These days you can pay to make any aspect of your life carbon neutral - but where does the money go and how can you be sure you are really making a difference? IF IN THE PAST few years you've chosen to carbon offset a flight, where did you picture your money going? Perhaps you envisaged a thriving green forest with a tree being planted in your name to suck up and store the carbon dioxide (CO_2) your travel generated? Think again. If you flew with Virgin Blue, your contribution would've ended up at atip like the one at Summerhill Waste Management Centre in Newcastle, NSW.
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