Who's working for who? The company you work for probably says they care about you and perhaps that is really true. But do they care about your one and only home or the future of your children? Chances lean towards no. Big business is in it for the money and they have to care about you, their worker bee, or they wouldn't make any (at least not for very long). When you work for someone, you see all the goings on, whether good or bad. You also have the right to voice you opinions and ideas to upper levels about these goings ons. Recently I wrote a suggestion to my employer about their poor recycling system. One week later they have implemented a large scale e-waste program - Yay! While I'm sure they were working on it before, at least they know there is a demand and desire for it. I have now added to my list suggestions regarding the use of biodegradable plastic bags and new water-based stickers on the plenitude of paper we use so we can recycle them. We have yet to see the response. I have worked many jobs and all of them had differing levels of recycling, ranging from poor to non-existent (and that was a recent job too - yikes!). There is hope to this situation though, because every place I worked at, at least half the staff agreed that the lack of available recycling left something to be desired and they would do their part were the means available. I had every intention of doing something while I was at each place, however, I never lasted long enough, trying to find somewhere I was happy.
So, the moral of this story is, talk to your co-workers, ask them how they feel and whether or not they would use recycling systems should the program be in place. Ask them if the current system could be improved and write a letter to management or head office to have your voice heard. If everyone voiced their suppressed feelings about what goes on behind the scenes, the world would be a much better place for it.
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