The Problem of Creating Waste
We’ve never used more products than we do in today’s world. Not only are we making a ton of waste through the items which we use and throw away, but the packaging we use to hold and keep these products also adds to the amount of garbage we’re creating. While carryout sacks, paper bags and paper sacks can be a big assistance in our lives, we may not truly need to use so much, and it’s time our way of life changed to not need so many of these wasteful products.
If you consider how many pieces of rubbish you create each time you go to McDonald’s, your results can be staggering. You’re usually using something to hold the bag, a bag for the burger, the chips, the Coke, and the placemat. Then there’s the straw, Kleenex and sundae. Not only does each person who comes in use most of these things, but you also have to consider the amount of waste they’re making out the back as they cook all the things we eat. Now consider how much waste is being produced by this McDonald’s outlet in a single day, and consider the huge number of outlets there are throughout the globe. We’re slowly turning the world into one big garbage can, and places to put it all are starting to run out.
There are now a number of trash piles situated in the oceans of the world. These are uninhabitable by fish life, and are created solely as a result of human actions. It seems stunning that we’ve been able to block this issue out of our brains, but the realities of dealing with these issues seem to be too much for us to deal with.
You might think that recycling will solve this issue, but there’s a problem with that also. One is that not all things can easily be recycled. The other is that in the course of recycling something, oil or coal will need to be used to power the recycling plants, these things, of course, create their own, non-recyclable waste items.
It’s a good idea to start cutting down on the level of waste we create everyday. We can do this by not utilizing plastic bags or unneeded items, and by not shopping at places like McDonald’s which make a ridiculous amount of waste. But these won’t solve the deeper problem, that we’ve become a society that is happy to use up so much of our natural resources. What is required is not just a superficial alteration to the way things are done, but a fundamental shift in our attitude towards nature. Such a shift occurring purely of our own wish seems unlikely, and there’s a great {possibility|chance] that it may take an environmental disaster until people wake up and realize the damage that is being done to the world.
Improvements to the environment can be made, but the laws within which we live have been shown to be unable to protect the environment, and it’s time we started to demand real protection for the places in which we live.
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