Dear Diary,

I believed lots of us do have this “take away” practice in our life. But today scenario I only wanted to focus on my beloved country~ Malaysia.

As for those that followed my blog, I work for my parents, so most of the time, my lunch is provided (home cook food) but sometimes, something went wrong that I have to buy my food from the shop near by. Often the shop is way too pack for me to dine in, so the only choices I could do is to take away.

Sooner or later, this thought strike me, and had make me think deeply, having me to “take away” my lunch had contribute to sending mother earth to the doom faster because of the container the shop used to wrap on my lunch. The mostly seen food wrapper or container provided by the shop is Styrofoam Food Container that often we only used it once that believed to take a long amount of time before it can dissolve or can it not. Besides, the plastic spoons that they provided too bringing problem to our beloved mother earth.

I know some of you must be thinking I’m nut!! Because one single Styrofoam or one single plastic spoon can hardly contribute to the doom day of Mother Earth because the space she has it maybe 1:10000000000000000000 or more.

But, before you stop reading my post, do continue (it wont take up much of ur time) imagine, a very simple calculation of us practicing “take away” food.

One year have 365 days, or 52 weeks. Working days r 52 times 5 = 260 days. And I believed not everyone brings their own lunch to work, and not everyone love to eat at the shop. So imagine, if this particular person lets name it A, been spending his one year of working life practicing “take away” lunch and having to use the Styrofoam food containers every time he bought his lunch, how many Styrofoam containers would be dispose to the Mother Earth?

It will be 260 Styrofoam food containers plus 260 of plastic spoon. (ok some might think is just only a freaking 260 Styrofoam.)

How many people in Malaysia or in this world practicing this take away lunch… example 1000 of us practicing this, how many Styrofoam will be stuck in Mother earth? 260 times 1000 = 26,000pcs.

The number I used r just an example and I believed 1000 r less than what it is in the actual world. And remember the amount I stated was only for one year, what if I make it into 10 years? 260 times 10 times 1000 = 260,000pcs.

My message was, you can still practice “Take away” food, because it is good to stimulate the cash flow since the world economy is having recession. My point is, instead of using the available Styrofoam food containers provided by the shop, aren’t it wiser to bring our own containers to the shop?

By doing so, you help to save the mother earth, if everyone take this little action into account, I believed we able to make a different in saving mother earth.

Imagine, 1000 of people started bringing their own containers to the shop for take away lunch or food, indirectly, it helps to reduce the garbage pollution created by us. One year we will able to reduce a total of 26,000pcs

Mother Earth belongs to everyone, and we as the citizen in the Mother Earth, plays an important roles to protect her. Sometimes, people tend to see things in a small angle. Imagine Mother Earth as your home, the place you call home. I believed you won’t be throwing rubbish in ur home compound. So do the same to Mother Earth by picturing her as our Bigger home… Save Mother Earth for our future generation….

Why wait? make a move, take action now, you too can make a different in bringing a better future to our next generation. Believed me, you will feel much happier and different by doing so :D

p.s: i do practice bringing my own containers, spoon, forks and whatever to the shop,and sometimes people look at me with a weird feeling, but i dont mind nor care because i do my part as an Earth Citizen.

Categories: Mother earth [t], pollution [t], green [t], recyle [t]

yea. many people never think of that. they only think of themselves which they also fail to think of their welfare from a bigger angle. dimwit.
» renaye on 2008-12-20 11:04:26

Actually I don't know what is the real meaning of divers too :D

Its just my group name for the camp.

Merry x'mas!
» doreen1991 on 2008-12-20 12:26:32

Well done :) You're completely right - me and my wife also use our own stuff to takeaway. A tiffin carrier is really useful.

You use the example with 1,000 people - but in reality there could easily be 100,000 people every day in Malaysia tah-pau-ing their lunch. That's 26,000,000 stryrofoam containers a year!!
» julian (60.48.218.117) on 2008-12-20 06:16:10

I dont really bring my wn containers yet. Still trying to get over the gawking incident at carrefour.
» Nuttz on 2008-12-21 10:16:43

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