Justice engrained in Decision-Making

https://www.nina.no/archive/nina/pppbasepdf/Policymix%20Report/Svarstad%20Three%20POLICYMIX%20Report%201%202011.pdf

This article might have some answers to the question I posed above regarding.....

Here is a very interesting quote on the topic of legitimations, Parkin 2002 is quoted below from the above article:

“Legitimations are the claims that dominant groups make about themselves – claims that they would naturally wish everyone else to accept. Legitimacy, on the other hand, refers to the condition in which such claims have in fact been accepted and endorsed by subordinate groups. That is, the grounds upon which obedience is claimed and are accepted as valid by those who are expected to do the obeying. Legitimations emanate from on high, but legitimacy is bestow from below” (Parkin 2002: 77-8).

From the ground running, how do we implement real changes in consumer behaviors and choices from the ground-level to beyond? I might even argue that such awareness might have originated from those of us who are on the front lines coping with the challenging demands and consequences of waste management or lack thereof!

If you look at BBY's Metrotown Food Court and Richmond Town Centre Food Court in the lower mainland of BC, they have recycling service facilitators literally providing recycling service to customers of the food court. Sometimes, it is this hands on approach to service that does the rest of us some real good, but it was implemented because so few of us actually took the time to sort our recyclables at the fast food outlets. Shopping Centre Food Court Administration in cooperation with the Janitorial Staff implemented this service to help those who are confused by the process of sorting recyclables from compostables and absolute refuse. The advantages are obvious; what we lose is the opportunity for every citizen to develop an awareness of recycling and composting requirements and applications. Therefore, to promote awareness, WE can do this through Public Educational TV Programming, because not everyone tunes into these topics on YouTube everyday.....unless we're already keen to learn about it due to our sensitivity to pollution and waste.

So, please thank your recycling service providers today - frequently paid at minimum wages, we deserve much much more, but at least a friendly, appreciative smile and nod would make our "raison d'etre" - which is to mitigate waste - feel more acknowledged and validated, and would make our workaday lives much more pleasant knowing that our efforts are appreciated! Would that would translate into better or even best wages for all "waste management service providers"