Solid waste
Some Solutions to Solid
Waste
Note: All links
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Solid
waste solutions in decreasing order of goodness:
Work for fundamental
political and economic change, to establish a production system which emphasizes
the use value of products rather than their exchange value (i.e., usefulness
rather than profitability).
The
Art & Science of Billboard Improvement; a comprehensive guide to the
alteration of outdoor advertising, and Billboard Liberation --
How to alter billboards to parody products and reduce senseless consumerism.
Some hands-on techniques to save
resources and money
Work
for container deposit legislation
and to bring back reusable containers
Join
and support ReDO, an organization which promotes
"reuse as an environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economical means of
managing surplus and discarded materials.
Expose and spread the
facts about waste-promoting companies and greenwashing trade groups, such as Keep
America Beautiful
Observe and promote International BUY NOTHING DAY (the
day after Thanksgiving each year)
AdAnon,
the 12-step program to consumption recovery
Continue to buy and consume lots of
junk drinks in one-time-use containers, and then feel virtuous by tossing the
empties into a recycle bin!
Thomas Detwyler maintains this page (tdetwyle@uwsp.edu)
Last updated 31 January 2001