Comments on: Quest for Questions

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:05:00 +0000

I’ve recently started reading your blog and I’d love to know if you’ve done any research on the types of plastics used and why some are worse than others (like #3 plastic…) Keep on blogging, you’re an inspiration!

By: terrible person

terrible person — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:35:00 +0000

Here is an NPR story about a study showing that most -- in fact, 99.9% -- of product environmental claims are false!

By: Burbanmom

Burbanmom — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:41:00 +0000

I agree that I’d LOVE to see a summary of some of your research. Like a nice big list of “crap you didn’t know had plastic in it”. You’re the one who taught me about canned goods and tetrapaks, and I’m sure you’ve got lots more you could add to the list. Would make a great reference!

By: terrible person

terrible person — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:55:00 +0000

By the way, the Mint switched over a year ago from using CDs of the karaoke songs to having them all on the computer. Sooo … less plastic!

By: har mar

har mar — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:50:00 +0000

OMIGOD you DID just write that. haha. and i’m not coming out unless you and michael do the dance from the video i sent you yesterday!

By: heather t

heather t — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:21:00 +0000

I came over here from a link on No Impact Man, looking for other thought-provoking “extreme” environmental blogs. Not “chain yourself to a bulldozer” extreme, but normal people doing the most they can to help the environment. My assumption of your goal was that you were trying to get your plastic use down as little as possible. At least once a week you amaze me with one more way to cut down on plastic.

I used to think that if plastic was recyclable in my community, then it was ok to use it. You’ve made me rethink that. And while I’m not as far down the enviro-path as I’d like to be, it’s bloggers like you who help me keep going.

So questions? I was thinking of things like who are you and what led you down this path, but I like Rosa’s ideas for a plastic FAQ. I agree that one of your strengths is your depth of research – things I don’t have time or a spare brain cell for! If you could somehow condense some of your research entries into Q&A form, that would be great.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:00 +0000

I like the concrete stuff you research – does my recycling *reallY* get recycled? Where can I buy plastic-free toilet paper? What is tyvek? How can I avoid plastic at the grocery store? Why can’t I put grocery bags in the recycling bin?

It’s stuff I wonder about and then don’t do my research and just buy whatever is at the store when I need it. Having you do the research is really, really helpful.