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灣區最近興趣環保立法,繼三藩市通過立例管制商店使用膠袋和外賣泡沫餐盒後,屋崙市議會也正討論同類法案,而三藩市市長紐森日前也宣布市府停止使用樽裝水。這些都是用心良好,以及借得進一步推廣的立法。
在人們已經習慣了包裝膠袋和樽裝水的今天,真的可以改變過來嗎?當然可以,在這些包裝品還未普及之前,人們又是如何生活的呢?到街市買菜的主婦誰不是自備籃子,到餐館買外賣也是自備器皿。還記得小時用電話向訂送貨到戶的雲吞麵,沒有膠碗或泡沫餐盒,都是用真的瓷器碗碟,用餐後放在門外,餐館自然有伙計前來回收。
現在科學文明製造了利便生活的各式產品,但卻沒有即時想到這些產品對自然環境及人類未來生活的惡劣影響。破壞環境等於是摧毀了我們下一代的生活素質,一時的利便,所付出的高代價是完全不成比例的。況且,一些表面上是利便及高生活品質的產品,其實是並不需要的。就如樽裝水,表面是方便且衛生,但事實如何呢?經常有報告指好些樽裝水的清潔程度不比自來水高,有的甚至更低。再者,這些清水的價錢比自來水要貴得多。
帶備水壺出門並不是很難辦到的事情,而且更合衛生和經濟原則,又可以減少對環境的污染。也許有些人會認為,在家做好廢物回收,把膠樽都送去回收,又可以換回點現金購買雜貨,也不失為好事。這種環保方式其實只是退而求其次次法,換回來的現金也只不過是自己先前所付的環保附加費。乾脆停止購買和使用會污染環境的產品,才是最根本的方法。市府已做到了停購樽裝水,應是所有家庭的良好示範。
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Another thought.
I went to a national electronic chain store to buy a component a while ago. At the cashier' counter ready to pay for the item; the sales lady asked me the name of my cell phone plane. I said, "I don't have a cell phone." The sales lady asked, "Do you want to have a cell phone?" I answered, "No."
The sales lady asked, "What happen if you got an accident, an emergency?"
These people seems to be unable to do without their cell phone, a safety blanket?
We have been living many, many centuries without cell phone.
Bottle water is just a status (health) symbol, same as wearing an iPod.
The best way to solve the problem is to outlaw take out (fast food) practice. Eat in-house, no food to go.
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