Everyone might have heard about this mythical story of King Midas, which says, everything he touches turns into gold. Well folks, I feel we all have become Midas, or actually Anti-Midas where whatever we touch turns into trash. Think about it, we eat from disposables, wipe our hands with tissues & then throw away all of it along with any food left on our plate (which made its way to our plate with so many hands and resources) , into the trash bin. So many single use items are in line to soon turn into trash. It’s daunting! Let’s curb this habit.
Our generation’s legacy for our future generations is trash. Think about it for a moment, it literally is. Think before buying, think before receiving a freebie, think before using/consuming and definitely think before throwing. Could you have done without it and if not, can you give it possibly another life (upcycling) or can you rather enhance its life?
Let’s try to be a good example for our future generations: by turning most of the things we touch into something worthy.
Darshana, thanks for your letter. What is the alternative? Say for plates or napkins? Use non-disposables? But then we have to use valuable (and supposedly scarce) water to launder those items. Perhaps a few suggestions in your next letter?
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(1) comment
Darshana, thanks for your letter. What is the alternative? Say for plates or napkins? Use non-disposables? But then we have to use valuable (and supposedly scarce) water to launder those items. Perhaps a few suggestions in your next letter?
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.