Time for (3) Recycled Products to take on (6) Rechargeable Batteries!
Recycled Products
There couldn't be a better match up! (I'm lying) Both of these embodies a vital way to cut down on the amount of waste going into landfills, but in totally different ways. Who will be more important?
Impact on the Environment (11/15):
Without Recycled Products (RP), there would be no Recycling. What else would we use Recycling for? The whole Recycling system would collapse if people and businesses stop buying RP. And that would mean a whole lot more going into landfills and a whole lot being mined from the earth.
Practicality (7/10):
The Pros: RP can be cheaper than virgin materials and can lead to shorter supply chains.
The Cons: Buying anything, even RP, when you don't need them is wasteful and can be worse off than not buying things at all.
Sustainability (9/10):
I had to give this the same rating as for Recycling itself because let's face it, you can't have one without the other.
Awesomeness (7/10):
Okay, I was going to give this a lower rating, but then I started thinking about my t-shirt that is made out of recycled Coke bottles and I realized buying RP can be pretty awesome, just not as awesome as Recycling itself.
User Input (0/5):
Nope, don't see anything here.
Rechargeable Batteries
Impact on the Environment (11/15):
While it's true, Rechargeable Batteries (RB) don't seem to have a huge positive impact on the environment because batteries are a relatively small part of the solid waste we throw away, let's look a little deeper. Batteries, when thrown away, leak horrible, gross chemicals that can get into the earth and kill of plants and animal life. Aaand, when you use RB, you cut down on how much of those gross chemicals that need to be mined out of the earth. So RB are a lot better than they seem.
Practicality (10/10):
Just pay the extra couple of bucks. It's worth it. I guarantee it.
Sustainability (8/10):
Honestly, non-rechargeable batteries wouldn't even be sold in stores any more if people just got to the point where they stopped living "disposable lives." There's no differences between RB and non-RB other than lower initial costs and higher long term costs associated with non-RB.
Awesomeness (3/10):
Meh. You don't even see the batteries once you put them into the... whatever it is you put them in. And I don't have any t-shirts about RB.
User Input (0/5):
Comment away!
Alright, let's tally those scores!
Recycled Products: 34
Rechargeable Batteries: 32
Oh, Rechargeable Batteries. So close, yet so far. Come back tomorrow to see if (2) Canvas Bags and (7) Carbon Credits can come this close!
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