think green
fara | 2/14/2006 | 3:36 pmheartwarming to read the efforts of this couple (article in thestar online).. it is damn obvious that although we are bombarded by community service messages on the telly & on the airwaves re: recycling, not many are that keen on carrying it out.
main reason: toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tedious
1st u need to sort
2nd u need to ensure its fit to be recycled (not all tin cans can be recycled, but how de heck should i know?)
3rd find the correct collection centre
4th transport back the ones that u thought could be recycled but in actual fact can’t
my dad is one of those who try to recycle. newspapers, tin cans, scrap metal. u name it. if you can throw it in my neighborhood, he would salvage it. our house ends up being like a dumpsite (clean dumpsite laaa). is the source of quite a number of disagreements with mama dearest – according to her, he’s hoarding too much junk.
but as the article highlights – not all things that should be recycled is accepted by the middle-man. add to that the fact that no hard & fast rule is in place to ensure manufacturers also think green. the more containers that are not reusable are manufactured, the more tedious recycling gets for your normal citizen. only those with the passion and zeal to save our environment would take that extra effort to do so.
everytime the word recycling pops up, i would always recall my days in melbourne. there they would have 2 types of waste collection rote. one for the household refuse, another for reusable materials. the council even provides the garbage bins and recycling boxes for each household. recycling is part of our daily lives. even items that i buy from your local supermarket would most likely have the recycle symbol on it (either meaning it can be recycled or was made from recycled materials)
in malaysia, some parts do have managed reusable refuse collection. but it’s not that widespread – knowing us (me included) unless authorities make the effort to collect – we wouldn’t make the effort to recycle.
here’s my promise to myself and the future generation. i will start with my own home (when i move out from me parents’ since my dad has already taken the lead now) and instill the awareness into my children (notice the plural ?)
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