Should I feel guilty?

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I work for a restaraunt that serves everything on styrophome plates and plastic forks and wwe produce so much trash. I feel bad for the environment, even guilty for working for such a place that makes such a mess. I feel that we have an obligation to protect the environment. I don’t know, I don’t want to quit because I like working there, but I can’t stand the amount of trash produced in one day. Should I feel guilty for working there and should I maybe plan on looking for another job, or does this just happen mostly everywhere anyway?
 
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BryPGuy89:
I work for a restaraunt that serves everything on styrophome plates and plastic forks and wwe produce so much trash. I feel bad for the environment, even guilty for working for such a place that makes such a mess. I feel that we have an obligation to protect the environment. I don’t know, I don’t want to quit because I like working there, but I can’t stand the amount of trash produced in one day. Should I feel guilty for working there and should I maybe plan on looking for another job, or does this just happen mostly everywhere anyway?
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In a word, no. There are ways of disposing of such waste that does not harm the environment. It is up to your local government to make sure of that, not the restaurant.
 
Depending on where you live, some cities sort the trash and recycle it. Look into it with your city’s waste disposal people.
 
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I work for a restaraunt that serves everything on styrophome plates and plastic forks and wwe produce so much trash. I feel bad for the environment, even guilty for working for such a place that makes such a mess. I feel that we have an obligation to protect the environment. I don’t know, I don’t want to quit because I like working there, but I can’t stand the amount of trash produced in one day. Should I feel guilty for working there and should I maybe plan on looking for another job, or does this just happen mostly everywhere anyway?
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I think you can find some kind of problem anywhere you work. The reality of it is that you have to work for a living. If it helps, know that styrofoam nowadays no longer contains the CFC’s they used to years ago- those were the things that were particularly bad for the environment.
 
Don’t feel guilty.

Do, if possible, educate them about alternatives but first do your homework to see what those might be and deliver them as solutions, not problems. Offer them this information and do not worry about whether it is adopted; you have now done more than your share.

As far as continuing to work there, you have to make your own decision. Consider, however, the painful truth that the store is still using fossil fuels for air conditioning, they might be using the “wrong” oil, and in general there are many other factors that influence how much environmental impact this business has.
I think it is very unlikely that you will find a business that places the environment as top priority, so anywhere you work it will be a compromise. It’s an unfortunate by-product of civilization, so unless you turn back the clock to the horse-and-buggy days (not like in the movies – streets covered with manure, flies, disease, etc) you are going to be making the same compromise to a greater or lesser degree with any other profession.

Alan
 
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