Comments on: Year 2, Week 28 Results: 8.8 oz of plastic waste. http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-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: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4505 Fake Plastic Fish Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:32:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4505 Hi Maya. It would be exciting if Whole Foods’s cans were not lined with BPA. Please let me know what you find. I would not necessarily accept the statement of an employee but would get a definitive answer from above.

Here is Whole Foods’s statement on BPA. Note that it doesn’t mention cans:

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/nutrition/bisphenol-a.php

This blog, written almost a year ago, states that Whole Foods does use BPA in its cans:

http://amomsblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/whole-foods-365-private-label-cans-do-contain-some-bpa/

Like I said, this could have changed. But I would think that if they had removed it from their cans, they would have posted that info in the BPA section of their web site.

]]> By: Maya http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4504 Maya Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:46:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4504 I asked at Whole Foods and one of their employees told me their cans don’t have BPA liners…I wonder if they were wrong? I guess I’ll write corporate and get clarification.

My sons got some horrible plastic presents (soft bath toys–filled with phthalates) from some very dear relatives. I just said thanks and got rid of them later.

]]> By: Danielle http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4444 Danielle Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:26:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4444 Skoy sent me my sample cloths in an envelope with a plastic mailer, so when I ordered my round for Christmas, I specifically asked them to use no plastic in the mailing. They wrote my address by hand (a huge chore, I’m sure), and they mailed it in a paper mailer with no tape. I wonder why they handled yours differently…

]]> By: Vanessa http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4440 Vanessa Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4440 Thanks for the link to the article. I buy as much in glass as I can because it’s so easily recyclable, but I didn’t know about the BPA in cans. I’m still learning and determined to do better for Mother Earth. And my health!

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4430 Fake Plastic Fish Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:59:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4430 Christy B, you rock! I guess the third company is Henry & Lisa`s Natural Seafood. Check out this article:

http://www.naturalnews.com/025128.html

Everyone, check out this notice on Vital Choice’s web site:

http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article001303243.cfm

So that’s helpful to people who eat canned fish and canned beans. There are so many other foods in cans… including that of the company for which I did the video. It’s not one of those three.

]]> By: Christy B. http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4428 Christy B. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:07:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4428 Beth,

Exciting news, I got an e-mail last night from Vital Choice stating that they are 1 of 3 companies who have chosen BPA free cans. Unfortunately, they didn’t share who the other 2 companies are – I am assuming Edun is one but the other company remains a mystery, so far!

]]> By: Robj98168 http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4424 Robj98168 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:25:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4424 Arya is sitting so pretty next to that Video Camera Clamshell- Posing waiting for her closeup Ms. Demille!

]]> By: monkeyjen http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4422 monkeyjen Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:54:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4422 You buy soy sauce in a can? Weird.

]]> By: Susy http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 Susy Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:27:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4420 Oh, how I hate clamshells. We only had one this Christmas though (a beard trimmer for Mr Chiots). All other gifts were not wrapped in plastic and had minimal or paper packaging – YEAH!

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-88-oz-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-4417 Fake Plastic Fish Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:13:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/12/year-2-week-28-results-8-8-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-4417 Guessing games. I think I know who you are too, Anonymous #2. But my refrigerator is now clean. Or clean enough. Wouldn’t you rather scrub out the disposal? Or take apart the dishwasher?

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