Comments for Green Dioxide http://www.greendioxide.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Can the planet afford so much bottled water? by Alejandro http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=30#comment-726 Alejandro Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:49 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=30#comment-726 Yes, this all makes sense. I live in Mexico, a country where bottled water has become ubiquitous in the last ten years perhaps. And it is painfully clear for all to see - Guadalajara, the city where I was born and grew up, is teeming with empty plastic water and soda bottles strewn liberally throughout the entire urban landscape, on sidewalks, streets, medians, parks, and even up in trees, floating in lakes, rivers, stuck into every available hole in a wall or a tree. This makes me sad and angry. People just don't take the trouble to dispose of them, or better yet, recycle them properly. And I don't entirely blame them. There are no facilities around to make this easier. No garbage or recycling bins anywhere (if there are, they are filled to the brim with debris and trash never to be emptied). People seem to be too involved with trying to survive in an ever increasingly hostile and polluted city to give a damn, to make the extra effort to hold on to this garbage while they get to an adequate venue of disposal. I ask - what about the water companies that sell these things in the first place? Mexico used to be a country of reuse. If you bought a soda (water wasn't sold in bottled until recently) you would drink the liquid and then return the bottle, or pay a deposit and take it home. And THEN return the bottle. Companies decided it was more profitable to sell water and sodas in disposable ("recyclable" they say) containers. And many do get recycled. But I feel that companies should be responsible to what happens to this junk after it gets sold and consumed. The system used to work, and it was the companies that made sure it did. They should not leav it up to ordinary citizens to take care of this problem. The government is also shamefully incapable of doing anything. After all, isn't it the companies that are making a profit from this? Aren't they the ones that decided to do things this way? Yes, this all makes sense. I live in Mexico, a country where bottled water has become ubiquitous in the last ten years perhaps. And it is painfully clear for all to see - Guadalajara, the city where I was born and grew up, is teeming with empty plastic water and soda bottles strewn liberally throughout the entire urban landscape, on sidewalks, streets, medians, parks, and even up in trees, floating in lakes, rivers, stuck into every available hole in a wall or a tree.
This makes me sad and angry. People just don’t take the trouble to dispose of them, or better yet, recycle them properly. And I don’t entirely blame them. There are no facilities around to make this easier. No garbage or recycling bins anywhere (if there are, they are filled to the brim with debris and trash never to be emptied). People seem to be too involved with trying to survive in an ever increasingly hostile and polluted city to give a damn, to make the extra effort to hold on to this garbage while they get to an adequate venue of disposal. I ask - what about the water companies that sell these things in the first place? Mexico used to be a country of reuse. If you bought a soda (water wasn’t sold in bottled until recently) you would drink the liquid and then return the bottle, or pay a deposit and take it home. And THEN return the bottle. Companies decided it was more profitable to sell water and sodas in disposable (”recyclable” they say) containers. And many do get recycled. But I feel that companies should be responsible to what happens to this junk after it gets sold and consumed. The system used to work, and it was the companies that made sure it did. They should not leav it up to ordinary citizens to take care of this problem. The government is also shamefully incapable of doing anything. After all, isn’t it the companies that are making a profit from this? Aren’t they the ones that decided to do things this way?

]]> Comment on Happy birthday…here’s a tree for you! by Ray http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=26#comment-627 Ray Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:30:30 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=26#comment-627 Hi! May I please have permission to use your images as part of my ICT cource work in Hendon School? It would not be used for the public to see and only for me, my teacher and the examiner to see. I hope you would give me permission to use your image. Yours sincerely Ray Hsieh Hi!
May I please have permission to use your images as part of my ICT cource work in Hendon School? It would not be used for the public to see and only for me, my teacher and the examiner to see. I hope you would give me permission to use your image.

Yours sincerely
Ray Hsieh

]]> Comment on Let’s get into a carpool by Kanika Khatter http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=23#comment-607 Kanika Khatter Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:03:11 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=23#comment-607 Very true.There are dedicated sites for finding the carpool anywhere in india. www.carpooling.in www.easydrivecarpool.com I think that car pool is the easiest way to save money on parking, petrol and more important is Driving Stress and time. Very true.There are dedicated sites for finding the carpool anywhere in india.
www.carpooling.in
www.easydrivecarpool.com
I think that car pool is the easiest way to save money on parking, petrol and more important is Driving Stress and time.

