Comments on: Week 6 Results: 4.8 oz of plastic http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-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 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:05:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-133 Hi,
Tracked you back from the can-o-worms on Freecycle.
Neat site!
-Doug

]]> By: nichole http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-106 nichole Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:57:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-106 Awww! you’re little plastic man (lady?) has a tail!

]]> By: leastfootprint http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-103 leastfootprint Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:51:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-103 Wow, I had no idea about the water issue with cotton. I have to look into that. Interested in any info anybody comes up with. Perhaps I will need to switch. You can email me at mail@leastfootprint.com

]]> By: Anna http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Anna Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:09:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-101 Just discovered your blog, kindred spirit!! Posted about the water filter issue, and linked to your great back and forth w/ Brita…..
Thrilled to find plastic fish, and hope we can chat sometime.

]]> By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-100 terrible person Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:38:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-100 Well, I find it easier to believe in the devil than in God!

I meant, “the conventional image of the devil”.

]]> By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:00:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-98 I’ll have to do more research on the toilet paper issue to determine if cotton is better than recycled paper. I’m leaning towards 7th Generation right now.

I’m going to pick up some cloth bags from Rainbow today for dry bulk foods. They’ll use less water because I’ll throw them in with the laundry we’re already doing, instead of washing them by hand in the sink, which is turning out to be very water-intensive.

I haven’t included any synthetic clothes because a) I haven’t bought any since I started this and b) I haven’t thrown any away. But yes, I would include petro-based clothing, and I’m planning on writing about some athletic clothing I found that is made from recycled plastic. Patagonia is one brand, for instance.

I thought you didn’t believe in the devil, terrible person.

]]> By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-97 terrible person Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:58:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-97 And hey, maybe you can get advertising like GreenLAgirl!

]]> By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-96 terrible person Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:57:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-96 Oh, but isn’t cotton kind of evil? I mean, it uses huge amounts of water and lots of government subsidies (which keep the price down here, but make it hard for small growers in West Africa. Well, maybe they shouldn’t be growing it in the first place, if it uses so much water. Anyway, as with so many environmental questions, it’s hard to figure out how to minimize the damage. I mean, since we’ve been reusing plastic bags, we’ve been using more water to wash them. They say that in the next century, water might be more valuable, more competed over, than oil!)

I wonder if paper could be made out of recycled clothes (the way fancy “rag” paper is.) There are certainly enough old clothes being thrown away, though they may not be all cotton. (Hey, Beth, are you going to start including the clothes made of synthetic fibers in your weekly count?) I read something recently attributing the rise of book publishing in the Renaissance partly to the fact that people were wearing more linen undergarments, which then could get reused for paper.

I really like little plastic person, but with the crown, he/she looks a little too much like the Statue of Liberty. You should make plastic person look like the devil, with plastic horns and teeth!

]]> By: Sunny http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Sunny Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:11:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-94 Let us know how the Soymilk maker works. I’ve been considering one but I’m the only one who drinks soy milk so from a cost benefit analysis I’m not sure. From an environmental standpoint it seems pretty reasonable.

]]> By: leastfootprint http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/week-6-results-48-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-93 leastfootprint Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:02:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/week-6-results-4-8-oz-of-plastic/#comment-93 Just a suggestion on the TP. Purely Cotton. It can be purchased by mail order by the case in individual rolls that are wrapped in paper rather than in plastic. Also since the TP is made from cotton no trees died in the making. Here is the link:

http://www.purelycotton.com/products/bath_tissue/

It may also be available in the store. I do know that Whole Foods carries them if you have Whole Foods in your area. There are several stores that carry them in our area.

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