Comments on: Of Water and Weirdness http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/ 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 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:53:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Carrie http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Carrie Fri, 16 May 2008 16:47:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-2389 I’ve always opted for plastic rather than paper bags because plastic bags are waterproof, more durable, and fit easily into my backpack. If I get plastic bags, I keep resusing them until they fall apart and then I recycle them. However, with paper bags I usually end up immediately putting them in the recycling. Is it more eco-friendly to reuse paper bags once or twice before recycling or to reuse plastic bags 10-15 times before recycling?

]]> By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:43:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-389 Anonymous, who are you? Can you please e-mail me privately? Please oh please? You sound like someone who has answers that I need!

]]> By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Anonymous Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:39:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-388 Hi Beth
The thing about wide-mouthed drives me crazy too, but here’s the skinny second hand from someone who knows the system (works in it). Oakland does not have a contract with WasteManagement (the company)for these types of plastics, however, WasteManagement processes them for other cities in the East Bay and does not separate Oakland’s trash from these other cities (like San Leandro) – therefore, if you put them into your recycling bin, they will be recycled. Oakland’s official line, however, is that they haven’t paid for that service.

]]> By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:08:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-374 I would recommend offering plastic coat hangers to your local Freecycle group. http://www.freecycle.org. There certainly might be people who could use them.

]]> By: travelling sheep http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-373 travelling sheep Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:06:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-373 Hi Beth,

After reading about all your campaigning and especially after seeing the picture of the box of free old plastic bags for re-use at a farmers market, I started wondering if something similar could be done with plastic coat hangers. Some people could use a few more, and plenty of people have too many, or kids sizes that they don’t use anymore. Does anyone know of schemes to pass them on? I guess they could be recycled, but it seems like a waste of energy.

Good luck with plastic bags and bottled water. Tomorrow I will be taking my tea in a steel bottle when I go out, and a tote just in case I decide to pick something up from a shop.

]]> By: terrible person http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-372 terrible person Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:57:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-372 Here is a piece from NPR yesterday on the effects of plastic on wildlife in the Pacific (but nothing Beth hasn’t pointed out before.)
And here is one from the SF Chronicle about a new report about chemicals in the Bay, our old friend PDBE. (Not specifically plastic, but we’ve discussed this here before.)

Oh, and I couldn’t find a review of the TMBG concert the other night, but here is a nice article from a SoCal paper. They don’t really have any songs about plastic, which is odd, since they have songs about pretty much everything else.

]]> By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Anonymous Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:23:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/of-water-and-weirdness/#comment-371 YAY for garden burgers!!
*marika

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