by Paolo Ghiga
On 22 April 1970 the first Earth Day of the Earth was celebrated by the Democrat Senator Gaylord Nelson who invited the public to protect the environment by putting it in front of ecological disasters perpetrated by man. That day of April 20 million people responded to the call. The principle of earth day cares and ennobles everyone all inextricably from our sources, we have the right to a healthy environment, sustainable and renewable, and we must strive for continued to be so. This occurrence that the United Nations celebrate every 22 April is recognized by 175 Nations. The led educational and cultural manifestation consists of projects and suggestions to try to eliminate or limit the harmful effects of human activity: the conservation of natural non-renewable energy sources like oil, gas, fossil, the condemnation of the use of harmful chemicals, the protection of habitats and ecosystems such as forests and rainforests, essential for life on Earth and the protection of endangered species and endangered species. Great interest, finally, is always the problem of waste.
On the occasion of Earth Day in 2010, New York will apply the new laws for recycling of garbage, updating them after 20 years. The Big Apple is preparing to deploy the streets a plethora of bins, while the system of collection will present some variants: residential buildings will have to separate the waste; in multifamily housing blocks with lift you can instead, on every floor, differentiating paper, cardboard, glass and plastic. In the case of brownstones, buildings without elevator, the waste collection will be carried out in small plastic bins at road owned by the estate.
Another variant is the presence of containers used for the collection of used clothing and rags, equal to about 10% of the total waste products, usually collected along with the rest. The efforts, in addition to cost containment, have turned to reduction of final mass of junk. But there's more: toxic materials are recycled and introduced a provision which obliges retailers of paints to withdraw the packs dried and those that can no longer be used to collect them separately. The Councillor of the junta Bloomberg, current Mayor of New York, Christine Quinn, says that the cost of the operation will be zero. The savings in having to remove a smaller quantity of wastes (8000 tonnes less plastic, equivalent to the production of rubbish to 10,000 inhabitants) will lead to balance.
The doubts about this new course however come from commercial buildings (e.g. headquarters of American and international newspapers). Here the differentiated is not covered and cleaners collect all without distinction. The reason? The New York City Department of Sanitation is not responsible for the collection of waste into skyscrapers; each of them must rely on private companies which, theoretically, must recycle. Cheaper, therefore, pay a fine rather than differentiating.
Don't miss the Internet action named “Green Generation campaign”, according to the official website of Earth Day network, the only worldwide game during the last edition. Designed by blogger Simone Zuin and conducted by some young spread on close contact between them, the awareness initiative aims at the realization of a future based on the exploitation of renewable energy that allows us to free ourselves from fossil fuels, through a commitment ad personam for responsible and sustainable consumption and for the dissemination of a greener economy. If you want to participate you please visit this website http://www.decrescita.com/terra and Facebook or write to the following e-mail address: giornatamondiale@decrescita.com.
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