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