PRESENTATION!

We are now working on a presentation which we have divided into four sections:

- Global problems and goals for waste reduction, and recycling.
- National problems and goals for recycling and emission.
- Regional problems and goals for recycling and waste reduction.
- Local problems regarding waste and recycling. What is the new underground waste system?

Green Bergen - Teaser

We are, as you may know, working on a movie about the garbage and such in Bergen. Here is our teaser for that movie! Enjoy!

Underground garbage network

Bergen is an urban city. As a result, this can lead to several issues when it comes to waste and trash. For example, we need transportation for the garbage, which isn’t exactly as easy as you would think. Today we use garbage trucks to transport the waste. As a result, people have to spend both time and money on this. What’s more, these trucks are polluting the environment. However, Bergen is now trying to change this. They are developing a so called garbage network. This system is based on an underground network, using air tubes. In addition, these tubes are transporting the garbage using the clean energy of high pressure air. Consequently, this project is going to lead to both a more efficient and environmental friendly way of solving this issue. However, we do not yet know when the network is going to be done. Hopefully soon.

Interview!

We’ve recently been working on a short video, where we have interviewed several random people in Bergen. Our goal is to find out what the people of Bergen think about recycling. This movie is going to show us what the population does, when it comes garbage. Are the people of Bergen willing do such cutbacks for the environment. Sondre and Jones are the reports, while Arild and Oscar are cameramen, and editors. We are going to ask them these following questions:

·         What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word waste?

·         Do you recycle your garbage?

·         Do you believe in global warming, or is it a myth?

·         Scenario: You have a chocolate paper, there are no trashcans nearby. What do you do? 

·         Would you consider yourself as an environmental person?

This video will be edited and be revealed in our final product...  

Is Recycling in Bergen Good for the Environment?

We send a lot of recyclable material to Sweden to get recycled. By doing this, we emit a lot CO₂, of which makes us wonder;

- Why do we send all this to Sweden?
- Is recycling environmentally or just recourse friendly?

Environmental cutbacks

Since the industrial revolution, the amount of consumption and pollution has increased by far. These consumptions can lead to unnatural climate changes, such as global warming. Luckily, many people are doing things to stop this. Things like recycling, power saving and other cutbacks for the environment. Many of the people of Bergen are also doing these measurements to save our environment. Science has shown us that these cutbacks are vital at this point of time, and reductions of these consumptions are one of the top priorities today. 

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that over 5% of the carbon dioxide emission is caused by waste, garbage and other leftovers? Although wealthy countries such as Norway, Britain and the USA are causing most of these emissions, sadly, poor, developing countries get most of the fatal consequences.   

SOURCES

http://www.regjerningen.no/nb/sub/framtidensbyer/forbruk-og-avfall.html?id=548118

http://www.bir.no 

http://www.mdgbergen.moonfruit.com/#/resirkulering/4554116893 

http://www.miljostatus.no 

Waste: Problems to solve

These are some of the problems we are going to try to solve, or at least improve;

-How do people in Bergen sort waste?
-How can we make it easier to recycle in Bergen?
-How do the waste-systems in Bergen work?

During this project, we attend to learn more about how waste has an influence on the people. We want to make the people of Bergen more concerned and aware of what both garbage and pollution does, and what we can do to make a change. 

Green Living: Waste 

Friday we were given the subject "Waste". We are quite satisfied with our topic because we are very committed to waste reduction, environmental protection, recycling and reuse.