Daisy believes in recycling the recycling. If the kitchen
bin is unattended, she will diligently empty half its contents on the floor
just to check that the waste packaging has been properly disposed of and all
traces of food have been removed. Sometimes she has to chew the packaging into
tiny pieces to get the job done properly.
Have you ever noticed that mail order parcels often arrive
with unnecessary amounts of packaging – there are boxes within boxes, layers of
bubble wrap and polystyrene linings. One mid-sized delivery can easily fill up
your whole recycle bin. Don’t stand for this - fight back! Tell the supplier you
want to return the goods within a 14 day cooling off period, return the box,
with all the packaging, to the supplier with a note explaining you are happy
with the product but want your money back for the delivery cost which has
clearly been ramped up due to excessive packaging. If everyone did this, I bet
packaging would quickly get stripped back to the bare minimum.
Recycling can be timeless (almost). In music terms there can
be no better example than Status Quo. They’ve written hit songs, released
dozens of albums and played thousands of shows over 6 decades. All this by
recycling three chord songs. OK, you can tell a Quo track a mile off because
they have a similar sound, but if you have a magic formula why waste it?
Recycling isn’t always recommended. Take four or five
cardboard cut-outs, teach them a few stupid dance moves and how to lip sync and
you have created a boy band. They will pump out a few forgettable inane tunes
that will be hugely popular with pre-teen girls for a couple of years. The same
band gets recycled a couple of years later, nobody notices because you can’t
remember what the previous version sounded like.
Finally, here’s an example of how a household utensil, in this case on old mop, can be recycled into a brand new pet - mop dog
Alastair and Daisy
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