{"id":17623,"date":"2020-07-27T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naider.com\/naiderlab\/ya-reciclamos-y-ahora-que\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:36:25","slug":"we-already-recycle-and-now-what","status":"publish","type":"naiderlab","link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/naiderlab\/knowledge\/articles\/we-already-recycle-and-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"We already recycle, and now what?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There are\nimages that speak for themselves<\/a>. Every day it is sold all over the world the\nequivalent to a stack of plastic bottles half the size of the\nEiffel Tower<\/strong>: drinks, yoghurts, cutlery, sauces, fruit trays,\nshampoo bottles… Plastic does not leave everyday parcels untouched, and the\nThe problem is that even recycling doesn’t seem like a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world of finite resources crying out for better management, Europe\ngenerates more than 2,500 million tons of waste per year<\/a>. How\nshows Greenpeace<\/a>, almost 80% of waste ends up in landfills or the\nenvironment, and every year between 5 and 13 million of them end up in the oceans.\ntons of plastic (80% of marine litter). In fact, only\n25% of what we consume is recovered<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recycling is an essential process within what is known as circular economy<\/a>: a\nefficient system in the use of resources and low carbon emission. Without\nHowever, less emphasis is placed on the need to reduce production and\nconsumption of plastics than in the benefits of recycling<\/strong>. TO\nwhat is this about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The background of the question is one: it is easier to invest and\nadvocate for recycling at a political and social level than for the reduction of\nplastic consumption and production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asking the population to recycle is easier than asking them to stop\nconsume plastic products, or that the production system is transformed\nindustrial into one that is not based on composites\nhydrocarbon complexes<\/a>. In the first case, the plastic is so\nintegrated into our day to day that it will take time to change the\nconsumption habits of the population. Therefore, asking the population to\nreduce your consumption is a measure of “bad press”. In the second case,\nit will be difficult to find substitutes for plastic that are just as\neconomical, manageable, easy to transport and efficient than this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result: we base our efforts, and we focus almost all\nour attention, in the simplest solution that allows us to continue with our\ncurrent way of life, recycling<\/strong>. But only with recycling\nestablished environmental objectives will be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with the other social and environmental challenges we face,\nwe face (climate change, inequality, loss of biodiversity, poverty,\nloss of natural resources, …), plastic is a problem with a\ndeep social roots. Perhaps the question is not so much whether the transformation\ntowards a more sustainable society supposes a decrease in our quality of\nlife, but in questioning what we understand by quality of life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem of overconsumption (of plastic) does not originate in materialism\nper se. It is a matter of confusion of priorities<\/strong>. bad decisions\npurchase originate from deeply held erroneous beliefs that are then expressed in\nThe material. Materialism is neutral<\/strong>, it is not something \u201cbad\u201d or\n“good” is simply a concept created to refer to the property of\nobjects. The problem lies in the lack of a system of values \u200b\u200band\nresponsible beliefs, the absence of which leads to overconsumption. have the\ncorrect and orderly convictions supposes expressing them through a use\nsustainable and responsible products.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is true that we need the commitment of companies and governments to develop better management systems to extend the life of plastics and ensure that their first use does not mean the end of their life cycle. But it is no less true that, without a change in the social paradigm regarding our consumption priorities, any economic or industrial solution will be less effective than one in which we really believe and which we have integrated into our system of values.<\/p >\n\n\n\n

Julen Gonz\u00e1lez Red\u00edn<\/strong>
PhD in Sustainable Development and Environment
NAIDER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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