People of the next generation have been brought up with the 'little green arrows' the triangle that represents a recycled future and the hope of being the first generation to grab the bull by the horns and realise that something needs to be done when it comes to the amount of waste that we throw away each day, week, month and year.
It has become apparent that within the last eight years district councils from Northamptonshire have at least tried to change the way that recycling is perceived and acted upon so we can become a more environmentally friendly and a more sustainable county.
It seems that most district councils have made sure that at least some change has become priority, this is shown through the ratings, even though some of the district's have not been as successful as others or that some were at a good level in the first place, all have changed for the best. Although another way to view these changes would be to ask whether or not they were making any effort in the beginning to recycle anything at all or was it just because the issue was becoming front page news that maybe councils should do something about it?
Either way it is obvious that there has been a definitive change in attitudes when it come to recycling and that the schemes the council have come up with to ensure that recycling is taken seriously but with ease as to not change peoples lifestyles to much has certainly worked.
Different colour bins for different refuse being collected on different days is not a particularly hard job for your average family to try and stick to, although one downfall I think this plan does have is that many families are going to get through more than just one wheelie bin every two weeks and there may be some overflow.
Of course there is always the point that we could change our entire attitudes to the products we buy and the way we transport them.
Over packaging in plastics and non recyclable packaging is becoming less of a problem but it is still there.
Wrapping goods in plastic, shrink wrapping and then cardboard boxes is all to much, the amount of plastic bags we use is absolutely ridiculous (Did you know there are enough plastic bags made each day to cover the entire worlds surface and they can take up to 500 years to decompose?... you do now.)
It is good that big supermarkets are bringing in the reusable material bags, even using big cardboard boxes for groceries is better than the average carrier bag.
I suppose my point is if there is less usual residual refuse then people will have to just recycle the everyday rubbish because there is nothing else to throw away, making it not a priority in their otherwise scheduled lives but a routine that is already there, doing better for the environment, the economy and us.
http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B63E7599-1BCC-42DF-BF9E-8BC330278515/0/NJMWMSStrategyFINAL.pdf
It has become apparent that within the last eight years district councils from Northamptonshire have at least tried to change the way that recycling is perceived and acted upon so we can become a more environmentally friendly and a more sustainable county.
It seems that most district councils have made sure that at least some change has become priority, this is shown through the ratings, even though some of the district's have not been as successful as others or that some were at a good level in the first place, all have changed for the best. Although another way to view these changes would be to ask whether or not they were making any effort in the beginning to recycle anything at all or was it just because the issue was becoming front page news that maybe councils should do something about it?
Either way it is obvious that there has been a definitive change in attitudes when it come to recycling and that the schemes the council have come up with to ensure that recycling is taken seriously but with ease as to not change peoples lifestyles to much has certainly worked.
Different colour bins for different refuse being collected on different days is not a particularly hard job for your average family to try and stick to, although one downfall I think this plan does have is that many families are going to get through more than just one wheelie bin every two weeks and there may be some overflow.
Of course there is always the point that we could change our entire attitudes to the products we buy and the way we transport them.
Over packaging in plastics and non recyclable packaging is becoming less of a problem but it is still there.
Wrapping goods in plastic, shrink wrapping and then cardboard boxes is all to much, the amount of plastic bags we use is absolutely ridiculous (Did you know there are enough plastic bags made each day to cover the entire worlds surface and they can take up to 500 years to decompose?... you do now.)
It is good that big supermarkets are bringing in the reusable material bags, even using big cardboard boxes for groceries is better than the average carrier bag.
I suppose my point is if there is less usual residual refuse then people will have to just recycle the everyday rubbish because there is nothing else to throw away, making it not a priority in their otherwise scheduled lives but a routine that is already there, doing better for the environment, the economy and us.
http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B63E7599-1BCC-42DF-BF9E-8BC330278515/0/NJMWMSStrategyFINAL.pdf
1 comment:
This blog is written in an interesting and engaging style.
Whose responsibility do you think it is to reduce the amount of packaging of goods? Is it just up to the shops/business, or do you think consumers have a role to play too?
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