Because all waste is shipped back to America for disposal, Antarctica is fairly particular about recycling. All trash is separated. We have separate trash bins for plastics, aluminum, food waste, mixed paper, cardboard, non-recyclables, burnables, glass, fabric, re-usable goods, sanitary waste, wood, sharps, light bulbs, construction waste, heavy metals and lab waste. I'm sure there are more but those are the most common. As janitors, we always complain when folks fail to separate their waste and it always gets reported to the offending parties supervisor. Emptying office bins this evening, we found that someone had thrown away 3 dining hall plates, 2 bowls and an assortment of silverware, along with failing to separate anything.
We spent 3 of our working hours this evening watching the filming of the Today Show. The night janitor crew had their picture taken with Ann Curry, a Today Show news lady.
I saw a commercial on the Armed Forces Network that said join the military so you can learn how to kill people using hand-to-hand combat. They showed 30 seconds of people utilizing hand-to-hand combat skills to pretend kill each other.
2 comments:
Lucas, you will be so much more environmental aware and smart after this trip. Thanks for educating us. I felt like you are on 'mission'. I got a new job btw, time to leave TS pretty soon. I thought I shared because you might be proud of me.
Hey June,
Best of luck with your new work. I am enjoying learning all about climate change, straight from the experts.
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