The Panty Patch

Reverse Garbage

When I realised that the lady from RG was coming to speak to the class thursday, I was intitally (adn selfishly) annoyed as I had so much to do! But it turned out to be great and I learned alot. Here are the main points that stuck with me:

1. Domestic waste only counts for 2% of landfill while 98% is commercial
2. Shapes and cuts of clothing changes with the economic environment Eg. Hems, Volume
3. RG diverts 3 tonnes per week of waste
4. Society DOES NOT require us to be mass consumers in order to function
5. Re-educating consumers is important so that they know the impact of their purchase decisions. Where is your money going? What do your purchase decisions support?
6. What happens to left over materials? What do I do with mine?
7. Friends Of The Earth set up RG to fund their projects
8. RG does not receive any ongoing assistance from the Government, financially self sustained
9. Localizing product, reduces carbon emissions
10. Use social and environmental practices as sales pitch/point

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