Comments on: Sustainable Dave saves his trash http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/2008/08/sustainable-dave-saves-his-trash/ Live your live with purpose Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jessica http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/2008/08/sustainable-dave-saves-his-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-59 jessica Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:53:42 +0000 http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/?p=23#comment-59 How excellent that your government is encouraging recycling, and hopefully all three: reduce, reuse, recycle. An island's ecosystem can really be endangered by landfill seepage. I spoke with a 'sanitation engineer' (the lady who actually designed the landfill) and she taught me that nobody is supposed to be putting batteries or liquids in the landfill, but really, who do you know that separates their batteries from the rest of their trash? I don't know anybody who hoards their dead batteries for the once annual hazardous waste roundup over here! How excellent that your government is encouraging recycling, and hopefully all three: reduce, reuse, recycle. An island’s ecosystem can really be endangered by landfill seepage. I spoke with a ‘sanitation engineer’ (the lady who actually designed the landfill) and she taught me that nobody is supposed to be putting batteries or liquids in the landfill, but really, who do you know that separates their batteries from the rest of their trash? I don’t know anybody who hoards their dead batteries for the once annual hazardous waste roundup over here!

]]> By: Carol King http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/2008/08/sustainable-dave-saves-his-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Carol King Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:26:34 +0000 http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/?p=23#comment-58 Jessica, I live in Barbados, which is in the eastern Caribbean. Jessica, I live in Barbados, which is in the eastern Caribbean.

]]> By: jessica http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/2008/08/sustainable-dave-saves-his-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-57 jessica Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:13:34 +0000 http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/?p=23#comment-57 Elio: I called my 'waste removal' service yesterday and asked them to tell me their charges. They said trash removal works out to $42 USD a month, and recycling service (optional) works out to $4 USD a month. They charge me every three months. When I used to live within Denver city limits, we didn't have to pay for recycling at all. I remember we had communal dumpsters in the back alley for trash, and those who wanted to recycle could pay a deposit for the bins. McKay: Thank you for your compliments! I hope we all do better as stewards of the Earth, too. Carol: What country do you live in? In the USA I'm seeing television advertisements and public service announcements changing for the better and asking us to recycle, and conserve water and electricity. What is it they say? Change happens at the speed of ___? Thought? Elio: I called my ‘waste removal’ service yesterday and asked them to tell me their charges. They said trash removal works out to $42 USD a month, and recycling service (optional) works out to $4 USD a month. They charge me every three months.

When I used to live within Denver city limits, we didn’t have to pay for recycling at all. I remember we had communal dumpsters in the back alley for trash, and those who wanted to recycle could pay a deposit for the bins.

McKay: Thank you for your compliments! I hope we all do better as stewards of the Earth, too.

Carol: What country do you live in? In the USA I’m seeing television advertisements and public service announcements changing for the better and asking us to recycle, and conserve water and electricity. What is it they say? Change happens at the speed of ___? Thought?

]]> By: Carol King http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/2008/08/sustainable-dave-saves-his-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Carol King Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:57:52 +0000 http://liveonpurpose.info/blog/?p=23#comment-56 Were I live landfills are becomming a serious threat to the stability of our eco system, so the Government is going all out to change peoples habits by making recylcling easy for everyone because like you said many people find change difficult but if the same message is drilled into your head over and over for long enough, as in the advertisments we see, eventually change will come , it will be slow, but it will come. Were I live landfills are becomming a serious threat to the stability of our eco system, so the Government is going all out to change peoples habits by making recylcling easy for everyone because like you said many people find change difficult but if the same message is drilled into your head over and over for long enough, as in the advertisments we see, eventually change will come , it will be slow, but it will come.

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