[CINC] EMMA WOOD BEACH CLEAN UP FEEDBACK LOOP

[ThusOne at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/20/2009 3:23:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
withwind2 at charter.net writes:


> The feedback loop: The trash is generated by those who camp there because 
> they cannot afford to (or don’t care to ) live elsewhere. They stay till 
> ran out by the man and then return later. The economic downturn generates 
> more homeless and they generate more trash. As they generate more trash the 
> oceans become more polluted and less productive, this has a negative effect 
> on the fishing industry which has negative effect on the economy, which 
> generates more homeless, which generates more trash.
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> The result: More trash.
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> ONE SOLUTION: Reduce plastic use!
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Another solution?   Fork out a few bucks to leave some dumpsters out there 
in the general area....    not for the "temporarily 
un-building-code-domiciled" you understand.   We do not want to encouage that sort of thing.   And 
one might even weld some uncomfortable type vertical thingies in the bottom 
of the dumpsters... in case that some might be tempted to view the dumpster 
as "home."    So these dumpsters might be sort of stored in certain watershed 
areas and visited on a regular basis by our trash services.   I think we 
could afford that.   The fish and the fishermen will appreciate it.

Shirley

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