Great Big Green Week

Posted on 02/07/2024 10:18 by mickysf

Regarding water use and our guesses as to which sort of pitch uses the least it always amazes me as to the number of people, particularly motorhomers, who fill their water tanks to the brim on arrival and empty that unused on leaving. Same with a few caravaners dumping their aquarolls contents. I wonder how many litres are wasted across the network during a season. I bet it’s considerable.

Posted on 02/07/2024 09:53 by peedee

I notice in the latest magazine that only 6,000 of the 385,000 members read it digitaly! Maybe if there was an option of a  digital subscription like the C&CC with a saving on membership fee, considerably more would agree to this greener option.

peedee

Posted on 02/07/2024 10:21 by Cornersteady

Is a digital magazine greener though? There are lot of contradictory views and research studies depending on if you believe that or not, with as far as I can see, no definite answer.

Digital magazines do not use any paper, so many consumers believe that digital magazines will save forests. However, digital magazines will be stored in servers that require energy use.

"It depends" Other research institutes have also concluded that printed media don't inherently possess a worse environmental impact compared to their digital counterparts. The argument stands that a print medium consumes resources and energy during production only once but can be utilized multiple times.

And yes of course there are just as many quotes which give the opposite view but there is no one definitive answer. But looking at the magazines racks in any supermarket, most if not of all which have digital copies, people do still like having a paper copy. I'm one of them as I find reading print versions easier to read.

People do have the option not to receive a paper copy of the club magazine yet only less than 2% (or just over3% of members households) choose to do so, perhaps that is more to do with wanting a paper copy than a saving? I would still want a paper copy.

Anyone have a data on the take up of the CCC digital subscription in relation to number of members?  

Also of course look at the complaints on here when a paper copy doesn't arrive or is late. And of course the club might lose revenue from advertising in the magazine.

 

Posted on 02/07/2024 10:18 by mickysf

Regarding water use and our guesses as to which sort of pitch uses the least it always amazes me as to the number of people, particularly motorhomers, who fill their water tanks to the brim on arrival and empty that unused on leaving. Same with a few caravaners dumping their aquarolls contents. I wonder how many litres are wasted across the network during a season. I bet it’s considerable.

Posted on 02/07/2024 10:41 by Tinwheeler

Come on, Micky, you know assessing water usage isn’t an exact science so caravanners are almost bound to have left overs to dispose of. In a hot summer (remember them?) it was a way of watering grass and hedges so not a waste.

Similarly with MH tanks, it’s near impossible to estimate how much will be needed for a stay but I can’t understand why folk empty them. It’s something we’ve only done at the end of the season. Maybe those people bought vans with unfit for purpose payloads🤷🏻‍♂️.

Posted on 02/07/2024 12:25 by mickysf

I totally understand how that wastage happens but the point I was making was that this wastage must be quite significant across the network during a season. I thought that we were discussing little ways in which we could become more sustainable in these more informed days we live in. Afterall, that almost annual water shortage and associated restrictions may just be round the corner. May be we do need to think a little more about this very necessary commodity and how we use it. A main point of improving our sustainability is that every little helps isn’t it?

Posted on 02/07/2024 12:31 by Tinwheeler

But see PD's point above.

Perhaps it’s worth trying to persuade MH-ers not to empty their tanks🤷🏻‍♂️

In the SW we had a ‘hose pipe ban' for a year so I’m well aware of the existence of water shortages. Are you aware of the plans for a desalination plant in Cornwall? It’s all on the internet👍🏻