Collated Tweets: Eco-Friendly Relief Operations

Here’s a compilation of recent tweets and retweets regarding eco-friendly relief operations. The amount of plastic bags used for current relief operations might only further clog drainage and prompt a repeat of Typhoon Ondoy. Please consider these alternative means of distribution of relief goods [via @miriamq]

INSTEAD OF PLASTIC, USE:

1. Banana leaves
2. Bamboos
3. Brown paper bags. Akbayan practiced this during their relief operations. [via @jonasbagas]
4. Donated t-shirts. Pack goods in a donated t-shirt and tie ends to seal! [via @silverfilter]
5. Environment-friendly containers. Made of special coated paper/food grade and microwaveable. Call 7124492 and look for Tina/Paul. Say no to styro! [via @miriamq]
6. Pillow cases [via @superbianca]
7. Plastic pails. CBCP practiced packaging its relief goods in plastic pails — still plastic but very useful for the cleanup to follow. Plus, no one will throw away a perfectly good pail 🙂 [taroogs via Comments]
8. Recyclable bags [via @ismelina]
9. Reusable feeding utensils so as to prevent waste build-up [via @taffylafaguz]

IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS

1. Carpool. Green ideas: Carpool to relief sites. [via @jangelo]
2. MRT. Use MRT more. [via @beatrixpg]
3. Put-Away Committee. Have one in every relief operation to ensure that trash is kept and recycled. [via @aemil_torricer]
4. Trash collection. Per John Lesaca: Please collect all the plastic bags and styro packs, put them in sacks, call him at 929-1639 or 0917-827-2172 for collection. [via @carlosceldran]

Updated as of 7 October 2009, 4:10 AM.