Go green is an appeal you can hear and see almost every day. They government is even ready to pay you money if you switch to energy-saving appliances. It is all about global warming and energy saving.
The Aquarium in Monterey, California has a huge touch screen at one of the displays with the question if you are worried about the climate change. 38% of the responders are worried. I rather doubt global warming is coming but we are trying to keep up with the state of the art trends. What can we do to make our future better?
We bought eco-friendly bulbs three years ago, but we have had to change at least three. They say an energy saving bulb can save you over 40 dollars in electricity costs over the lamp's lifetime which is supposed to be at least five years. Those three bulbs failed. Unfortunately, they contain mercury, and it complicates their disposal.
Most families want to have a printer at home for the convenience. Isn’t it ridiculous that it is cheaper to buy a new printer than to replace a cartridge?
What about the pavilions for recyclables at shopping centers. They accept glass containers and crush them immediately. Maybe, it would be more efficient to reuse bottles by the manufacturers? The Straus Company accepts milk glass bottles back. Isn’t it a good practice? Most jars and bottles are standard; they are mostly of the same shape. I guess a grocery store could allocate one guy to take jars and bottles back.
My bank asks me to go paperless which would save thousands of trees worldwide. At the same time it keeps sending me various offers by standard mail in addition to advertising papers from stores and service companies. I have to discard most of my mail.
Sometimes recycling and energy-saving slogans sound hypocritical to me because green technologies do not take into consideration the way the world works as they should. They need developing and maturing.
Mar 7, 2011