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[ananya]

Going green becoming the latest fad. What do you reckon?

[Faken]

I actually started finally recycling stuff this year, although I have to admit I've slackened off it a bit since the last time the recycle guy didn't take my stuff because it wasn't organized to his liking in the box. After I saw him just leave it, I went outside and right in front of him (He was about 3 doors down at this point) I dumped the entire contents of the bin right in the garbage can for the regular trash guys to take.

I don't mind recycling but don't be leaving the shit in my driveway because I didn't sort out plastic bottles from the glass ones.

[Frauenhandys]

I have been a Green Peace volunteer for 2 years now. It's time to change!

[syntex]

Recycling is big in living in New Zealand, they recently issued most major towns with recycable bins so everything is being recycled all in one bin, makes life easy.
Otherwise, i train to university 10 times a week so I like to think im doing my bit =P

[affenmunkEY]

syntex, on Mar 9 2009, 04:27 AM, said:

Otherwise, i train to university 10 times a week so I like to think im doing my bit =P

How many days do they have in a week in New Zealand? 




"Going green" has become very popular lately, because of everbody trying to scare one another with global warming, that's the way I see it...

[Lollipop-]

Here in London, recycling is not a choice, most houses where I live (North West London) have three bins, blue, green and brown, each has its own specific stuff to be put in, for example, the blue bin can only have plastic bottles, paper card, cans, aerosol/deodorant cans etc, green can only have food, etc and the brown is stuff like leaves and branches, gardening waste basically, and if anything is found in the wrong bin you get fined.

There was a story in a local newspaper about a 5 year old girl who through something in the wrong bin and she got fined by the local council a stupid sum of money, something like £100.. A bit extreme if you ask me, but yeah, that's London...

Sam.

[syntex]

affenmunkEY, on Mar 10 2009, 02:26 PM, said:

syntex, on Mar 9 2009, 04:27 AM, said:

Otherwise, i train to university 10 times a week so I like to think im doing my bit =P

How many days do they have in a week in New Zealand? 

Hah sorry I meant, train to uni, then home, each way being 45+mins, so 10 times both way.

[tekkiegurl]

i just hope it not just a fab it realy time that we consider protecting our environment

[TOreDEFINE]

It is a current "trend", lack for a better term. But I wouldn't say that this is a temporary "trend" or "fad." No matter how we look at it, it will become a necessity. But I believe "Going Green" is a latent function of living in a digital, progressive world (internet, email, computers, digital documents, etc.).

[The-Pixel]

Thats such a big thing you see on the news and read online about how everything is going green. Finally! we are taking action instead of just talking about it. As long as I can remember growing up we recycled (I'm 22 by the way, haha). Even to this day I still recycle its a reaction for me. Great topic.

[jonbey]

I have always tried to be green, but often not as green as I could be. I do recycle, but not enough. Some packaging is still binned. I am lucky where I am as the local council supply a box for glass and tins, and bags for plastic, cardboard and paper. I do get my milk delivered everyday in glass bottles, and these are washed and used again.

Sometimes I think that I should switch my server off to save energy.... hardly anyone ever uses it.

Edited by jonbey, 18 March 2009 - 08:19 PM.

[Frauenhandys]

Me and my family recently joined and cast our votes in Earths Hour. We switched all our power off and stayed out and talk for a while. We must act now!

[CrazedLlama]

My family is accutaly not participating with all this stuff, but its because we usualy forget..
Like Earths Hour, but we will have a sit down and discuss this soon enough.

[nfinite]

I've noticed it takes all types, scenarios and approaches to get recycling to work.


I setup a box at one job with a co-worker for hundreds of receipts a day, that were being thrown away...after about a few days, co-workers had turned it into a "Fight Master Helmet"...

@home can be tough too, if you're one or the only one on-board actively.

I am a big fan of just bottled water. But for those who use cans-bottles. It seems to be more the act and process of eliminating the collection not so much the gather.


Car products and oil I like to dump in parks, and my neighbors lawn.

[shubh]

It is the duty of every human being irrespective of his nation, job and caste to participate in global mission of making this planet green. If not now, then we would do it never. We can contribute in getting green in any field personal or commercial just by developing some habits.

[sphex1987]

It's a good move to make the world a better place.

[SyGzY]

I've recently resigned from my job as a canvasser for Environment Texas. Our last campaign dealt with the Fayatte coal plant and the importance of shutting it down for wind and solar instead.

That plant alone is linked to 44 deaths and is dumping over 12-million tons of global warming pollution every year. These chemicals such as mercury, emitted into the air cause upper-respiratory failure, premature deaths, cancer, and asthma attacks. Just ONE coal plant is costing us $300,000,000 a year to maintain, while installing enough solar panels and wind plants to equal the power from the coal plant would cost a fraction of that figure.

So as you can imagine, I'm a huge fan of wind and solar. I avoid driving and prefer to take long walks.