“People Can’t Afford to Be Wasteful”
Submitted by PlasticLess.com Blog
Here is an awesome quote from Beth over at Fake Plastic Fish:
…this is a new, fierce economy, baby. People can’t afford to be wasteful, and I’m freakin’ glad.
She was speaking from experience, having just reformatted several PCs at her workplace rather than simply getting replacements. I expected to eventually see some reports of ecological benefits from the financial downturn. I didn’t have to wait long.
Unfortunately, I also expect to see some examples of some costs to the environment as well. Pollution is a big problem in developing countries and the economic climate will probably hinder their progress towards more responsible practices. Economic superpower China has stated that it is only going to clean up its act if the west provides it with the ways and means. Kudos to China for banning (free) plastic bags back in July. Making a law like that was a cheap and easy bit of window dressing for a regime that has allowed industry to pollute its land, air and water while poisoning people and animals inside and outside its borders. China does not get a lot of international pressure to clean up its act because America is up to its ears in debt to China. Maybe we have to see the other side of this deep economic valley before we can hope to get any greener as a planet.
