waste
Green Column [February 2006]
Submitted by brian on Tue, 2006-02-14 09:54.environment | waste
Whinge, Whinge, Whinge
The more I start to get my head around the ways of the world, the less I really want to know. I’m in preachy form this month so if you don’t want to read a big whinge then don’t bother reading any more.
Each week, the leftovers of consumption in Clare amount to 10 kg per person. 1,000 kg of resources are consumed upstream to satisfy this consumption. Yet only a tiny fraction of these resources actually reach the hand of the consumers downstream. Most of them become waste in the course of the extraction and manufacturing process. For instance, with all the hidden waste, a toothbrush "weighs" nearly 1.5 kg and a 20 kg-computer some 1,500 kg!
Green Column [May 2005]
Submitted by brian on Tue, 2005-05-10 12:58.composting | environment | waste
It’s Not All Doom and Gloom You Know!
Well if it was, life would not be worth the effort. I have read back over my last few contributions and it’s moan! moan!, moan!, so this Month I’m not going to do that. This Month I will share me thoughts on Hot Composting. “Oh! this is going to be riveting”, say those of you who have bothered to read this far. You are now thinking of consigning this particular contribution to the compost but I ask you to bear with me.
