Why you need to get a harbour view apartment when you can only see smog from your windows?
Pollution fighting seems to be an issue always after big issues like economy, salvation ... etc. No doubt that economy should come first especially in these days, but think twice, what Hong Kong government has done when the economy is doing good?
The air quality in Hong Kong is getting worst especially these few years. Blue sky can rarely been seen during the year. As a photo shooting lover, the blue and clear sky appears only less then 10 days a year. What the hell is that smog?
RSP is one of the main elements of forming that smog. Those Respirable Suspended Particulates are generated by fired combustion, vehicle emissions, Incineration ...etc. They make harm to our respiratory system and cause asthma which more and more children are suffering these days.
Pollution fighting is a long term battle and it needs everyone to get involved. Instead of asking government to do something for us, we should start with our own.
Simply think twice before you use any disposal item.
1. Use glass instead of paper or plastic cup. The reason of using paper cup is because it's handy! You can just truck it away after, but imagine you've got 100 ppl in the office and 2 cups a day will generate 6000 cups a month!!
2. People just press their print button too easy! Select "Manual feed" , and place some paper which only printed on one side! You dont always need to print it out on blank new paper!!
3. Wash your disposal cutlery if possible! You can keep those cutery which is unuse or reuse it after being washed!
4. LESS Plastic bag! I almost lost my mind when people keep accepting plastic bag no matter when they get newspaper, CD, supermarket shopping. As most of the shopkeepers just "automatically" give you the plastic bag even if you buy a piece of string! Pls Pls Pls returns the plastic bag to them. Think twice before you step away from your door and see if you would do a shopping today. If your answer is YES, bring a backpack or a recycle bag!
There are too many other things you can do! Just a small things but it does make the difference.
Please do it NOW before your kid got asthma, your house filled with plastic bag and your view got blocked by smog again.
Pollution fighting is about our habit!
panadol 2009-01-16 11:05
If one day...
we can no longer see our forests with hush vegetation, no longer hear birds singing their happy songs, no longer smell the aroma of ftrsh flowers, and no longer taste the natural flavours of lovely food,
sadly I doubt, if the world will be so wonderful.
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