Brunswick photo: Discarded TVs

On the way to school. During the last hard-waste collection, there were old TVs almost every 10 steps. It's not collection time at the moment. What will happen to them next?

The end is not the end

A postcard I found in a cafe today.

So many things that we use everyday will have a long life after we get rid of them. All our old clothes, mobile phones, other gadgets, toothbrushes, plastic containers, computers, papers, bags, couches, TVs, kitchenware, etc - and even ovens (as this picture points out).

Lots of them will end up in landfill, some will end up in the ocean, a few will be re-used or re-cycled.

We have been given responsibility for this earth, and responsible stewardship calls for us to consider the whole life-cycle of the items we use, and especially what happens to them after we decide they are obsolete.