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Journey to Zero Waste

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swittle
swittle
Dec 2019
2:51pm, 19 Dec 2019
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Just looking in here: extending the life of clothes should never be out of fashion. :)
run free
run free
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3:23pm, 19 Dec 2019
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Haha exactly Swittle. Have a whole wardrobe of clothes from me mother. Sadly have no one to pass them on.
run free
run free
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3:36pm, 19 Dec 2019
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telegraph.co.uk

The statement is: "It is estimated around 5.7 million tonnes of cabin waste, including single-use plastic, earphones and food waste, is generated on passenger flights every year." This article goes on to talk about disposables being created from plant materials to reduce airline waste.... How is creating a disposable reducing waste generated by airlines. Replacing single-use plastic with another single-use is deemed reducing waste. How about creating items that can be reused over and over again.

Seems to be social conditioning by the media to get the public to accept manufacturing / transporting / managing waste of a single-use material over another single-use material.
swittle
swittle
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Might offering a modest discount on fares in return for an agreement *not* to be issued with single use items help to raise the flying public's awareness of the waste currently being created?
run free
run free
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7:05pm, 19 Dec 2019
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Nice... and selling reusable bottles in Airports + highlighting where they can be filled up.
swittle
swittle
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I am aware you've been working hard on reusable bottles and receptacles. Gyms, sports facilities, office blocks and hotels might be credible targets - and labels on bottles showing plastic in landfill, with a message that buying a reusable bottle helps to reduce 'this'.
Turtlemama
Turtlemama
Dec 2019
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Hey all, just popping in with a question. We have been making ecobricks since the school asked for one per child in the summer. We now have about 9 1ltr bricks and nowhere to send them. I've looked online but nowhere seems to want them. The school isn't collecting now and I have nowhere to send them!
run free
run free
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Hey Swittle - managed to get a hotel in Nice to change to reusable bottles :) Just wonder why more places continue with the same old practice.

Turtle - try here: ecobricks.org
Turtlemama
Turtlemama
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Thanks RF. Id seen that but its pretty much impossible to contact the groups!
swittle
swittle
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10:28pm, 19 Dec 2019
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It won't happen top down, I fear, run free, but the gentle 'drip, drip' [no pun intended] of requests by individuals will help to encourage people to open their eyes to new thinking and simple ideas.

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Maintained by run free
FT Article on how broken recycling is:
ft.com

Sustainability:
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A growing "want" (consumption) has an impact on our world's resources. Historically we have gone through periods of frugality & eco-consciousness and always returned to the same apathy & couldn't give a damn about the environment we live in.

A linear economy means products head for the landfill. As landfills fill quickly, incinerators are now being put into place in the UK. Recycling is a broken system due to economics and incineration is simply the destruction of our resources.

The best would be for a circular economy and ways to close the loop.

Zero wasters care about their impact. On our journey to a zero waste lifestyle what are we willing to compromise on?

Resources for reducing landfill waste:

Freecycle: freecycle.org

or sell it on Ebay, car boot
Wrap: wrap.org.uk

How Stuff Works: home.howstuffworks.com

Food waste: consider composting. For cooked food waste have a look at Bokashi (FYI Anaerobic composting: http://www.alternative-energy-tutorials.com/aerobic-composting/anaerobic-composting.html)
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