Common sense solutions to waste reduction. That sums up my guiding philosophy. I may not be a Six Sigma greenbelt, but I always look for easy, sensible ways to reduce costs and waste. When a project seems time and resource heavy, I often question the process and if it, along with materials required, are really necessary to meet the objective.
I’m not an environmentalist, but I hate to see perfectly recyclable materials end up in a landfill. That’s why, in tandem with Kohl’s Green Scene, I pushed for recycling more of the waste generated in the shoes department I oversee. (Now if only I could get shoe manufacturers to stop putting so much throw-away stuffing in every pair of shoes! Not only would this reduce waste, it’d be a lot less for me to pick up off the floor every day!)
So imagine how I feel as I watch the Gulf Region become polluted by the worst oil spill in recent history. Oil is a commodity that is quickly becoming sparser. While I realize it’s too early to being playing the blame game, here hundreds of thousands of gallons of “black gold” are going to waste. And they’re polluting our oceans, fisheries, and costal beaches all the while.
Proposing a solution to this problem is far beyond me; I’m certainly no engineer. But how I hope to see something like the failed “dome” project succeed in stemming the deep-sea well’s flow and channeling the oil into a containment device. I even hope the captured oil can be refined and made usable. Perhaps this is impossible, like I said, I’m no petrol expert.
Common sense solutions to reduce waste—waste of our oceans, resources, and natural beauty. I hope that out of this environmental and PR disaster, British Petroleum Co. can find the opportunity to create a solution that not only makes them look good, but that preserves the environment and salvages our precious commodities.
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