[Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: Where does the plastic go?

[Caroline Yacoub]

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Subject: Fw: Where does the plastic go?


Here's a post for the Greens.

--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Darien De Lu <conjoin at macnexus.org> wrote:


>From: Darien De Lu <conjoin at macnexus.org>
>Subject: Where does the plastic go?
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>Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 8:24 AM
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>Dear All,
>        These photos of albatross chicks, starved to death and/or poisoned by plastic, depict the problem poignantly:  http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11
>        The plasticdoesn't go anywhere, it stays right here on Earth, for at least hundreds of years, contaminating , poisoning, and killing.  What can be done?  Of course, the most obvious is - AVOID BUYING/ACCEPTING  ANY PLASTIC!
>        I would say STOP, but that's nearly impossible.  (Hmm, this key board on which I type, it's made of...)  But we can use matches, or refillable lighters, instead of disposable ones; seek out glass, wooden, and metal alternatives to many consumer goods.  Minimize and re-use plastic bags (remember waxed paper?)
>        Of course, plastic isso cheap - if you don't consider the disposal/future.  These brings up the critical difference betweenprice and (full)cost.  Right now,every piece of plastic manufactured since 1930 is still in the environment.  (Much of it is in the form of very small pieces - suitable for albatrosses and other creatures to mistake for food - but it's not gone!  That applies to those "biodegradable" plastic bags, that disintegrate into bits of... plastic!)
>        Additionally, of course, plastic is made from fossil fuels.
>        Be aware, be informed, be consequential.
>                                        Your planet-loving friend, Darien
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