I agree with Koen's disagreement!
Soundbites are dangerous - taking the abstract for the whole, complex argument is walking away misinformed...or partially informed.
When I originally posted about the Belu Water project, it was less to say that the job was complete but rather to highlight what I thought was positive thinking in this "green" direction...They were creating a synergy between better materials practices and direct public benefit (improving public waterways) and carbon footprinting. Check out their website for the full story
I think it's great that we should all be directing our attention to ways to do it better. But we should also applaud those of us who are out there trying to improve things, even if it's only a first draft!
Koen's point about recycling is a very good one. The materials may be conserved, but energy is required each time we slag it down and reform it...so we should try to reuse (or avoid consumption) wherever possible.
But I don't think we can change people's "bad manners" in one stroke. It will take time and many efforts on many directions to make us all rethink our consumption patterns.
