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It looks like it is
going to be another hot and sweaty day here in Newie, it was nice at
7am when I got out of bed but I now have the air con going. Anyway
it is Tuesday so that means it is gross day, today's topic is
rubbish.
Mumbai,
India gets rid if the horrid smell of its rubbish by pouring
thousands of litres of deodorant on it.
The
Citarum River in Indonesia is filled with the rubbish of 9 million
people plus the liquid waste of 500 factories. Boatmen still fo on t
he river but not to fish they look for things to sell.
The
Pacific is home too the Great Pacific Rubbish Patch a vast soup of
debris and chemical sludge that covers about 5000 square kilometres.
When
rubbish decomposes in a landfill, it produces methane gas
In
a landfill cigarette butts take 12 years to biodegrade
Disposable
nappies take 800 years to biodegrade
About
6.3 billion kg of rubbish is dumped into the oceans every year most
of it plastic
Until
the early 20th
century thrown out food was mixed with animal remains to make a
greasy gunk used in soaps and candles
Gosh we make all this 'stuff' and diapers are great, but 800 years to disintegrate - maybe we should re-look at what we make or how we throw things away if possible.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have known that when Dagan was little and I used disposable diapers...and I think of all the years I smoked, too. :(
ReplyDeleteIt is so true. Imagine the amount of rubbish we are going to leave behind for the next generation!
ReplyDeleteDear Jo-Anne, the waste company I use will collect a bin for garbage and another for recycling. So I do recycle what I can, but I find myself still putting so much into what will become a landfill. Somehow, I've lost the true meaning of being a steward of the Earth. Peace.
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here in a winter ice and snow storm and you're having hot weather, which I love. Now that is rubbish.
ReplyDeleteSandie........Yes that was a shock 800 years we need to do better
ReplyDeleteRita........Yes they are a great invention but we need to do better
Nancy........I try to reduce and recycle
Dee........We have 3 bins, 1 for green waste, 1 for recyclables and 1 for general waste.
Chris........Agreed
Karen........Yeah I get that