18th December 2006, 12:39 PM
Schools! There are plenty of schools that would welcome an opportunity to receive discard material.It makes for a superb school display cabinet-thingy and an absorbing teaching collection for the kids.Discard could be built into the new infra-structure to mark the presence of local history-after all, "preserve in situ" as an IFA tenet is largely ignored resulting in no visible record left on site.Just new concrete-built shops and apartments with green wavy rooves. Discard is only discard because we define it as such but I`m sure that theres plenty of interested public-types who would disagree.From local history/archaeology societies to homes for the elderly- theres plenty of people who would relish the chance of just holding a bit of old pot! I think we might be underestimating the intrinsic social value of what we deem to be "discard". On a broader note, we seem to be making discard decisions on behalf of the public who, have no say and are probably not even aware that it goes on.Isnt it time we thought hollistically about our actions and stepped outside of the box?
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)

..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)