Imagine a different world...
Imagine no garbage cans. Imagine recycling everything that comes through your door. It's not a pipe dream. With a new generation of zero-waste approaches, cities are building systems where everything you buy is designed to be recycled, composted, or disassembled and reused. Instead of being thrown away, materials flow again and again through closed loops. This process saves huge amounts of resources and energy, reduces toxics and creates jobs. So next time you're taking out the trash, imagine what the world would look like without it. Imagine no garbage cans.
Imagine no warning labels. Imagine bringing nothing into your home that isn't safe for you, your children or your pets. It's not a pipe dream. With ideas like non-toxic production and green chemistry we could eliminate the use of chemicals now feared to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive problems, and remove them from our homes and ecosystems. Scientists have already developed safe non-toxic alternatives for hundreds of once questionable products, from kitchen cleaners to baby toys. So the next time you go to the market, imagine not needing to read the fine print. Imagine no warning labels.



2 Comments:
Now, this is a brilliant website.
3:24 AM
Yeah, wonderful. And so close! A couple months ago I went in to a lunch shop that serves big salads. My salad came with the usual big plastic take-out container, a plastic bag, a plastic fork and knife, and some napkins. Enough garbage to make anyone feel a bit guilty. But it turns out that these 'plastics' are actually made of biodegradable materials. Their production is ostensibly carbon-neutral, and when I'm finished with them I stick them in the compost bin at our office, which is shipped off to the Toronto compost pile. Amazing.
7:28 PM
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