Mark's World » mugs http://www.digitalspace.ca GNU Not just another ranting blog Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Recycling Woes http://www.digitalspace.ca/2009/02/10/recylcing-woes http://www.digitalspace.ca/2009/02/10/recylcing-woes#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:02:41 +0000 Mark Lise http://www.digitalspace.ca/?p=67 I just read a blog post about recycling entitled: We Can’t Go On Like This.  It talks a particular event arising at the recycling depot in Oak Bay.  The writer goes on about some people who came to return 100’s of coffee lids that are not recyclable via the Municipal Recycling Program.  The inference was [...]]]> I just read a blog post about recycling entitled: We Can’t Go On Like This.  It talks a particular event arising at the recycling depot in Oak Bay.  The writer goes on about some people who came to return 100’s of coffee lids that are not recyclable via the Municipal Recycling Program.  The inference was they did the right thing to recycle, but they really should have thought about buying a Go Mug.

I couldn’t agree more, we can’t keep going the rate we’re going.  It prompted me to leave the following comment:

That is brutal.. Something Timmy’s could do is to push and promote the use of a Go Mug for a discount at the till on their coffee. Many coffee shops offer discounts if you bring in your own mug – but I have yet to find one that advertises this.

The failure not only resides in our thoughtless consuming of goods, but the ones selling us those goods are not exactly helping the issue either! Has a grocery store ever suggested you buy a re-usable bag? Thrifty’s even gives you $0.03 rebate per re-suable bag you bring in at the till, but they don’t even advertise that either.

There is one exception, Superstore. They ARE the superstore, they do not give out plastic bags or anything. You must bring in your own transport. Not only have these guys taken the lead on this particular bag problem, but they’ve absolutely crushed it! When will others follow?

Varied reports suggest that 4% of the world’s oil consumption is for making plastic bags.  I find that astounding.  What are you doing to be green?

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