Waste Headaches, Volcanic indeed
Apparently Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council do not collect plastic bottles for recycling. Hopefully the new powers that be on the council will get things moving in that direction soon. But the final destination of such waste for recycling is a concern, according to a report in the Sunday Times.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-1302638,00.html
Maybe I'm going through a conscientious stage, but I am feeling less and less at ease about drinking plastic bottled water from volcanic mountains in France. Glass is not offered at all as packaging these days as far as I can see. God bless the old days of refunds on bottles, and bottle collections to fund the new local scout hall. If one finds a bring centre that takes plastic bottles, where do they end up? Is some poor chinese worker sorting them, enveloped by noxious fumes.
Another question: why not use tetra packs for spring water? Do we really require the aesthetic joy of viewing our pure water through transparent PET.
Another thing, it seems that the curfuffle about the safety of reusing these bottles is based on a dubious urban legend. Some newspaper got the gist of an unscientific MA thesis, and the story spread like wildfire: http://www.snopes.com/toxins/bottles.asp
I think I'll go back to tap water. On days when I'm not feeling selfish that is !
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