]]> Comment on Let’s get into a carpool by Ginni http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=23#comment-531 Ginni Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:30:38 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=23#comment-531 Hi, we have recently launched a new free online map-based carpooling service for Australia. Your opinion and comments are very welcome as well as enquiries regarding possible implementation of this service for other countries (or organisations/corporates). The address is http://www.carpoolone.com.au/ Thanks Ginni P.S. a bit off topic, but perhaps still handy might be http://www.motorcyclefuelconsumption.com/ guide for motorcycle fuel consumption figures that are usually missing in the factory specs. Hi,
we have recently launched a new free online map-based carpooling service for Australia.
Your opinion and comments are very welcome as well as enquiries regarding possible implementation of this service for other countries (or organisations/corporates).
The address is http://www.carpoolone.com.au/
Thanks
Ginni
P.S. a bit off topic, but perhaps still handy might be http://www.motorcyclefuelconsumption.com/ guide for motorcycle fuel consumption figures that are usually missing in the factory specs.

]]> Comment on Let’s get into a carpool by Alex http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=23#comment-383 Alex Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:17:44 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=23#comment-383 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road! I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

]]> Comment on Happy birthday…here’s a tree for you! by Vivek Khurana http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=26#comment-7 Vivek Khurana Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:12:00 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=26#comment-7 HI! Ajay, Fundoo Idea. regards VK HI! Ajay,
Fundoo Idea.

regards
VK

]]> Comment on You got mail, a paper one by Aditya Gupta http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=21#comment-6 Aditya Gupta Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:39:09 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=21#comment-6 Ajay, We are a small jewellery store in Pitampura, Delhi. We have mulled over the idea of being environmentally more sensitive by abstaining from distributing our marketing flyers(pamphlets) as inserts in Newspapers. But the fact for a small business like ours is they are an essential tool to our marketing strategy. Mediums like radio and TV are still too expensive for us and Internet is not what my target audience is exposed to. More so I have seen the flyers working and bringing us new business. On a tangent, we have also tried "adopting" the road dividers to make them more green and visually appealing, near our store but hassled by bureaucratic red tape the idea was dropped as soon as it was pursued. Ajay,

We are a small jewellery store in Pitampura, Delhi. We have mulled over the idea of being environmentally more sensitive by abstaining from distributing our marketing flyers(pamphlets) as inserts in Newspapers.

But the fact for a small business like ours is they are an essential tool to our marketing strategy. Mediums like radio and TV are still too expensive for us and Internet is not what my target audience is exposed to. More so I have seen the flyers working and bringing us new business.

On a tangent, we have also tried “adopting” the road dividers to make them more green and visually appealing, near our store but hassled by bureaucratic red tape the idea was dropped as soon as it was pursued.

]]> Comment on Give away fewer bags, improve image and save money by Puleen http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=29#comment-5 Puleen Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:22:56 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=29#comment-5 Ajay, All great ideas. Consumers should also be more aware and make an effort to rely less on using fewer bags. Cheers Ajay,

All great ideas. Consumers should also be more aware and make an effort to rely less on using fewer bags.

Cheers

]]> Comment on Give away fewer bags, improve image and save money by Mona http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=29#comment-4 Mona Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:32:23 +0000 http://www.greendioxide.com/?p=29#comment-4 Hi Ajay, Great idea for marketing and other social cause.. Recently, I read on some article also, that plastic is degradable.and one couple in near place of Mumbai is naking its use and planing to work on larger scale. Now, for both marketers and consumer, we have the solution and our environment will also be safe from land pollution. Well, the concept of Corporate Soial Responsibilty (CSR) is taking the hieghts. It provide corporate a good platform to be in touch with their consumer. Hi Ajay,
Great idea for marketing and other social cause..
Recently, I read on some article also, that plastic is degradable.and one couple in near place of Mumbai is naking its use and planing to work on larger scale.
Now, for both marketers and consumer, we have the solution and our environment will also be safe from land pollution.

Well, the concept of Corporate Soial Responsibilty (CSR) is taking the hieghts.
It provide corporate a good platform to be in touch with their consumer.

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