So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

The Quest For Environmentally Friendly Food Packaging

By Eloise Hewitt


Human beings highly value meals on daily basis. Human life thus stands at risk from unhealthy meals that are on the prowl. Environmentally friendly food packaging and the practice of good hygiene need to be adopted in order to curb the problem. To be considered are a variety of choices. However, pollution is a monster which has to be kept at bay when making such important choices.

The environment only supports life because of the availability of oxygen. This should be kept in constant and sufficient supply if people were to be assured of their survival. Non-biodegradable materials pose untold danger to the atmosphere. These include plastics and glasses. Since they cannot decay, they form heaps that become a nuisance as they cannot be disposed.

The dangers that they portend range from short term to long term ones. In the short term, children might play near the garbage heaps and get injured. Some might contain rotten particles that if inhaled by children prove being highly poisonous. On the long term, there is the possible risk of losing our vegetation cover to these non-disposable wastes. Also, the ozone layer might be depleted due to the fumes that are emitted when plastics are burnt.

To avoid being infested with germs, foodstuffs have to be safely handled, cooked in a clean environment and packaged in clean containers that are germ free. More wrappings are used on products that will stay in the shelf for long before they are consumed. The materials are made readily available for convenience.

There are some instances when materials like plastic and rubber cannot be avoided. In such circumstances, precaution needs to be taken so as not to overuse them. Every company should have a waste management policy that encourages the consumers of their goods to take back the wrappings for recycling. Incentives and other promotional goodies can work well in this direction.

There is the tendency to keep food in cans of plastic or metal for quite a long time. Once opened, the contents are used and the contents carelessly disposed of. Such disposure needs to follow some procedure. There is need of a conventional plan for management of such a situation. For instance, trash cans can be put in specific locations. Once they are full the city council does the collection and professionally disposes them.

It is the air we breathe that determines how healthy we are. Dirt spoils the show and is therefore a nuisance. Preservatives commonly used release some gases. These gases are not pure given the chemicals that have been mixed with them. Their disposure thus require a high degree of professionalism. Quality assurance agencies have to go through all consumer products in order to ascertain their fitness for human consumption. Proper action is taken in case a violation is detected.

Our desire of being creative and have attractive covers for our products thus needs not to override the requirement to comply with laid down health regulations. Of utmost importance is to beware of the chemicals we release into the environment as these later become a stumbling block in terms of diseases and other complications.




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