Imagine what it would be like to wander around the entire 843 acres of Central Park in Manhattan, enjoying the pathways, the meadows, the bridges, the ponds. You can have a nice picnic, watch a play, enjoy a concert, attend a wedding, fly a kite, toss a Frisbee around or join in a baseball game. Sound like heaven, right?
Now imagine doing the same thing in a park piled high with mountains of garbage, trash, discards of everything from old mattresses to putrefying food and medical waste. And imagine that this second park is 2.6 times the size of Central Park!
Is that park real? Actually, it is. I have just described the 2200 acre Fresh Kills landfill in the borough of Staten Island, located in New York City, in the very same city where you’ll find Central Park. And, of course, Fresh Kills is one of thousands of similar landfills in the United States, a country which regulates how these facilities are operated. There are far more places in the rest of the world which have no such regulations.
By now you should have a strong sense of the importance of reducing industrial waste wherever and whenever possible. There are two ways to do this:
1. Take steps in your own personal and professional life to make sure that you are recycling as much as possible and that you are using products which are as environmentally friendly as possible;
2. Whenever possible, deal with companies which are committed to reducing industrial waste. If you want to find out, look at their marketing materials, including their websites. If they are truly committed to environmentalism, they will advertise that fact and describe the things that they do in this area.
As of 2011, there are now 7,000,000,000 people living on the planet. That’s going to mean a lot of industrial, commercial and household waste that has to be dealt with. Why, or how would your effort make any difference?
Because your choices influence the market. If you refuse to purchase non-biodegradable plastics, and purchase only the kind which breaks down over time, you have just influenced the market. More of one type gets made, and less of another. If a million of businesses do that, the folks making the non-biodegradable materials may in time go out of business. That is how decisions that you make can influence the market place.
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