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Originally Posted by bigoldalphamale
pump the same dollars spent in recycling into R&D and develop more environmentally friendly packaging..
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Consumers can play a part in this as well, and just refuse to buy products that have excessive packaging, or complain about it. Complaints worked with the excessive packing on CDs.
I've seen statistics on how much tonnage of disposable diapers and feminine hygiene products make it into the landfills each and every year. It's truly appalling.
Small changes that a person makes can make a big difference in the amount of waste that's created every year. I'm off coffee right now, but my 4x a day caffeine fix would have contributed greatly to trash, so I have always carried my own travel cup or coffee cup, so I don't create waste -places like Starbucks will discount if you use your own cup too...
We tend to be a disposable generation, don't fix the broken tv set, get a new one, a newer electronic gadget with newer bells and whistles shows up, the old one gets tossed.