litres of bottled water every year, requiring more than 200m barrels of oil to produce, package and distribute.
Good Chemistry for Some Household Sprays
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/garden/11clean.html
Nontoxic cleaning products are proliferating in the United States.
Our 10 Favourite Innovations for Reducing Plastic Consumer Waste
http://www.good.is/post/our-10-favorite-innovations-for-reducing-plastic-consumer-waste/
The practice of individually packaging consumer products may not have originated in the 20th Century, but that’s certainly when it was perfected; our landfills are stacked with unconscionable mounds of plastic waste as a reminder. Fortunately, there are those among us working to buck the trend and put a dent in our masses of trash.
Lassoing Hawaii’s Marine Trash
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/lassoing-hawaiis-marine-trash/