Comments on: Ticked off Women with Bones to Pick http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/ 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, 22 May 2013 19:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Art nouveau jewellery http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-5391 Art nouveau jewellery Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:10:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-5391 the trends of these plastic bags has gone long before.. its just resuable stylish things now.. atleast thats what i think

]]> By: Mens jewellery http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-5390 Mens jewellery Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:11:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-5390 Hey Beth, Nice post. I give importance to the bags which are reusable.

]]> By: Brandy in LA http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4828 Brandy in LA Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:51:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4828 Trader Joes produce. Everything comes in a plastic container, drives me nuts! I recycle them all but still, I’d rather them not be there in the first place. I let everything from apples to oranges to mushrooms roam free in my bad, I don’t care! Just don’t want those stupid plastic and styrofoam wrappings, containers, and bags forced on me.

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4401 Fake Plastic Fish Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:53:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4401 Hi Jasmine. I store meat in stainless steel containers. In fact, I bring my own stainless steel container to the butcher counter and have my meat placed directly into it.

]]> By: Jasmine http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4398 Jasmine Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:15:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4398 I don’t like my meat to touch my cloth bags, even if it’s in a package. I usually end up wrapping it in a plastic bag. What do you recommend? I hate doing it but I can’t think of an alternative. :(

]]> By: Rosa http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4225 Rosa Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:31:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4225 I’ve been making my own bread and bagels, so I’m actually running out of bread bags (also, my bf wears bread bags under his boots to bike to work in the winter, so his woolly socks don’t get wet. But he reuses them til they wear out from that, too.)

I was kind of shocked when I went fishing around in my bag ‘o bags for a bread bag, and there were none, this weekend.

]]> By: Condo Blues http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4205 Condo Blues Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:36:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4205 Well, I think that when life gives me plastic, that it’s my job to be clever and find a way to recycle/reuse it. That goes for the nylon/recycled plastic swag bags I get for free at events (totally kitted out both of our cars with free reusable shopping bags) as well as the few plastic bags (produce, frozen veg, etc.) that enter my house. Generally I use those for backup doggie pickup bags when I run out/low on the compostable ones – which PFP taught me that neither are environmentally wonderful but I think that sometimes you have to choose the least bad situation for you, which may not be the least bad for someone else due location, city/state rules, etc.

Where I live you can buy either local (seasonally we have snow), or organic. Generally these items are almost always shrink wrapped in plastic that I can’t reuse or recycle into one of my many projects. At least if they packaged the organic produce in a clear plastic bag, I could find a reuse for that. In fact, my husband opened a new box of organic chai tea bags, held one up and said,”what’s wrong w/ this teabag?” It was in a plastic envelope. The Aldi brand of not local teabags sitting next to them in the pantry were in paper envelopes = compost fodder. Interesting how the not so environmentally friendly item at frist glance becomes the more responsible choice.

]]> By: Hayley http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4204 Hayley Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:38:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4204 Tanya-
Thanks for your thoughts! (I couldn’t think of a better phrase…)
I did just yesterday, actually, and his company uses re-grind (recycled) plastic in dark colored bottles, and always re-grinds their excess. However, there isn’t that much he could change in terms of materials even if he wanted, as the companies will specifically ask for all the materials.
I also found out he uses very little PVC due to the general bad rap it has, so I’m feeling a little better.
Energy sources aren’t so great though…x)
He doesn’t like alternative energy much, for the simple fact that it is too much of a hassle.

On the topic of people asking about your personal choices, I recently finished crocheting a bracelet out of plastic bags from Jewel my mom brought home, and am wearing it, and have been asked where I got it and what it is made out of many times. They all got lectured ^^

]]> By: Tanya Seaman http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4202 Tanya Seaman Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:10:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4202 Hayley: I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I’m really pleased that this issue concerns you so much. I think Cousin Yellowstone’s ideas are great.

I’m wondering if talking to your dad about the energy sources used in his manufacturing process might be a safe topic? Or how/if they use or could incorporate recycled plastic in their formulas? You wouldn’t be attacking his product, but presenting ideas that might be practical to implement, and may not cause too much drama.

Ideally, these could get him thinking about plastic at some point.

I do believe it’s important to do what you can in your own life, even if those things seem small to you. Hopefully you can find a good way to talk about them with the people who ask — when you reject a ride, refill your bottle, etc. — so that you engage them.

Best wishes!

]]> By: Kelsie http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/comment-page-1/#comment-4200 Kelsie Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:28:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/ticked-off-women-with-bones-to-pick/#comment-4200 Kel,

Let me know which companies you will be writing, and I will add my two cents worth, as well. I buy boxed pasta so that I can avoid the plastic bags, but there’s still plastic involved, and it’s frustrating come recycling time. I think by now we should know what we’re getting if we buy rotini, angel hair, fettucini, etc. A photo on the box would do just as good of a job. After all, we don’t have plastic windows on cereal boxes, and people seem to buy that in good faith!!

-Kelsie

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