You Call That "Progress"? - Clayton D Steep - February-March 1985

Clayton D Steep

Wrappings, cans, bags, bottles, boxes-aren't we overdoing it? The 96th annual Pasadena New Year's Tournament of Roses Parade is now history. It is always amazing how quickly the crowds that line the streets for this event-arriving a full 24 hours or more before the parade even begins-disappear after it passes. But left behind is a blanket of litter-tons and tons of litter. Most of it is made up of discarded wrappings and containers that once held various kinds of food or drink. How many of us take it for granted that the amount of .plastic, glass, cellophane, paper, cardboard, aluminum, tin, Styrofoam and other materials a society uses to wrap or contain food is a measure' of today's advancement? The greater the quantity of such materials used once and then thrown away, the more a society is presumed to be enjoying progress. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library