Comments on: Say No To Singles

By: Saving the world, one less crappy plastic item at a time! by Rebecca Mayer |

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:24:02 +0000

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By: Piper

Piper — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:37:01 +0000

Yeah, I thought a bottle was a single serving. (kidding)

I love my single-purpose avocado slicer. But I also have eight 40-foot avocado trees and slice a lot of avocados.

The best way to protect your banana is to safely store it inside a peanut butter sandwich.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:15:22 +0000

Who buys single servings of wine???

By: Amanda P.

Amanda P. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:08:40 +0000

Ok so I want to go more eco friendly and not buy this crap but that do I do with the crap I already own? It is pointless to throw it away and have it take up more landfill space. So you just committ to not buying any more? I purchased stainless steel water/juice bottles for my sons for school to stop needing to buy single serve juice boxes/pouches but they have already lost them and now I will have to purchase again. I also have gagdets I use occasionally that have accumlated over the years but again I see it pointless to toss them just to appear “greener” I think I will just committ to hang on to them and not purchase any more.

On another note – what do you all think the grocers do with the plastic bags they collect to “recycle” – I was under the impression you cannot recycle plastic grocery bags.

By: Plastic Crap Wall of Shame: An anti-trash page to rage and laugh about | green LA girl

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:47:16 +0000

[...] Californian’s urging all to say no not just to the bags but to all single-use items. “Say No To Singles,” urges Beth Terry, an anti-disposable plastic crusader who blogs at Fake Plastic [...]

By: Lara S.

Lara S. — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:49:50 +0000

I thought the umbrella and the shoe bags were too much, but then I saw the Crustbuster. It’s a good thing that I’ve decided that in these situations where you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, I’ll laugh!

By: claire

claire — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:21:45 +0000

pat, are you comparing individual cheese slices to the blocks of pre-sliced cheese you get? because they last a very long time. also, you could get your cheese sliced at the deli (and bring your own container if plausible) and dramatically reduce the amount of packaging waste, while having superior control over how much you get.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:29:01 +0000

In this house we use very little cheese. If it weren’t for the individual wrapped cheese slices, we would waste much of the cheese brought in to the house and I refuse to waste food.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:56:56 +0000

This is an awesome post, and I honestly never thought about a lot of this stuff! The only thing I have is the onion saver, which I bought a looong time ago. It’s true though, this stuff is totally unnecessary and just clutters up our kitchens!

As for the individually wrapped jelly beans…Wha…?

By: Ben F

Ben F — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:43:26 +0000

While having items that are unnecessary is a bad thing from a plastic and clutter standpoint, I’m not sure that being “single-purpose” is in-and-of-itself a bad thing. Having it be made out of plastic is another issue.

But as we’re hearing, certain people love their banana keepers/protectors. And for example I have a lunch bag that is largely plastic (it was a hand-me-down) and single-purpose – it carries food to work and really has no other use; does that mean I should not have kept it? What about the ice cube trays in my freezer? They’re unavoidably (nearly) plastic and they only freeze ice. But their single-purpose existence doesn’t seem like a reason to exclude them from my kitchen items. A lawn mower only cuts grass, etc, etc, etc.

The issue seems more about reducing plastic use (and clutter) by avoiding items that don’t serve a valid purpose and/or duplicate a task that can already be performed by thing already existing in your kitchen/home/yard/car/office. Just standing up for the “little guy” (i.e., #25. Fandango’s banana protector).