Comments on: Year 2, Week 2 Results: 1.8 oz of plastic waste. http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/ Learn to live life with less plastic... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. I don't buy new plastic. Join me on my plastic-free journey. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: willo http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 willo Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:25:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2912 hi beth!<br/><br/>just ran across this site tonight...<br/>http://www.overpackaging.com/<br/><br/>you may have already seen/heard of it, but thought of your photos on this post.<br/><br/>w hi beth!

just ran across this site tonight…
http://www.overpackaging.com/

you may have already seen/heard of it, but thought of your photos on this post.

w

]]> By: The Green Cat http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2810 The Green Cat Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:14:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2810 Beth, my letter and their response (as it were) are both over at my blog. http://itsagreengreengreengreenworld.blogspot.com/<br/><br/>Also, a different response from "Amazon Green" came through on the discussion board at Amazon (which is here http://tinyurl.com/4duxcy)<br/><br/>Hey, if enough people join the discussion over at Amazon, maybe they'll stop sending them? Beth, my letter and their response (as it were) are both over at my blog. http://itsagreengreengreengreenworld.blogspot.com/

Also, a different response from “Amazon Green” came through on the discussion board at Amazon (which is here http://tinyurl.com/4duxcy)

Hey, if enough people join the discussion over at Amazon, maybe they’ll stop sending them?

]]> By: Allie http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2808 Allie Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:46:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2808 Your mom is so cute!<br/><br/>Our natural foods store has started selling the bananas without the plastic wrapping at the stems. I wonder though, if they just take it off before it hits shelves. Your mom is so cute!

Our natural foods store has started selling the bananas without the plastic wrapping at the stems. I wonder though, if they just take it off before it hits shelves.

]]> By: organicneedle http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2809 organicneedle Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:46:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2809 I buy organic bananas at Trader Joe's, of all places, sans any plastic. I never found anything funny growing on them. At a Stop & Shop I was told they come that way from Dole to keep them separated from the non-organic...to keep people from getting organicy goodness at a reg. price. I buy organic bananas at Trader Joe’s, of all places, sans any plastic. I never found anything funny growing on them. At a Stop & Shop I was told they come that way from Dole to keep them separated from the non-organic…to keep people from getting organicy goodness at a reg. price.

]]> By: Carlie S http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2807 Carlie S Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2807 hey, i don't know if you know about the banana thing, but i just read about it a few weeks ago (lol... maybe on your blog and i'm a total idiot for trying to trust my memory to repeat it here). non-organic bananas get a chemical spray on the ends to prevent, ummm, something bad. but since that's not organic, the ends of organic bananas have to be covered. i don't know if materials other than plastic work to protect the bananas from the "bad thing". that info is probably not at all helpful! :-D DOH! hey, i don’t know if you know about the banana thing, but i just read about it a few weeks ago (lol… maybe on your blog and i’m a total idiot for trying to trust my memory to repeat it here). non-organic bananas get a chemical spray on the ends to prevent, ummm, something bad. but since that’s not organic, the ends of organic bananas have to be covered. i don’t know if materials other than plastic work to protect the bananas from the “bad thing”. that info is probably not at all helpful! :-D DOH!

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 Fake Plastic Fish Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:04:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2806 Hi Green Cat. Would you be willing to share your letter with us? I'd love to know what you wrote.<br/><br/>Sandra, good job. As a matter of fact, it's hard to buy things without plastic at Whole Foods here, too. But we do have quite a few stores with bulk bins where you fill up your own containers. Do you have stores like that in Houston?<br/><br/>Everyone, my dad thinks you are all very articulate and astute, and he's jealous that I have such intelligent readers and commenters.<br/><br/>Beth Hi Green Cat. Would you be willing to share your letter with us? I’d love to know what you wrote.

Sandra, good job. As a matter of fact, it’s hard to buy things without plastic at Whole Foods here, too. But we do have quite a few stores with bulk bins where you fill up your own containers. Do you have stores like that in Houston?

Everyone, my dad thinks you are all very articulate and astute, and he’s jealous that I have such intelligent readers and commenters.

Beth

]]> By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2805 Anonymous Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:56:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2805 beth,<br/>i just wanted to update you on my progress. i have managed to get our neighborhood excited about recycling and our rates have gone up substantially. step one accomplished. i am still fighting the plastic war and have educated my 5-year old on it now. my husband, not so much. it's not that he doesn't care, it's that he doesn't remember. i think the next time i fix a glass of water for him, i'm going to add some obvious platic chips in it. maybe that will get him thinking. i have to wonder if it could be easier to buy less plastic in Oakland than in Houston because i find it very difficult indeed. even at whole foods. it's so frustrating!<br/><br/>--sandra beth,
i just wanted to update you on my progress. i have managed to get our neighborhood excited about recycling and our rates have gone up substantially. step one accomplished. i am still fighting the plastic war and have educated my 5-year old on it now. my husband, not so much. it’s not that he doesn’t care, it’s that he doesn’t remember. i think the next time i fix a glass of water for him, i’m going to add some obvious platic chips in it. maybe that will get him thinking. i have to wonder if it could be easier to buy less plastic in Oakland than in Houston because i find it very difficult indeed. even at whole foods. it’s so frustrating!

–sandra

]]> By: arduous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 arduous Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:38:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2804 Aw, but I bet your dad was SO HAPPY to get his delicious chocolate!<br/><br/>It's much easier to give up resource consumption for yourself, but I have a hard time when it's a gift for a loved one. Anyway. The chocolate may have been over-packed, but on the other hand, you are a good daughter! Aw, but I bet your dad was SO HAPPY to get his delicious chocolate!

It’s much easier to give up resource consumption for yourself, but I have a hard time when it’s a gift for a loved one. Anyway. The chocolate may have been over-packed, but on the other hand, you are a good daughter!

]]> By: Robj98168 http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Robj98168 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:19:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2803 I am waiting on a book from amazon and they better not send anything extra! Don't you love food companies? I sent my aunt in Las Vaegas spme crab legs and got the same results- or as my aunt said I sent them a whole lot of plastic with some sea spider legs thrown in for weight. Just get an order from Omaha Beef! I use the ice chest as planters for flowers! I am waiting on a book from amazon and they better not send anything extra! Don’t you love food companies? I sent my aunt in Las Vaegas spme crab legs and got the same results- or as my aunt said I sent them a whole lot of plastic with some sea spider legs thrown in for weight. Just get an order from Omaha Beef! I use the ice chest as planters for flowers!

]]> By: Clif http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-18-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Clif Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:15:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/06/year-2-week-2-results-1-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2802 I get Chocolove 70% strong dark and it has come in a styrofoam box in the past (in summer). When the latest shipment came, I was happy to see wadded up newspaper and a couple of small chillpacks. But, alas, 10,000 plastic peanuts...so that makes me doubt they have seen the light. I get Chocolove 70% strong dark and it has come in a styrofoam box in the past (in summer). When the latest shipment came, I was happy to see wadded up newspaper and a couple of small chillpacks. But, alas, 10,000 plastic peanuts…so that makes me doubt they have seen the light.

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