Comments on: Plastic Ocean. Plastic Art.

By: Joke

Joke — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:06:29 +0000

Thank you everyone for the good ideas!
The duffel bag idea made me think of all the unused old suitcases in my parents basement, I might as well just fill those up!
Charity shops is a good idea too, and I’m going to check out those boxes on etsy, it might be nice for keeping books!

By: Reactoss

Reactoss — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:28:21 +0000

As far as storage goes, why not check out freecycle or gumtree.com or charity shops in your local area? You should be able to find something to suit your purpose, you’ll be able to stop plastics from going to landfill and give it a second lease on life.

By: Traci

Traci — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:37:26 +0000

Or, for clothing storage, we can do like my mother and use a cedar chest. Or for something more convenient how about large duffel bags you can buy handmade plastic free ones or if you need more durable buy handmade recycled billboard or sailcloth duffel bags. Or even vintage luggage.

By: Traci

Traci — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:38:16 +0000

The only thing I can find for storage is “metal file boxs” on etsy.com to replace plastic storage bins. They are not as big (12x10x10) but at least they are not plastic!

By: Joke

Joke — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:51:42 +0000

Beth,
Do you have a suggestion for someone who doesn’t have storage bins yet?
I’ll be moving some stuff to my parents basement, I’m afraid the cardboard boxes won’t keep up and I don’t feel like buying the plastic bins…
Greets from Belgium (you’re inspiring us over here too!)

By: amanda + puglet

amanda + puglet — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:55:00 +0000

Wow. Extremely honored that Blue Pug is in such great company :) The waterbottle art is particularly amazing.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:31:24 +0000

Thank you for this post, and this reminder. I wrote about plastic in the ocean for World Oceans Day, too, and will go back and link to this post. http://chezsven.blogspot.com/2010/06/ocean-lovers-unite.html . I cannot watch the videos until my guests wake up. Simply cannot forget the image of the seagull eating the plastic bag which I saw here in a video. Have made a recommendation to the Economic Development Committee of my town that it go green and get plastic bags out of our lives. Just read Slow Death by Rubber Duck and recommend it to everyone. Your blog is so important in raising awareness of the horror of plastic choking our world. Do you know if that exhibit is going to travel around the country??
.-= Alexandra´s last blog ..Ocean-lovers, Unite! =-.

By: knutty knitter

knutty knitter — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:47:10 +0000

I found a museum made of beach rubbish (16 tons of it I think) It was on treehugger. Might be worth a look :)

viv in nz

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:00:49 +0000

Thanks Beth for clarifying I get that, good thoughts. .-= Suzanne´s last blog ..For Women Only (not really but I thought it sounded good) =-.

By: Elizabeth B

Elizabeth B — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:50:23 +0000

Hey, Beth. Once again, a wonderful post.

I thought you’d like to know that I nominated you for Best blogger, Best hometown hero, Best homegrown Internet phenomenon, and Best local activist on the East Bay Express Best of the East Bay 2010 survey. You’re so inspirational that I couldn’t resist. ^_^