Today on the way to
visit my sister, the bus had to stop for what seemed ages because there wasn't
enough room in the narrow street to pass the lorry that was collecting and
emptying the recycling bins. The bus
driver was very patient but not all the car drivers were. Yesterday they collected the recycling in our
area and I noticed that some were absolutely soaked because of the very heavy
rain that we had. Earlier in the week we
had more storms and hailstones. Yet
these poor men were still out in all weathers collecting our rubbish. We so often just expect things like our
rubbish to be collected but give little thought for those people who have to
work outside regardless of bad weather and we so quickly moan at the slightest
inconvenience.
We know that the planet
is suffering because we humans have lived thoughtlessly giving little regard
for others or the natural resources. It
is a good thing that at least as a nation we are now recycling much of our
waste - paper, cardboard, tins, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and
waste food. If that means that
occasionally we arrive a few minutes late because of the lorries then the
inconvenience is a small price to pay for helping to save the planet.
1 comment:
Recycling is so important like you say but what is even more important is not generating so much junk in the first place. Denmark is often cited as one of the greenest countries because it recycles so much and sends very little to landfill sites, but the truth is that they generate so much rubbish in the first place that it does indeed need recycling and the reason so little goes to landfill is because a lot of rubbish is burnt. That doesn't sound so green to me!
Here in Latvia they recycle very little according to statistics, but you only have to look at our neighbours greenhouse to see where the windows come ie from the local school where they are having a refurbishment. Latvians also throw away so little in the bins that surely makes them greener in reality.
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