04 June 2005
Recycling Idea
Recycling is an activity that will help save the planet from the non-sustainable path of destruction that it is now on. There have been claims, however, that the recycling process can actually be more costly than using virgin materials:
...transportation costs may eliminate the economic viability and environmental benefit of the recycling program. (WasteNet, 2005).
Yesterday I saw a truck full of cardboard drive past and I wondered how much extra pollution was being generated by its active existence. Sure it was doing environmental good by aiding the recycling process, yet it was also harming the environment with its noxious carbon monoxide gases. If we could recycle without the need for an independant recyling truck, then we would be one step closer to cleaning up the earth.
Delivery drivers are the ones who bring the pristine, commercially attractive boxes to us in the first place. Would it be so hard if they were to then collect the old boxes upon their next trip? Why can't every delivery sevice provide a collection sevice at the same time? That way household or even business-place recyclables could be transported daily without special trucks being employed. There could even be cash incentives to hand over you waste paper. If people put a dollar value onto their waste, they may be less likely to dispose of it so readily.
...transportation costs may eliminate the economic viability and environmental benefit of the recycling program. (WasteNet, 2005).
Yesterday I saw a truck full of cardboard drive past and I wondered how much extra pollution was being generated by its active existence. Sure it was doing environmental good by aiding the recycling process, yet it was also harming the environment with its noxious carbon monoxide gases. If we could recycle without the need for an independant recyling truck, then we would be one step closer to cleaning up the earth.
Delivery drivers are the ones who bring the pristine, commercially attractive boxes to us in the first place. Would it be so hard if they were to then collect the old boxes upon their next trip? Why can't every delivery sevice provide a collection sevice at the same time? That way household or even business-place recyclables could be transported daily without special trucks being employed. There could even be cash incentives to hand over you waste paper. If people put a dollar value onto their waste, they may be less likely to dispose of it so readily.
