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The section Business And Politics evaluates the impact of prevailing practices in these fields on the life of the people, the place and the environment and offers conscious alternatives to reach the same goal.
Every small and large business decision or the decision to not do anything has a huge impact on the environment and society. Articles in this section aim to create awareness about prevailing practices, outcomes and the cost of such small and large decisions. They highlight the choices available to political and the corporate leaders and also to people. They make us aware about how we as individuals can have a say on such issues.
It also makes us realise that we cannot excuse our own inaction and we as individual can imact the decision of these larger than life entities.
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Green Dot
- The Green Dot symbol is an initiative started in Germany to address the problems associated with the disposal of packaging.
- In the US, about 32% of the gross weight and 1/2 the volume of municipal solid waste is composed of containers and packaging materials, which comes to about 300 pounds per American per year.
- In the EU, 66 million tons of packaging waste – 5% of total waste, 17% of municipal solid waste by weight and between 20 and 30% by volume were generated in 2002.
- According to Recycle More, an average family in a developed country gets through 5kg of paper, 3 plastic bottles, 13 cans, and 4 glass bottles/jars as packaging waste every week. More...
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