Whether we believe the worst-case predictions on global warming or not, most of us are more sensitive towards environmental issues these days. Even if you don’t believe a single word of the Green lobbyists, it is difficult to argue that the continued use of fossil fuels is not at least detrimental to many localised environments and can/does affect the health of certain groups of people to some degree.
Simple commonsense tells us that we should try to slow-down consumption of the world’s resources. If we can all do small things that don’t have any noticeable impact our lives, and those small things all add up to make a big difference, why wouldn’t we make those changes?
Personally, I think the jury is still out on whether we really are headed for disaster. I also think it entirely plausible that some scientists see the theory of global warming as one which guarantees major funding for the foreseeable future, securing jobs in their profession. Intentional or not, it is certainly possible that this could effect subjectivity to at least some degree. Then we have the politicians, who are always happy to be presented with new opportunities to increase tax revenues.
However, I am definitely all for a lower reliance on oil – there is, of course, also a huge political, as well as environmental, incentive to do so – and the continued increase in recycling waste. Recycling is far from a new idea propagated by the Green movement; humankind has always used and re-used as much as possible. It’s only the past couple of generations that have become accustomed to mass consumerism and the idea that if something doesn’t work, you throw it away and buy a new one.
As a company, we try to do everything we can to reduce our impact on the environment. When we buy polystyrene bead for our bean bags, it comes in large polythene bags, and we have been wondering if there is a local company that would like to take this away to recycle. I remember seeing a report on the local news that showed a company which turns waste plastics into things like garden fence posts. We are going to start scouring the West Midlands for such a company, so if anybody out there has any ideas we’d be delighted to hear from you.
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