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Plastic is destroying our planet. Many things are beyond our control – global warming, etc.

People can’t imagine not driving their cars. FINE.

But there is one thing WE CAN DO and that is GIVE UP plastic.

Plastic never decomposes.

Current studies show there is a floating island of plastic trash THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES in the middle of the ocean. THERE ISN’T A SINGLE FISH IN THE OCEAN THAT DOESN’T EAT MOSTLY PLASTIC. So if you eat fish, you are eating garbage.

Right now the ocean is more plastic than plankton. Maybe it is already too late for humans, if you consider what that statement REALLY means. There have been cataclysms in our history, but let’s not go down without a fight. Giving up plastic may be one thing that could save our species.

STOP BUYING PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES!!! 2 Million are bought every 5 minutes in the USA alone. It is just glorified TAP WATER anyway. This has been proven and is easily researchable. Either get a water filter for your tap at home or carry your own STAINLESS STEEL water containers.

Many cities have banned plastic bags and with good reason. Carry a canvas bag.

JUST AVOID PLASTIC PRODUCTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE A CHOICE – YOU HAVE A VOTE. HOW? VOTE WITH YOUR POCKETBOOK.

When companies see a decline in sales for their plastic based products, THEY WILL RESPOND by coming up with alternatives. Even if you go into Starbucks, hand them your OWN mug. They will gladly fill that up for you.

And finally, we know no one wants to hear this, but the reason our CONSUMPTION FOR LEISURE society is the way it is is because we have more people than ever. STOP HAVING KIDS for now !!! If you need to play house so badly, ADOPT or FOSTER instead. You will save the life of a needy child and fulfill your requirements to play house – if we keep having children, THERE WILL BE NO HOUSE / PLANET EARTH to play in!!!

Finally, if we don’t correct our problems, MOTHER NATURE WILL. When our friend Des’ fish tank gets too full, fish just start dying automatically. “Nature” takes them out, “naturally.” That is Her way, and she will apply it to humans. Just like in the movie “The Happening.” So, either we handle our crap before it’s too late, or IT WILL BE HANDLED for us.

WAYS TO REDUCE PLASTICS

 

If you are an individual:

 

1. and you use anything plastic make sure it is COMPOSTABLE and go out of your way to find a recycling bin when you are through

2. Carry your own silverware wherever you go. Silverware is small and fits in pockets or purses. If you must use plastic ware at restaurants go out of your way to find a recycling bin when done. Best if the plastic ware is COMPOSTABLE.

3. Support businesses with great sustainability.

4. Bring your own mug to coffee shops. Many even offer a discount to you when you do.

5. Carry a canvas bag in your car at all times and never accept a plastic bag from a grocery store checkout.

6. Email corporations whose products you love to switch to a COMPOSTABLE packaging. Sample email can be copied off here: http://pacific-tv.blogspot.com/p/companies-who-dont-care.html?m=0 Even one email a week makes a real difference.

7. If for some reason you have to use a plastic bag, make sure you go out of your way to recycle it.

8. Inside your home, do not line your trash cans with plastic bags because even if your trash is recyclable or COMPOSTABLE, the dump won't recycle anything that arrives in a plastic bag to begin with.

9. Choose matches because lighters disposed end up in the belly of marine life.

10. When getting food delivered, specifically request that they do not use a plastic bag - only paper, and that you do not need plastic ware since you have silverware at home and you would prefer a drink in a glass bottle or aluminum can.

Remember that 25% of the planet's surface has become a garbage landfill - every little choice you make either is part of the problem or part of the solution.




If you are a hotel:


1. Consider putting a recycling bin in every room.

2. Use non styrofoam or plastic coffee cups in each room.

3. Replace all plastic packaging with a COMPOSTABLE plastic.

4. Use those wooden coffee stirrers instead of little mini plastic straw ones.

5. Biodegradable laundry bags are misleading because plastic never biodegrades. You must find a COMPOSTABLE plastic.

6. Supply toiletries in sustainable packaging.

7. Do not line room trash cans with plastic bags because even if the trash is recyclable or COMPOSTABLE, the dump won't recycle anything that arrives in a plastic bag to begin with.

8. Remember that 25% of the planet's surface has become a garbage landfill - every little choice you make either is part of the problem or part of the solution.






If you are a restaurant:


1. Only use COMPOSTABLE plasticware.

2. Never use any styrofoam under any circumstances.

3. If delivering, ask customers on the phone if they really need a straw or plastic ware. Most folks at home don't. Never deliver in a plastic bag when paper products suffice.

4. Serve drinks that come in ALUMINUM cans or GLASS bottles.

5. If you must use plastic make sure it is COMPOSTABLE. The word Biodegradable is misleading because plastic never biodegrades. You must find a COMPOSTABLE plastic.

6. Do not line your trash cans with plastic bags because even if your trash is recyclable or COMPOSTABLE, the dump won't recycle anything that arrives in a plastic bag to begin with.

7. Remember that 25% of the planet's surface has become a garbage landfill - every little choice you make either is part of the problem or part of the solution.

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8 comments:

  1. 1. Stop buying plastic water bottles. Did you know 2,000,000 bottles of water are sold in America EVERY 5 FUCKING MINUTES? It circles the globe 55 times each year. Get a water filter for your tap, or buy GLASS bottles or aluminum cans of water. They even have water in boxes now.

    2. Don't use plastic bags unless they specifically have the ECM additive that makes them recyclable. How hard is it to carry a canvas bag? Is your laziness killing the planet??? Seriously.

    3. Use PAPER bags to line trash cans.

    4. When you order take-out, specifically tell them YOU DON'T NEED THE PLASTIC SILVERWARE. Go home and use your SILVER SILVERware. Jeez!

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  3. Schools & students could start "adopt a highway /street / river" programs where they could help clean up the litter on the land and stop it from getting into our oceans.

    Being a mountain climber I see ALOT of discarded trash and plastic bottles on the way up the mountains, if we started more programs that encourage students to take part in this clean up process perhaps the next generation will be conscious of it.

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  4. I look forward to this film!

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  5. use matches instead of plastic disposable lighters. or use the refillable lighters.

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  6. plastic is not fantastic

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  7. My new thing is whenever I order coffee or any drink with one of those PLASTIC or STYROFOAM lids, I ask them NOT to put a lid on it. That makes a big difference...

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  8. I just learned something painfully obvious:
    all the cleaning products we use eventually wash into our rivers lakes streams and oceans.
    These chemicals poison all these ecosystems.
    So whether you are an individual, restaurant, hotel, or corporation, we need to choose Eco Friendly cleaning products that will not poison the waters of our world. All health food stores carry a line of Eco friendly cleaning products.

    When you think about how the rain comes from our oceans, do we want a chemical plastic based rain?
    Every little conscious choice you make counts - every time you choose to recycle you put out an energy vibe to save this dying planet.

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