Comments on: Parliament’s compost controversy

By: StephenR

StephenR — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:42:22 +0000

Those two are a LOT harder, basically. The Waste Minimisation Bill might have an effect though…

By: felixcollins

felixcollins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:33:44 +0000

Yes, but why does so much effort go into setting up recycling and very little into reduce or reuse?

By: StephenR

StephenR — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:28:08 +0000

I really don’t think people need an excuse to consume more, recycling is just a way of mitigating this.

By: felixcollins

felixcollins — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:32:00 +0000

re: uk_kiwi…

I’m getting the feeling that the whole recycling movement has been counter productive in terms of sustainability. It just gives people an excuse to consume more with no regard to the quantity of packaging being disposed of and then congratulate themselves on being eco-friendly. The impending introduction of massive capacity wheelie bins in Auckland and Christchurch is an example. “Throw more stuff away! That’s great, no need to feel any remorse for overconsumption!”

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… (in that order of priority)

By: uk_kiwi

uk_kiwi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:22:58 +0000

This is standard operating procedure. Most curbside recycling apart from metals gets landfilled as well due to a lack of a market.

It’a all greenwashing. What there needs to be is large high-tech non-polluting incinerators near each city turning paper/plastic/waste into lovely electricity.

But instead we dump it into valleys and congratulate ourselves on burning landfill gas!?!?

By: StephenR

StephenR — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:16:47 +0000

They might, but they’re also quick to kick up a stink when they behave poorly/how they don’t want them to behave. They can’t win!

By: Sam Buchanan

Sam Buchanan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:02:42 +0000

Right on BP - leadership? Somebody’s either joking or has spent too much time in parliament and don’t realise the rest of the country sees them as a bunch of foot-draggers footling around while the disdained commoners get on and do things.

By: toad

toad — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:06:47 +0000

samiam said: Are you sure that it’s not all contaminated b/sand toxic to all normal life forms?

Only what comes from the NZFirst offices samiam! Need to be much more careful with that - risk of contaminants from Asia, you know!!!.

By: samiam

samiam — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:11:55 +0000

Are you sure that it’s not all contaminated b/sand toxic to all normal life forms?

By: BluePeter

BluePeter — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:23:57 +0000

“the task of leading the country to a sustainable future will be exposed as hypocritical”

They’re under the impression we look to them for leadership?