The Difficulty of Going Green
Landfills filling up
Misinformation
&
Lack of Education
Excessiveness
is bad and wasteful
- Less quantity means less wasteful?
- Substitute quantity with quality?
Higher quality Substitues
Carbon footprint
Life cycle assessments consider a wide range of factors, including raw materials, manufacturing, transport, and eventual disposal.
- Usage threshold
- several impact categories, such as climate change, toxicity, and water use.
How is an item more environmentally friendly?
Recycle
What can be recycled?
Plastic Straws
No
They are too small to be 'processed'
Aluminium tray and foil
Yes
Please rinse before recycling
Styrofoam
Depends
on where you are
- Recyclable in some parts of US
- Not recyclable in Singapore
Recycling
Is like driving.
You need to undergo theory to Recycle well
Recycle 101
- Dispose if unsure
- Rinse and dry before recycling
Lack of
enforcement
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) ban
Are we doomed?
Global warming
- Increase in extreme weather patterns like heat wave can create health risk
Global warming
- Increasingly violent natural disasters can disrupt infrastructure and cause frequent massive blackouts.
Global warming
- Loss in biodiversity can cause disruption in food chain which can cause food shortage
Global warming
+ Colder regions may have more green land. This may allow them to experience an increase in crop yield
Global warming
- Impact agriculture production in Asia and lead to food shortage
- Likely trigger mass migration
Is it too late?
Where are we now?
The Difficulty of Going Green
By Chong Jia Wei
