I've just been watching Newsnight. The final item was about the massive amount of electrical equipment that goes into landfill each year: 500,000 tons of electronic equipment and 20,000 tons of precious metals.
Dame Ellen Mcarthur reflected on the way she lived when she did her round-the-world race - when resources were treated as precious because they were finite. She talked about the "make, break, dispose of" economy that exists now and said we must find ways of retrieving/recycling materials. Apart from being very wasteful, these sorts of materials are not biodegradable. Surely there must be a limit to how much of this stuff can be dumped?
She had some interesting ideas about a "circular economy" which is a model that attempts to break our present wasteful economic cycle. I thought some Gransnetters might be interested.
Bought the wrong Hot Cross Buns 😩
How much do you spend on yourself?
Things you find stressful that other people don't notice.