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http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2017/08/03/4711891.htm [|Solar PoweredWater Wheel Could Clean Ocean Plastic] [|Time for the Suits to Join the Sandals in Creating Zero Waste Communities]

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[|Mottainai: a philosophy of waste] - Could an 800-year-old part-Buddhist, part-Shinto idea help tackle the West’s environmental challenges?

Essay
Thoughts on ....End management and mis-management of GARBAGE

WHAT IS TRUE TRASH? ........ When does something that was one useful, terminate being useful? ........ Where did the “something” come from originally, and where is its final resting place?..... . THE SEVEN R ’S......reduce, refuse, reuse, recycle and return to earth, responsibility and refrain from burning

REDUCE is really the most ecological option, since it can prevent a resource from being exploited and its eventual disposal management or mismanagement would not play a factor in ever more overloading our planet’s fragile ecosystems.....at this moment, our children are going to inherit a very compromised planet organism....we need to be looking for ways to regain balance, stop taking precious resources for granted. It hardly seems possible that our civilization could willingly make the radical changes that are needed. That challenge is not even fully recognized as yet.

REFUSE to accept bags or anything that you don’t want or need, especially if it will end up being trash. This means being prepared to walk around with bags/cup/etc.

REUSE is an ecological solution especially when it involves natural materials that will eventually return to the earth. Some plastics are reusable for a long time but in reality, plastic (as well as paper) is a resource that is misused when it is considered a throw away, disposable product.

Have you heard about the huge plastic raft/island that floats in the middle of the pacific ocean? Every piece of plastic that was ever made, still exists on our planet, that is, if it has not been burned and therefore contributed to carbon emissions that over burden our fragile atmospheric cycles.

Plasicides...effects of off gassing from plastic in everyday life is poorly understood Environmental hormones.....endocrine mimickers...... toxicity and prevalence.... Getting plastic out of your life......

RECYCLE is an ecological solution if the components are natural materials. Synthetic materials and some natural materials often use up more resources and give off more carbon emissions in the recycling process than they are worth. This type of mismanagement is ebbing away at the the planets limited bounty and ensuring that future generations will be lacking resources. Glass...was an ecological solution for many years, before the age of cheap plastic........

RETURN TO EARTH: COMPOST is the sustainable natural process that recycles all organic matter, enriching earth rather than taking away from. Simple systems....carton, fabric, metal, etc.

Take RESPONSIBILITY for the trash that you generate..For one week, or one month (or forever), separate and categorize all the trash that you cant compost that is generated in your home/club/work place ..analyse if there are some changes that could be made to reduce output

REFRAIN FROM BURNING...we hear that carbon emissions are a giant threat to our atmosphere......we need to understand that we continue to contribute to this problem not only with our cooking, transportation and electronic habits but also with our mismanaged garbage disposal. We hate to look at our trash, we like to hide it or send it somewhere else and forget about it. This is a very bad attitude and makes us very poor stewards of our planet. If everyone JUST HAD TO LIVE WITH THE GARBAGE THEY GENERATED, maybe our eyes would open about the harsh reality that we are turning our precious resources into trash.

Burning plastic is the worst thing you can do with it.....you see that it disappears from sight, but it is then in the air where you and others breathe it......is that really better than looking at it?? Plastic that does not get incinerated is on the earth or in the ocean forever. It breaks down into ever smaller pieces but it never is absorbed back into the ecosystem.

Natural materials like cardboard, wood, metal will eventually return to earth....you can accelerate this process by burning, but a better option is to just let the carbon embodied in them be reclaimed by nature over time.

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