01-01-2017, 08:15 PM
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Drowning in plastic
The world is drowning in plastichttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qRX9PjDnrlE
01-01-2017, 10:39 PM
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So much of the plastic used is unnecessary, I spend ages trying to extricate goods from plastic packaging most recently a toothbrush and a plaster.Why on earth do plasters now need to be individually encased in plastic, try opening one when you live alone and have a cut on your thumb
02-01-2017, 01:13 AM
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On the other hand look how useful it is. There can't be much in your home that doesn't contain plastic just looking around me now;TV
Monitor
Fan
Power board
Plugs
CD/DVDs
speaker cases
Clock Radio
Mouse
Camera
Tripod
Waste Paper Basket
Remote Control
Filing Cabinet
Those are just a few obvious things in a small room.
Talking of small rooms
Toilet seat
Cistern
Toilet Roll Holder
Toilet Brush
While there is a substitute for everything, plastic is what makes them affordable and light. You wouldn't want to be without it would you?
It is not plastic that is the problem it is the way WE manage it.
02-01-2017, 11:17 AM
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It's criminal the damage that plastic waste is causing to our wildlife, and there is only one culprit, and that is us.It's hard to buy anything these days without it being encased in plastic, most of the time making it nigh on impossible to get to the product inside, so the least we can do is dispose of it responsibly.
I hope more people see that video.
06-01-2017, 06:46 PM
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It is, thanks to progress and supermarkets.Once upon a time, which we can probably all remember, rubbish was disposed of in a pretty general way.
Vegetable peeling and remnants of fresh produce was wrapped in the daily newspaper and put in the bin (which was emptied every week.
Lemonade etc. was sold in glass bottle at the door by the Corona man, who you returned the bottle for recycling, the following week.
Bottles (glass) bought from shops were returned to the shops with a 1d,2d, or 3d, refund on each one.
Old tins (and sometimes old shoes) went on the open fire .
Anything else went to the rag and bones man.
Milk from the milkman in returnable bottle (I still do that)
Why is it so complicated not to follow much the same practice now. Paper bags instead of plastic. (USA have those don't they) . Paper waxed straws instead of plastic.
Trouble is, those at the 'top of the tree' in decision making today have not encountered those years and they think our mob talk tripe.
Basically, we are killing our own world around us and it's tragic to think that typically, no action is really making any difference. If we stop importing them (plastic bags)from India, they'd probably go out of business.
06-01-2017, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Puddle Duck
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Vegetable peeling and remnants of fresh produce was wrapped in the daily newspaper and put in the bin (which was emptied every week.Lemonade etc. was sold in glass bottle at the door by the Corona man, who you returned the bottle for recycling, the following week.
Bottles (glass) bought from shops were returned to the shops with a 1d,2d, or 3d, refund on each one.
Old tins (and sometimes old shoes) went on the open fire .
Anything else went to the rag and bones man.
Milk from the milkman in returnable bottle (I still do that)
Why is it so complicated not to follow much the same practice now. Paper bags instead of plastic. (USA have those don't they) . Paper waxed straws instead of plastic.
Trouble is, those at the 'top of the tree' in decision making today have not encountered those years and they think our mob talk tripe.
These days we all have the opportunity to recycle most of our waste. Just about all plastic, metal and glass is recyclable it is our fault if it is not. On the other hand your beloved waxed paper straws are an example of mixed materials that cannot be recycled easily.
It is OUR fault if it not recycled not THEM - too easy to blame someone else.
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