Guide to Waste Diversion: For Home and Business
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazed by its easy to read format. So much information on how I can impact the environment and live a sustainable life. A must read for personal and businesses.
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Guide to Waste Diversion - Kenneth E. Barnes
Glossary
Chapter 1
The purpose of this handbook is to provide you with the tools and expertise in diverting waste from our landfills. It is meant to be used as a guide
for home and work. You will be shown ways to create waste reduction programs, reusing materials, reducing your carbon footprint and creating a recycling program (Regulations and restrictions may apply depending on the state, county or city which you live).
The environment is everything that isn’t me.
- Albert Einstein
Growing up in Southern California during the 1970’s offered several eco-learning events for me.
The freedom to venture into the neighboring canyons and water sheds.
Drinking a soda from a glass bottle.
Redeeming glass soda bottles for spending money.
Walking.
Getting up to change the TV channel.
Catching a ride on a bus to get around.
Riding a bike.
Owning a wooden skate board with clay wheels.
Reusing previously used cloths and toys.
Sharing toys with your friends.
Drinking water from our garden hose.
Open Space & Habitat’s
Clean Air & Oceans
Talking in person & no cell phones
Exercise was a daily activity
The above are just a few examples of how our choices not only impacted our environment, and our health. But also the way we co-existed and engaged the environment that surrounds us.
Through the years technology, innovation and change have heavily influenced our choices. Just look around and see how the virtual world and the disposable culture have changed our planet. We have single-handily replaced the above with:
Decrease Habitats
Increased Housing
Mass Production and usage of Plastic Beverage Containers
Increasing Hazardous Waste
Overfishing
Increased Pollution
Polluting our Oceans
Habitat Destruction
Plastic Bags
Heighten Carbon Footprint
Furthering the need for fossil fuels
Recycling Revenue Opportunities.
Convenience of fast food.
Obesity
In 2011, some studies concluded that 8.7 million species are left on this planet. A planet which is over 4.54 billion years old.
How many of these species have been lost by our own doing?
Have environmental impact studies effected the economic and surrounding urban communities?
What will Global Leaders do to improve sustainability, green buildings and reduce the use of fossil fuels?
What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
These are just a few questions that fuel my intellectual curiosity.
If you ask Wikipedia they tell you