Re: Drowning in plastic
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.