E-waste does NOT belong in the trash! Our appetite for the latest and greatest in tech ….. leads to a whole lot of electronic waste, especially when gadgets are often phased out quickly and designed with planned obsolescence. And there’s a heavy price to pay if we don’t recycle and recover as much as we can from our e-waste: ☠️the toxic materials in them like lead, mercury, cadmium and chromium can go onto pollute the environment if they aren’t properly treated 💸The wealth of non-renewable raw materials and precious metals in our e-waste will be lost in a landfill or incinerated (like silver, gold, nickel, zinc, and lots of plastic) while we continue to extract them from the Earth Love your tech? Make sure these finite resources can go on to be turned into new products. P.S. and above all, rethink your purchases, try and delay tech purchases as long as you can, and purchase with longevity in mind ;) ♻️♻️♻️ Less than 25% of e-waste is currently recycled in Malaysia, so if you’re not sure of where to #recycle your e-waste, the folks at @volvocarmalaysia have partnered with ERTH so that you can drop your e-waste at the nearest Volvo Car dealership nationwide #ewaste

#ZeroWastePON Tip #Day12 Iron once a week This is not a Zero Waste initiative per se, but it does have something to do with the environment - hence this picture of my Laurastar moved to the living room so I can iron while watching Netflix. Someone commented about how it’s not very environmentally conscious to iron my everyday clothes - but I don’t have much closet space, so I like to keep my clothes flat - which ironing does best. I begged Azmi for a laurastar ironing system (check out @visionaryasia and ask for Melvin to do a demo for you) because I love to clean but I HATE ironing. Laurastar is a Swiss brand committed to protecting the environment. Each product designed by Laurastar operates an environmental protection policy, promoting energy-saving and use of recyclable materials. It has been proven that using a Laurastar product reduces ironing time by around 50%. Likewise, thanks to the auto-stop function, Laurastar products automatically switch off after ten or fifteen minutes of inactivity. Finally, the pulse steam, emitted in short, intermittent bursts, guarantees optimum diffusion of steam. The result is less energy waste caused by excess steam for a perfect result. I iron once a week (or if I can tahan the pile of clothes, I wait for 2 weeks). You can decrease your monthly bill by ironing your laundry all in one day every week. This is primarily because iron consumes more energy when you are starting it. This is a steam iron - electric irons emit more carbon footprint and uses up more energy. Investing in long lasting appliances reduces the need to throw they once they become obsolete. Laurastar has an estimated life cycle of between 7 and 10 years. Laurastar also fights against the « philosophy of planned obsolescence », which promotes the immediate, and often unnecessary, replacement of appliances. This is why Laurastar aims to repair all its products for a minimum period of ten years. Definitely a #PonsPick #NoIDontSellLaurastar

LONDON TOUR TO THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 . A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenwich is one of the most historically rich areas of London & you can arrive by riverboat or it is just 8 minutes from London Bridge by train. Greenwich has had royal connections since the 9th century, but the Tudors made it a preeminent royal residence. 👑👑👑 . We took a short walking tour & explore the OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE to admire the spectacular ORNC, the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, also a World Heritage Site in Greenwich. 🚢🚢🚢 . Located on the south bank of the river Thames, a British landmark encompassing some of the finest buildings in the world, it's Sir Christopher Wren's riverside masterpiece. 😍 . Then, there was also the legendary CUTTY SARK, the world's only surviving extreme clipper & the celebrated historic sailing ship. This Clipper ship is 150 years old, a British merchant ship & visited 16 different countries & travelled to the equivalent of 2.5 voyages to the moon & back. . It was specially built for the China tea trade but carried a vast array of cargoes. Famous for representing the pinnacle of clipper ship design & one of the FASTEST SHIPS of its day. 😀. . It survived heavy seas, war, neglect, obsolescence, fire & old age to be here in Greenwich. Cutty Sark is also home to the world's biggest collection of Merchant Navy figureheads. . Don't miss the GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL, a 1,215-foot pre-WW2, the cast iron tunnel that transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames. . Opened in 1902, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel cuts 50 feet deep below the surface to take pedestrians under the River Thames from Greenwich to the Isle of Dogs to create a way for workers who lived in south London to get to work at the docks on the Isle of Dogs, replacing a ferry service, although now it offers 24-hour access to any travellers who need to cross the London river. Just a cool little side trip to end our day in Greenwich! . . #FollowMeToEatLa #TheOldShades #FollowMeToEatLaInLondon #AuntieLillyInLondon #CuttySark #Greenwich #GreenwichFootTunnel #OLDROYALNAVALCOLLEGE #Unesco #London #Throwback @oldroyalnavalcollege @trafalgartaverngreenwich