eDay may top 1000 tonnes
eDay 2008 has been a tremendous success. As of this morning, the eDay website reports that 946 tonnes of eWaste has been collected, as well as 16, 522 cars! I believe that they have one more round to go in Christchurch before wrapping up for the year. This is incredibly impressive work, diverting all that toxic waste out of landfills and over to recyclers. I know of several Greens who have been involved at collections around the country.
The Green’s Waste Minimisation Bill which passed recently should give programmes like eDay a big boost, as manufacturers begin to take a cradle to grave, (or better still, cradle to cradle), approach to managing the lifetimes of their products. The only way we can live sustainably on this planet is to ensure that as with nature, nothing is ever wasted.
Industrial design needs to move away from disposability and planned obsolescence and towards a re-use and re-cycle ethic.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:22 am
>>and towards a re-use and re-cycle ethic
….when it is practical to do so. It is not always practical to do so.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Blue Peter - great to see you’re posting. Will you find time today to scribble out an answer to my question to you (of yesterday)? I’m as keen as to hear from you.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:59 am
As I’ve said before, it’s in the queue. Frog just needs to release it. I don’t wish to retype it.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Good stuff. I had no idea they collected cars though??
October 6th, 2008 at 10:17 am
There you go Greenfly: tinyurl.com/4db97d
Thanks Frog.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
StephenR (and frog), What the website actually says is 87056 items of waste were delivered by people travelling in 16522 cars. For some reason it doesn’t provide figures for travel by train, bus, bike and foot.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Ta Kevyn!