Just yesterday, i went to the first Phoenix Award Ceremony 2007 in Singapore, which awards the digital media for advertisements. There was this one ad that was based on the global warming. This is when it hit me, when i watched it. Recently there has been quite a lot of ads popping up a bit everywhere; bus stations, TV, magazines, trailers and many more.
Isn't it alarming?
I did notice the changes in weather conditions. Have you too?
Have a look at this picture below:
Isn't it alarming?
I did notice the changes in weather conditions. Have you too?
Have a look at this picture below:
These pictures have been taken on the same spot in Switzerland. The picture on the left was taken in 2004. The picture on the right in 2005. There is a difference of 216m in just one year!
In just ONE YEAR.
If you don't think that this is a big deal and that it just happens in Switzerland, then think again. I mean, we live from those "Gletschers" here in Switzerland. They occupy a third of our lands. It is a natural resource of water that "should" keep on having its cycle. That is to keep water in form of ice and snow during the winter and to give us a reserve during the summer, when it melts down our alps. It is a natural resource of water, drinking water.
Why not recycle and reduce the world from warming up? Why not split paper from glass and aluminum, which are very easily recyclable? Why not use your own grocery bag instead of accumulating plastic bags that you use to throw away your rubbish into?
In Switzerland, we have to do all the above and even pay a license to throw away what is not being recyclable. Yes, you heard me well, we pay to trash our rubbish. On a particular day of the week, only paper and wood are being collected from the houses. On other days all metallic things and on alternate regular day, your usual trash that has a sticker on it (the license) that costs at least S$20? I am not too sure if they've increased it since, but that is about the avarage for a 20L biodegradable plastic bag for your trash. It really does force you to put a lot in a small bag and to recycle the rest.
I remember going every weekend to the glass and aluminum recycling places by bike. For a family of 5, we easily had about 3 big bags of glass and aluminum per 2 weeks maybe? And mind you, the glass was split into green, white and brown glass. Aluminum had its own bin with a compress wheel, that flattens your cans.
So what's so difficult about implying this to other countries?
Yes, Singapore has been "trying" to achieve recycling... but to be honest, not with lots of success. Already the placement of the recycling bins are not in a very common area and there aren't even a lot of it. Then, what's the point, right?
The old place i used to stay at (Highgate Condo, Toh Tuck Rd), did a lot of recycling programs and we even received the yellow plastic bags where we could recycle anything from clothes to pans, paper, glass and aluminum. It was great! Until one fine day, it suddenly stopped with no reason. Finances?
There was a documentary on channel 5, i think, in 2002?, where a group of primary students had to recycle as much as they could for a whole week. It was like a school project. You should have seen the amount of trash 1 person alone can create! It was at least 10 liters*! 10 Liters a person! A week! That makes 40L a month...! How big is the population of Singapore?? O_o
Anyway...
All i have to say is, if you can separate at least paper, carton and glass (or at LEAST paper), you make already a big difference.
Remember:
Mother Earth has only so much resources as provided. For the future of our children, we shouldn't take her for granted and be so ungrateful to her. Without her, you wouldn't be here now.
*Resources from website
In just ONE YEAR.
If you don't think that this is a big deal and that it just happens in Switzerland, then think again. I mean, we live from those "Gletschers" here in Switzerland. They occupy a third of our lands. It is a natural resource of water that "should" keep on having its cycle. That is to keep water in form of ice and snow during the winter and to give us a reserve during the summer, when it melts down our alps. It is a natural resource of water, drinking water.
Why not recycle and reduce the world from warming up? Why not split paper from glass and aluminum, which are very easily recyclable? Why not use your own grocery bag instead of accumulating plastic bags that you use to throw away your rubbish into?
In Switzerland, we have to do all the above and even pay a license to throw away what is not being recyclable. Yes, you heard me well, we pay to trash our rubbish. On a particular day of the week, only paper and wood are being collected from the houses. On other days all metallic things and on alternate regular day, your usual trash that has a sticker on it (the license) that costs at least S$20? I am not too sure if they've increased it since, but that is about the avarage for a 20L biodegradable plastic bag for your trash. It really does force you to put a lot in a small bag and to recycle the rest.
I remember going every weekend to the glass and aluminum recycling places by bike. For a family of 5, we easily had about 3 big bags of glass and aluminum per 2 weeks maybe? And mind you, the glass was split into green, white and brown glass. Aluminum had its own bin with a compress wheel, that flattens your cans.
So what's so difficult about implying this to other countries?
Yes, Singapore has been "trying" to achieve recycling... but to be honest, not with lots of success. Already the placement of the recycling bins are not in a very common area and there aren't even a lot of it. Then, what's the point, right?
The old place i used to stay at (Highgate Condo, Toh Tuck Rd), did a lot of recycling programs and we even received the yellow plastic bags where we could recycle anything from clothes to pans, paper, glass and aluminum. It was great! Until one fine day, it suddenly stopped with no reason. Finances?
There was a documentary on channel 5, i think, in 2002?, where a group of primary students had to recycle as much as they could for a whole week. It was like a school project. You should have seen the amount of trash 1 person alone can create! It was at least 10 liters*! 10 Liters a person! A week! That makes 40L a month...! How big is the population of Singapore?? O_o
Anyway...
All i have to say is, if you can separate at least paper, carton and glass (or at LEAST paper), you make already a big difference.
Remember:
Mother Earth has only so much resources as provided. For the future of our children, we shouldn't take her for granted and be so ungrateful to her. Without her, you wouldn't be here now.
*Resources from website
