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

[Gerry Gras]

See also
"As Oceans Fall Ill, Washington Bureaucrats Squabble"
     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/08-2

(with picture attached.)

Gerry


Caroline Yacoub wrote:

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> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Rosie Yacoub <rayacoub at yahoo.com>
> To: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net>
> Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 9:38:43 AM
> Subject: Fw: Where does the plastic go?
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> Here's a post for the Greens.
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> --- On Sat, 11/7/09, Darien De Lu <conjoin at macnexus.org> wrote:
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>     From: Darien De Lu <conjoin at macnexus.org>
>     Subject: Where does the plastic go?
>     To:
>     Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 8:24 AM
> 
>     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 plastic doesn'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 is so cheap - if you don't consider the
>     disposal/future.  These brings up the critical difference between
>     price 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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