One of the significant features of Western
society, more specifically Canadian society is the amount of waste that you see
on daily bases on almost every aspect of life. It was almost the same in the
old country when I used to live there. I don`t know about now that people are
mostly struggling for the end`s meat. One of the very popular ones that I
actually heard it once with my own ears from one retarded was “the car vomited” and they use it when they fill up the tank so much that gasoline
actually pumps out of the gas and spills all over. The price of gasoline in the
country which is one of the top 5 exporters of oil and gas products was very
cheap. It is not that much now. Also it was amazing that how much bread people
waste on daily basis, at least in the city that I was born and grew up. There
were peddlers who practically bought those wasted, old bread from you and would
sell it to farmers(!) I heard once. Strange flow of material! You spend
millions of dollar to prepare the base food, bread and after years and years
you still don’t know how to make it so a huge part of it is impossible to
consume after a day of two. So you mostly dump them or feed your animals with
it, that are going to be slaughtered for your food soon! Strange cycle here as
well. I know that to date people still do not know how make healthy bread that
can be kept for a few days.
With this preface we go back to Canada when recycling
systems were introduced years ago but people still don`t feel that they must
use them. As I explained in a previous post, food is free and available to a
very unlimited certain to the Site crew. That causes a huge waste. In fact with
the amount of food that people waste at a Site camp a country as big as
Bangladesh`s population could be fed. I remember that once I was in the kitchen
and this administrative old lady came and started cleaning up the refrigerator.
By cleaning up I mean bags of food which were going to the big trash can: Pizza
slices, tuna sandwiches, pieces of fruit, lasagna, chicken pieces, etc. There
were actually food in there that could still be eaten but she did not care and
got rid of all. Some I bet had been picked up the same morning! There was no
room in the tall can anymore after that.
And then we move on and check the papers. There
is a lot of paperwork in these projects, both at the Site and the offices. Every
day we had pile of paper that would directly go to either garbage cans or
recycling bins. Those were papers that people had printed and simply didn`t
bother to go to the printer to take them! Why the hell would you print
something that you don`t need. The printer once was out of order during my
short stay at the site, simply because it was being overused for the paper that
mostly would go to the garbage. And there was nobody to stop this! Nobody
simply cared!
Another big waste at the Site is fuel. Fuel for
trucks and buses and fuel for keeping the camp warm. The heating system continuously
works without being regulated. So no matter if the temperature is as low is -5
°C or 10°C the same energy is consumed, people simply open the windows and door
to let the hot air go!
Ford
SUV. Buses are mostly 1/4 full when they go back and forth.
So I really don`t know how these
projects are going to be profitable. But as one of the fellas told once this is
people who pay for everything through the shares they buy and all other ways!
May be the Project owner is just fine!
(Photo: Camp buildings in a partially cloudy afternoon. All these buildings have separate single cells that their temperature could be regulated individually. I will have another post about the cells soon)
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