Here’s a great video posted on YouTube.
Don't forget the urban core and get involved.
What many people fail to look for in regards to environment, is the destruction of the urban core. The urban core of Nashville is full of dilapidated old buildings, construction trash, burned out automobiles, and consumer trash. Instead of cleaning up and revitalizing these areas, we simply build in the suburbs just so we can avoid, rather than fixing, the problem.
Luckily in the next few weeks the Urban Land Institute will be opening a field office here in Nashville. One of their goals is “land recycling” or better use of the land for all the citizens of a city, not just the wealthy few that can afford to live in high rise condos, stay in 4 and 5 diamond hotels and eat at 4 and 5 star restaurants. Land use responsibility is the responsibility of everyone and included in this is not using the urban core as a trash can either. If one has real concern about the urban core and how it relates to the natural environment, getting involved with public meetings on urban projects is helpful along with …
Don't forget the urban core and get involved.
What many people fail to look for in regards to environment, is the destruction of the urban core. The urban core of Nashville is full of dilapidated old buildings, construction trash, burned out automobiles, and consumer trash. Instead of cleaning up and revitalizing these areas, we simply build in the suburbs just so we can avoid, rather than fixing, the problem.
Luckily in the next few weeks the Urban Land Institute will be opening a field office here in Nashville. One of their goals is “land recycling” or better use of the land for all the citizens of a city, not just the wealthy few that can afford to live in high rise condos, stay in 4 and 5 diamond hotels and eat at 4 and 5 star restaurants. Land use responsibility is the responsibility of everyone and included in this is not using the urban core as a trash can either. If one has real concern about the urban core and how it relates to the natural environment, getting involved with public meetings on urban projects is helpful along with …
Don't forget the urban core and get involved.
What many people fail to look for in regards to environment, is the destruction of the urban core. The urban core of Nashville is full of dilapidated old buildings, construction trash, burned out automobiles, and consumer trash. Instead of cleaning up and revitalizing these areas, we simply build in the suburbs just so we can avoid, rather than fixing, the problem.
Luckily in the next few weeks the Urban Land Institute will be opening a field office here in Nashville. One of their goals is “land recycling” or better use of the land for all the citizens of a city, not just the wealthy few that can afford to live in high rise condos, stay in 4 and 5 diamond hotels and eat at 4 and 5 star restaurants. Land use responsibility is the responsibility of everyone and included in this is not using the urban core as a trash can either. If one has real concern about the urban core and how it relates to the natural environment, getting involved with public meetings on urban projects is helpful along with …
Litter?
Not everything we find by the side of the road is “garbage.” Sometimes, we find stuff, like car flags, baseball caps, screwdrivers, clothes, or something adorable as this baby rattle. If it’s something we want or need, we’ll pick it up and take it home. I once found a red rubber dog bone that became my dog’s favorite toy. He played with it for years until it fell apart by his constant chewing. After tossing it out in our trash, we had to buy him another one. We tend to find money, too. That’s litter we don’t mind finding and keeping.
Composting
When we saw this pile of trash, we were confused at the intent of the person who dumped it. Were they trying to start a compost pile with the grass clippings? I’m afraid that the discarded blinds in the top photo won’t disintegrate. We determined that the garbage was from a homeowner who had just moved into a new residence. Welcome to the neighborhood, Trash People!
Decorating with Brand Name Trash
We decided to count how many items were discarded along the country road where we were walking, and after a half mile, there were too many to track. Instead we decided to add up which products were most represented. The winners were: McDonalds bags and wrappers and Coke and Budweiser cans and bottles. Both regular and light products were represented. Do consumers of these products litter more than others? Please feel free to email us your count, and we will award that company with the Trash Vendor Of the Year Award! Here are the culprits we found:
Diet Coke, Bud Light, “M” Purified Water, Deer Park Water, Pepsi, Sprite Zero, Publix Purified Water, Mello Yello, Bic Lighters, Canadian Mist, Citrus Drop, Marlboro Cigarettes, Dr. Pepper, Sky Vodka, McDonalds, Sunkist, Faygo Soft Drinks, Nestle, Wendy’s, Newport Cigarettes, Krystal, Miller Natural Lite, Doritos, Capri Sun, Sunkist, Coors, Fanta, Sundrop, Vienna Sausage. We wonder if certain brand names dictate that they will have more discarded trash than others?
Again, while you’re picking up litter along the road, email us your stats: litterbox23@comcast.com
Plastic Bottles
The story about the manufacturing of plastic bottles featured in Newsweek and mentioned below in our blog continues to bother me. To eliminate our dependency on petroleum products, we need to eliminate plastic drink bottles. Just drinking out of them, then recycling them isn’t enough.
I have a trunkload of plastic water bottles that I received “free” from Costco. After I drink the water and recycle them, I pledge to reduce my purchasing of water in plastic bottles as much as possible.
Email Us Your Photo of Illegal Dumping
Environmentalists and fellow save the earth folks, if you see a pile of trash, please take a photo and send it to us at litterbox23@comcast.net
We’ll post it here. Most of all, find out how to get it properly disposed of, do it, and we’ll post that here as well.
I’m happy to report that the giant hot tub has been moved. Thanks, Metro or whomever picked it up.
