Britain should become a 'hire society' rather than a 'throw away' society says WRAP


	Britain should become a 'hire society' rather than a 'throw away' society says WRAP

JICWyllie

11-4-2009 12:52 PM

33 views

tags:

1-climate change, 1-policy, 1-re-use, 1-thrift, 2-change, 2-opportunities, 3-advocated, 4-uk

JICWyllie says:

Good idea! Now if deconsumption became a coherent government policy aimed at orderly economic contraction, rather than growth, people in their masses would be able to engage. An added benefit of deconsumption would be shorter working weeks and more freedom time.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from November 4, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a112c93d-8a46-4c47-b77f-1d67697fa731/428DD302-5672-4838-8D29-FE3DC4574272/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html"><P>
The first ever study on how cutting waste can help the UK meet ambitious 
  climate change targets, found ordinary people could save a huge amount of 
  carbon dioxide simply by consuming less. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html"><P>
The biggest change is through eating less meat and making things last longer 
  through "make do and mend". 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html"><P>
However, thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide could also be saved by hiring 
  goods rather than buying things brand new. This will not only stop old ski 
  equiment and ball gowns clogging up cupbaords but change Britain from a "throw 
  away society" to a "hire society". 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html"><P>
The report by the Government agency in charge of cutting waste, WRAP (Waste 
  and Resources Action Programme), pointed out that around a third of all 
  products that are thrown away are still working. By hiring things instead, 
  it will ensure less goods are manufactured and thrown in landfill, therefore 
  cutting greenhouse gas emissions. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6495745/Britain-should-become-a-hire-society-rather-than-a-throw-away-society-says-WRAP.html"> £148 billion of the £732 billion spent every year by 
  households could be spent on services rather than goods.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/428DD302-5672-4838-8D29-FE3DC4574272/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>