Re: Plastic waste, how do we get rid of it?
Originally Posted by
Floydy
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How come we get soft drinks in cans such as Coke, Fanta etc, and also beer in cans and glass bottles as well?
Why doesn't bottled water come in cans too?
Or perhaps we can use the milk-type cartons?
Having drunk canned water my answer to that is they need to make it taste more like just water, for some reason water in a can has a nasty metallic taste. Something other drinks don't suffer from.
I think we could recycle a lot of these plastics ourselves. Our bottles we cut in half and drill holes in the bottom, plant pot plus watering funnel ! Our carrier bags we cut into strips and either plait and sew or weave into mats rugs etc. The strips can be knitted into bags too. I've carried a bag knitted from posh carrier bags for a few years instead of paying for a handbag that isn't right size and shape for me.
There are loads of ways to use these things if we put a bit of thought into it.
I always carry a bottle of water but it's refilled at home I only change the bottle if it gets too battered to be leak proof.
The main reason we don't have paper bags is felling forests of trees became unpopular.
The main reason we don't use glass is energy needed to create a bottle and recycle it became too expensive and unpopular again to produce.