Recycled paper made without synthetic additives isn't the worst thing to have in a landfill, either. It decomposes. Think of newspaper that commonly gets used as mulch in a garden. Of course, confetti made with mylar or other synthetic materials is no good...
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#23
Posted 04 January 2012 - 09:50 PM
Its the same thing with lighting a firecracker. They both contributes to polluting our environment. Many do not know that the smoke these firecrackers create were dangerous to one's health too. If your not hurt by the blast, then surely your lungs will be affected by it.
#24
Posted 05 January 2012 - 08:33 PM
Every wonderful celebration is not without being responsible after. It’s like when you hold a party at home you clean up all the mess afterwards. Those who throw paper confetti should help out with the cleaning or at least, you know, give your city leaders an idea on where to put those collected confetti’s. It could definitely be recycled to another paper that they can use for flyers and posters in their candidacy but then that’s another weight for sweeping.
#25
Posted 08 January 2012 - 12:35 AM
Oh, the mylar confetti--nice and glittery, but you can't do anything with it once it's on the ground if you decide to throw it around.
I have to side with stopping the confetti tradition. I know it will be sad to see it go, but that's just an insane amount of paper, even if it's recycled.
I have to side with stopping the confetti tradition. I know it will be sad to see it go, but that's just an insane amount of paper, even if it's recycled.
#26
Posted 12 January 2012 - 10:50 PM
If they can recycle the same paper from each years confetti, then it would be green friendly tradition. But if every year more trees fall for you to go through that tradition, them may be the city should sit down and come up with a more conservative way to confetti.
#27
Posted 19 January 2012 - 03:07 AM
Maybe they are using recycled paper. Or that could be a good suggestion for them. You also have to keep in mind what city we are talking about. New York is not known as the most environmentally conscious city in the world.
#28
Posted 19 January 2012 - 04:24 AM
Runi1024, on 19 January 2012 - 03:07 AM, said:
Maybe they are using recycled paper. Or that could be a good suggestion for them. You also have to keep in mind what city we are talking about. New York is not known as the most environmentally conscious city in the world.
than most.
"New York City is, to the surprise of many, one of the most energy-efficient places in the United States - the energy
consumption and carbon dioxide output of New Yorkers is one-quarter of the national average,
and the city is on target to meet a number of sustainability goals in the next 20 years, including planting
one million new trees (of which more than 300,000 have been planted in the last three years) and
converting an entire fleet of over 10,000 taxicabs to fuel-efficient vehicles and hybrids"
http://www.columbia....city-48283.html
The good and the bad noted here.
http://www.treehugge...nable-city.html
But granted, the waste of the paper (for this one time a year event) must stop.
#29
Posted 25 September 2012 - 03:05 PM
It's getting close to that time of year again. My daughter and I are planning to use real plates and cups and not use any disposable confetti or balloons, but I guess the big celebration in New York will continue with the mass quantities of confetti, because it looks good on TV.
I wonder how bad things have to get before people start taking waste, overflowing landfills and deforestation seriously.
I wonder how bad things have to get before people start taking waste, overflowing landfills and deforestation seriously.
#30
Posted 26 September 2012 - 02:58 AM
ACSAPA, on 25 September 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:
It's getting close to that time of year again. My daughter and I are planning to use real plates and cups and not use any disposable confetti or balloons, but I guess the big celebration in New York will continue with the mass quantities of confetti, because it looks good on TV.
I wonder how bad things have to get before people start taking waste, overflowing landfills and deforestation seriously.
I wonder how bad things have to get before people start taking waste, overflowing landfills and deforestation seriously.
#31
Posted 26 September 2012 - 06:53 AM
Shortpoet-GTD, on 26 September 2012 - 02:58 AM, said:
Probably not until the landfills take up more land space than farms do.
By the time things get to that point , it'll be too late to do anything about it. It's too bad people think environmentalists are crazy and we're making it all up. Sometimes living on this planet with people who pollute is like being a clean roommate who has a roommate that's a total slob. I almost wish we could move to our own planet ,keep it green and clean and leave the deniers here to be as dirty and wasteful as they want.
#32
Posted 26 September 2012 - 11:15 AM
ACSAPA, on 26 September 2012 - 06:53 AM, said:
By the time things get to that point , it'll be too late to do anything about it. It's too bad people think environmentalists are crazy and we're making it all up. Sometimes living on this planet with people who pollute is like being a clean roommate who has a roommate that's a total slob. I almost wish we could move to our own planet ,keep it green and clean and leave the deniers here to be as dirty and wasteful as they want.
people aware.
They couldn't use a benign food item either like birdseed or rice, because the rats would be running the streets,
eating it all.
LED laser light shows is probably the best option.
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