Comments on: Week 5 Results: 3.2 oz of plastic http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/ Think we can't live without plastic? Think again. In 2007 I committed to stop buying any new plastic & I've almost succeeded! Won't you join me? Let's see what plastic-free looks like in 2012... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. ~Beth Terry Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-74 terrible person Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:28:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-5-results-3-2-oz-of-plastic/#comment-74 And here is a story about plastic recycling gone a little out of control…

]]> By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-73 terrible person Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:51:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-5-results-3-2-oz-of-plastic/#comment-73 Oh, and here is an NPR story about plastic bottle recycling. Things are pretty bad right now, but they might get better.

Michael

]]> By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:33:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-5-results-3-2-oz-of-plastic/#comment-71 Hi anonymous! I agree with you about flashlight batteries, TOTALLY. Those were bought ages ago before I started becoming more environmentally aware. I am using rechargables as much as possible and taking the old ones to the hazardous waste battery container at the library when they wear out. In fact, I just took a bunch this weekend.

And Sunny, TJ’s is a packaging nightmare, which makes me really sad because they have some wicked good food.

]]> By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-70 terrible person Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-5-results-3-2-oz-of-plastic/#comment-70 3. No. Even Stone-Age folks can do a lot of damage: starting forest fires to flush out game, overhunting, etc. It’s really a matter of population; once you have enough of any species, they’ll start pushing the boundaries of their ecological niche, until the ecosystem pushes back, and one side gets damaged, or the balance gets destroyed. That’s why it’s so important to control population!

I think I’d rather live on the slopes of the big island of Hawaii, running an ecologically sustainable chocolate plantation. Or live in the Maryland suburbs of DC, while I worked at the National Security Archive. Where would you rather live?

Michael

]]> By: Sunny http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Sunny Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:35:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-5-results-3-2-oz-of-plastic/#comment-69 About the TJ’s comment. Does anybody know why they wrap their produce in plastic? It annoys me to no end!

]]> By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-5-results-32-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Anonymous Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:47:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-5-results-3-2-oz-of-plastic/#comment-67 Quiz:

1. How much plastic waste is the equivalent of 1 flashlight battery?

2. Which is more noxious in a landfill?

3. Is the perfect, environmentally-friendly lifestyle that of a society based on stone-age technology?

4. Who among you would enjoy living in the highlands of New Guinea?

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