Újrahasznosítás

Gyorsfénykép az Alföldről

Mintegy fél éve lakom a "nagy magyar pusztaságon". Kiskunhalas lett a lakhelyem, s a pesti forgatagból kifejezetten nyugalmas helyre érkeztünk a családommal. Biológia tanár lévén, igyekszem nyitott szemmel járni, így máris sok mindent sikerült felderítenem környezetvédelmi szempontból is.

Brainwashing

A specially modified bus was wandering around Hungary last year. The huge, smoke-blowing Tetra-Brik box � owned by the Tetra-Pak company - visited schools where, at the request of the school management, the driver gave lectures on environmental issues.

Program-heads in trouble

The Ministry of Environment, under the administration of the new Small-Holder Party minister, wastes time, postpones decisions, makes the wrong ones, but probably the most damaging move � especially environmentally - was making radical cuts in the budget of the program-managers responsible for waste collection and recycling.

Glass-bankruptcy

The glass reprocessing industry is in a lamentable situation. After the Sajoszentpeter glass factory closed following a change of owners in February 1999, glass reprocessing almost ground to a halt in Hungary. It now looks like the Oroshaza factory is about to follow suit (same owner!) but still, there is a little hope!

Happy Waste Dumps

After five years of preparation, the law on environmental products tax was introduced in 1995. The law serves to save natural resources and create funds for restoration after accidental damage. The government negotiated the draft with representatives of industrial corporate systems and multinational companies who left nothing to chance.

Oldalak