plastic minimization
by Giulia Musumeci
1. common good
2. utilitarian
3. justice
4. community service hours going towards cleaning up trash and plastic in cities, beaches, and parks
5. livinglandsandwaters.org. -they removed 9,974,741 pounds of trash and have planted 1,208,149 trees around the world in order to help their community
6. implement a fine for littering
7. NCSL.org- that they issue fines for littering and they raise millions of dollars each year to clean up roadways, parks, and coastal areas.
8. Mat 13:40
9. Luk 5:32
10. "In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilization of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact" - Jean Piaget
11. "Injustice everywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" - MLK junior
12. In Islam, justice is considered to be the supreme virtue of its followers. It is stated in the Quran as, “God commands justice and fair dealing.” Thus, this aspect is agreed upon even in the religion of Islam
13. The utilitarian aspect of cleaning the earth by community service hours since it mentions the tares being all over the earth and it is the end of the world.
14. Individual activity: If individuals see others around them littering they could remind them of what they are doing and mention that they might get a fine for littering
15. Individual activity: individuals could volunteer their time to cleaning up the community and they could communicate it to others by telling them to do so or having them come along with them when they choose to go.
16. Awareness: There could be more visible signs and consequences for littering. By making it more known that there is a fine, people would pay more attention and listen to it better.
17. Awareness: The government could make all of the service hours required by individuals to be cleaning up the trash, and institution that do community service should have more adds on how to join and where to go.
18. Culture: In Mumbai India, individuals are fighting a plastic waste 'time bomb'. They are sick of the large amounts of plastic and as a solution, i suggest that implementing a fine for littering would help to solve this problem, and using the money for a clean up crew would be idea.
19. Culture: Individuals from Spain began an overseas volunteering program to clean their coasts and any other areas that contain trash.
20. rights
21. virtue
22. give back a cent amount for every plastic bottle turned in
23. Luke 6:30
24. switch from plastic to a biodegradable material
25. bioplastics. -their materials take up 5.4 tons and is expected to grow at an annual rate of 20% to 2024, and is an amazing statistic since biodegradable materials are so much better for the earth
26. provide information about what plastic does to the environment so individuals can be aware of what is going on
27. Luk 12:15
28. livinglandandwaters.org. - they have successfully educated more than 11,386 individuals about the harmful effects. Because of them educating individuals, they have gotten 108,741 volunteers to aid them in making a change in the world
29. Mat 6:21
30. calrecycle.ca.gov- about 21 billion cash refundable eligible containers were sold in 2013, and more than 18 billion were recycled for a cent amount!
31. "To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity" - Nelson Mandella
32. "There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time virtuous" - Benjamin Franklin
33. There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed" - Woodrow Wilson
34. Hinduism agrees with this perception of equality and rights given to each human
35. In a utilitarian religion point, it is stated that, “Utilitarianism claims that in ethics, what matters is not rules so much as doing whatever makes the most people the happiest: the greatest happiness of the greatest number."
36. Individuals who are atheist still believe in this aspect of caring for others but not in a moral sense. If they desire caring about one person then they will, but if they do not want to then it does not affect their conscience.
37. Individual activity: provide information for others to tell their friends and families the information about what plastic does to the environment, people, and animals around the world.
38. Individual activity: individuals could tell their friends that have businesses about biodegradable materials and maybe persuade them to make the switch in order to better the solution.
39. Individual activity: Individuals could inform their friends about turning in their bottles for money since some individuals do not know about this.
40. Awareness: The government could fund more commercials and educational programs that individuals could watch and attend in order to get a better understanding of every aspect of plastic and how bad it is.
41. Awareness: World leaders should encourage the use of biodegradable materials in restaurants, hotels, and all other places that use plastic materials.
42. Awareness: Raising the prices of the bottles that people are purchasing and giving back more of an amount would encourage individuals to be more inclined to perform the act of selling back the bottles.
43. Culture: In argentina, a man was so tired of all the plastic waste, so he decided to build a house entirely of plastic materials he found. By doing so, he minimized a lot of plastic and individuals are enlightened by his actions. By implementing a cent amount for turning in plastic bottles, houses can be built and money can be raised by selling the built houses.
44. culture: In the great pacific garbage patch individuals are educating people to focus more on cleaning the coasts.
45. culture: Individuals in the Netherlands are leaning more towards using oxo-degradable plastics in all of their manufactured products, which means the oxygen decomposes it within a short amount of time.
