FACCCI: Flabes Awareness Campaign on Climate Change Impacts
"The Baby is Sick/The Baby is Well: A Test of Environmental Communication Appeals" is the title of an intriguing piece written by Carl Obermiller, two decades ago.
What are your thoughts on the following excerpt from the piece?
"We are being buried in our own garbage. On average, each American produces nearly a ton of trash every year, producing a growing mountain of garbage. But it's not a mountain that can't be climbed. We can solve this problem; you can take actions that will slow the growth to a manageable level. At the current pace, within five years over 90% of the current landfills will be filled and dosed. But, you can slow down the pace. Over half of household garbage is recyclable, and the material that can be recycled is valuable. So recycling makes sense on two counts: It saves valuable material that can be used again. And it saves landfill space for the real garbage. If you recycle you can save a thousand pounds of trash every year. (Recycling is easy; just take these three simple steps: First, sort and store your paper and newspaper, dear glass, and aluminium and "tin" cans to be delivered to collection sites or picked up at curbside. Second, collect lawn and yard trimmings in a compost pile. Third, if you change your own motor oil. return the used oil to a gas station or auto parts store.) Stop the garbage explosion; please do your part to recycle."
"We are being buried in our own garbage. On average, each American produces nearly a ton of trash every year, producing a growing mountain of garbage. But it's not a mountain that can't be climbed. We can solve this problem; you can take actions that will slow the growth to a manageable level. At the current pace, within five years over 90% of the current landfills will be filled and dosed. But, you can slow down the pace. Over half of household garbage is recyclable, and the material that can be recycled is valuable. So recycling makes sense on two counts: It saves valuable material that can be used again. And it saves landfill space for the real garbage. If you recycle you can save a thousand pounds of trash every year. (Recycling is easy; just take these three simple steps: First, sort and store your paper and newspaper, dear glass, and aluminium and "tin" cans to be delivered to collection sites or picked up at curbside. Second, collect lawn and yard trimmings in a compost pile. Third, if you change your own motor oil. return the used oil to a gas station or auto parts store.) Stop the garbage explosion; please do your part to recycle."
I look forward to reading your thoughts in the chatbox.
FACCCI is one of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Regenerate247 Research Solutions, a subsidiary of the 'Flabes Group'.
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Abosede Ijabadeniyi (PhD)
