In the paper this morning the article title said "Another Inconvenient Truth: Going green creating waste." The article chats about how by going green may be having an impact on our global warming issues, however people buying new green products are creating a lot of waste by disposing of all our 'old' unwanted items. Plus in many cases there is an over abundance of packaging that heads to the landfill as well. So what are we to do?
Here at the Urban Farm the first thing I do is evaluate if I really need the item I am purchasing. Then when I do make a purchase I make sure that I buy a good quality, long lasting item. Also don't replace something till it is completely used up and when you do dispose of it make sure to find a way to get it recycled.
Next I am very concious about packaging and will often move on to the next product if the first on has too much packaging. It blows me away when there are two and sometimes three layers of packaging on a product.
Then there is always the thrift and used stores. Interestingly I watched Cheryl Crow this morning on TV talk about how they outfitted their tour bus with items from thrift stores. Go Cheryl Go.
