月份: 2016 年 7 月

Obama Asked to Stop the US Government from Exporting It’s e-Waste to Developing Countries

(27 Jul 2016) The Basel Action Network (BAN), along with other environmental groups, recycling industries and consumers, are petitioning President Obama to sign an executive order in his final months to, once and for all, stop the ongoing exportation of the federal government’s electronic waste to developing countries. According to BAN, such an export prohibition would not only protect the environment and human health, but would also provide thousands of green recycling jobs in the United States and provide government digital inclusion programs with a source of refurbishable computing equipment.

拒絕書展大嘥鬼 促貿發局嚴加執法

(2016年7月19日新聞稿) 一年一度的香港書展明日(20日)開鑼,眼見去年活動後參展商棄書的慘況,今年已有多個網上群體,發起救書行動,免得書籍淪為廢紙,魂斷堆填區。齊去救書,不如雙管齊下,促請主辦單位香港貿易發展局制訂減廢安排。貿發局回覆綠惜地球稱,今年書展首度採取以下措施,避免書商把賣不完的書籍當垃圾棄置

減桶一定唔得?

(2016年7月9日) 誰會想到,垃圾桶會成為新聞要角,多了人為減少幾個桶,或者縮細桶口設計而爭論。有意見認為,香港垃圾多,推出以上舉措,是斬腳趾避沙蟲,廢物無家可歸,結果堆滿街。這是好辯題,但討論前不妨先總結漁農自然護理署近年處理垃圾桶的經驗。

荒誕的膠樽水

(2016年7月1日) 先來一個飲水鬥快比賽:喝光兩支半益力多份量的開水,最快幾秒?朋友不到四秒一飲而盡。這容量是250毫升,正正等如我今日拾得的一個廢膠樽。換言之,膠樽的「生命周期」可以短得很,幾秒鐘就掛。