| Most of us go through life on a daily basis never | | | | appropriate is not going to be good enough in a |
| paying a moment's attention to what is happening | | | | few year's time when legislation insists that |
| to our waste materials. We live our private and | | | | everyone disposes of waste responsibly. |
| professional lives confidently in the knowledge that | | | | Eco friendly employers have green waste disposal |
| someone else is taking care of the trash. | | | | policies in place for employees. For those who do |
| That 'other person', unfortunately does not exist | | | | not, there is no harm in individual employees |
| except in our imagination. We throw stuff in the | | | | putting a suggested program of waste disposal in |
| garbage and tell ourselves that there is someone, | | | | place or even suggesting a visit from a |
| somewhere, taking it out again and putting it | | | | professional waste disposal expert who may |
| somewhere useful. Right? | | | | advise on the best system for an individual |
| How complacent can you be? The photocopier | | | | company. |
| that printed out the wrong information this | | | | A green environmental policy begins small and |
| morning on seventy pages of prime A4 and | | | | ends by covering every aspect of life. From the |
| ended up in the trash will require more trees to | | | | minute your day begins, you create waste that |
| die because you did not dispose of the paper | | | | must be disposed of somehow, starting with the |
| where it could be recycled. | | | | orange juice carton you drain at the breakfast |
| Get real and wake up to the fact that the | | | | table and finishing with the empty toothpaste tube |
| sandwich casing you threw in the office waste | | | | you throw into the bathroom pedal bin in the |
| paper bin this afternoon is going to landfill; where it | | | | evening. |
| will happily stay for the next several hundred | | | | There is no need to have a recycling plant in |
| years, damaging a dying planet and choking the | | | | every room in your house and for people who |
| environment. | | | | are horrified at the prospect of their kitchens |
| Inappropriate waste disposal is not just | | | | being filled with brightly coloured bins in varying |
| irresponsible: twenty years ago it was irresponsible | | | | sizes, there is no need for that either; recycling |
| but considering the current condition of the | | | | can take place in the yard or in the little utility |
| environment, it is now criminal to continue polluting | | | | room adjoining the kitchen or in the laundry. The |
| the planet and the atmosphere with waste | | | | alternative is to continue killing the environment, |
| materials that could so easily be returned for | | | | which is not acceptable. |
| further use. | | | | Professional waste disposal and recycling |
| So many materials used for packaging can be | | | | information may be obtained from your local |
| recycled if they are categorized and separated | | | | waste disposal experts who will be glad to advise |
| efficiently on disposal for collection and | | | | you on how to separate recyclable materials and |
| transportation to the proper recycling plants. | | | | safely dispose of other waste. Contact them and |
| Taking the attitude that these non biodegradable | | | | make a start! |
| items will somehow end up somewhere | | | | |