Blogposts by Tag: consumers

  • Point of view about human society development

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    Rating: 2.9/5 with 7 votes

    Published Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 10:16
    by cafeneaua.politica Join PES activists in Save our planet (912 views and 2 comments)

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    The most important matter of sustainable development doesn’t support the quantity of economic growth but the quality of an environmental, economic, social, and cultural development.A sustainable community effort consists of a long-term and integrated systems approach to developing and achieving a healthy community by balanced environmental, economic, social, and cultural issues. The Romanian (European) Social Democrats advocates a sustainable development of our planet and not the destruction of the environment and our resources.

    It is necesary that the price of the different resources must cover all calculatable external costs. The government has to add the calculated charges so the different resources get the same conditions on the market. If the charges are creating an income, this income is to restitute to the inhabitants and to the companies (the same restitution per inhabitants or worker).

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    As basic measures we can talk about sustainable development when total production of the region is sufficient to provide for the inhabitant’s needs without requiring more resources than the area can regenerate (energies,...

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    Tags: consumers, energy, environment, Romania, sustainable development


  • Time for a tax on packaging

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    Rating: 3.3/5 with 4 votes

    Published Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 22:47
    by carl0s Join PES activists in Save our planet (615 views and 1 comments)

    A new consensus has developed. Food sold in supermarkets and manufactured goods are contributing to piles of toxic rubbish all over Europe. Given how much food is shipped around the EU, now is the time to put a tax on all extra bulk created for retail goods. We simply don't want apples on polystyrene trays, and plastic racks in biscuit packets - especially as we struggle to deal with the "recycled" items at the moment. Common needs must take priority over marketing - it's time to start... read more

    Tags: consumers, recycling, rubbish, waste