semoga bisa menambah referensi rekan-rekan, kalau ini kasusnya di
barat, kampanye kresek yang intensif dianggap sebagai distraksi atas
isu yang jauh lebih besar dan lebih berbahaya, yaitu "food waste".
bagaimana di indonesia? selain usaha merubah masy supaya diet kresek,
ternyata masy kita juga mulai sering konsumsi berlebihan, dan konsumsi
tsb terendap di lemari2 es, lemari penyimpanan, dan akhirnya melewati
batas kadaluarsa yang akhirnya menjadi "waste" juga karena dibuang.
semoga saya salah ya. XD
amin,
aul
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http://www.brc.org.uk/brc_news_detail.asp?id=1902&kCat&kData=1
News Story
PLASTIC BAGS "A DISTRACTION" FROM BIGGER GREEN ISSUES
February 22, 2011
The acknowledgement from the Environment Agency today (Tuesday) that
thin plastic carrier bags have the lowest carbon footprint of any type
of bag is welcome recognition that they are not the great
environmental evil they are sometimes portrayed as.
The report, Life Cycle Assessment of Supermarket Carrier Bags, also
shows that a cotton shopping bag has to be re-used at least 131 times
to have less environmental impact than a single-use plastic bag.
Working with customers, retailers virtually halved bag use between
2006 and 2010. But, reacting to the report, the British Retail
Consortium (BRC) says the continuing focus on plastic bags is a
damaging distraction from more important environmental issues.
British Retail Consortium Sustainability Director Andrew Opie said:
"We're pleased to see the Environment Agency's report acknowledges
single-use carrier bags can have less impact than the alternatives.
Yes, the plastic bag has become symbolic but this report confirms it
is not the great environmental evil some would have us believe.
"Agonising over bags misses the point. There are much bigger targets
supermarkets are helping customers to work on, such as reducing food
waste. To obsess over bags distracts consumers from making bigger
changes to their habits which would do more to benefit the
environment.
"Retailers and customers cut bag use by 4.6 billion a year between
2006 and 2010, despite sales increasing during the same period.
Handing out bags-for-life and encouraging customers to re-use them is
a big part of that. Efforts to cut down bag use will continue but they
must not be the only focus."
Media Contacts
BRC Press Office 020 7854 8924 / 020 7854 8920 / 07921 605544
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