My Plastic-free Life - Forum: Miscellaneous

Beth Terry on Recycled polypropylene

Wed, 08 May 2013 07:46:35 -0700

Personally, I would stay away from it. First, the plastic lumber is going to release plastic particles into the environment as it breaks down. And second, as you mentioned, it's going to end up in the landfill at the end of its life anyway, since that stuff doesn't get recycled. If it were me, I would go for Forest Stewardship Council certified wood.

saremiller on Recycled polypropylene

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:19:03 -0700

Just finished "Plastic Free" and am committed to moving towards a more plastic free life. My landscaper is recommending this "Frame it All," made from 60% recycled polypropylene and 40% from a sustainable wood flour,

After reading "Plastic Free," I know there is a limited market for recycled plastics so on one hand I like that this product offers a use for recycled plastics BUT, when we are done with it (10+ years?), I know it won't be able to be recycled.

Thoughts???

http://www.costco.com/Frame-It.....59558.html

Katrina on Plastic Dental Night Guard

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:09:48 -0700

I am glad to know I am not alone in this battle between the health of my teeth and risking the money since I am not insured for dental or sleeping with plastic in my mouth every night! So far I have opted to risk my teeth without any negative results. I will gladly start to investigate any mouth guards without plastic if such a thing exists yet. If anything it is nice to know I am not alone and more heads are coming together to brainstorm.

RC on Plastic Dental Night Guard

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:37:25 -0700

I have the same problem. The plastic in my night guard causes me to have sinus problems which cause me drainage sinus drainage and a sore throat.. I told my dentist when I order the night guard that I needed one that was bpa and phthalate free. I have no way of knowing if the night guard I received, which coat me $500, is free of toxins. I do know that if I don't wear it, I don't have terrible sinus issues, but then I have noticeable grinding marks on my lower teeth, in time. I need a night guard that will not make me sick.

Beth Terry on Catchy word to describe being plastic-free?

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:10:23 -0800

I like the word plastic-free rather than anti-plastic because to me, plastic-free means freedom from the addiction to plastic. It would be hard to find a word comparable to vegetarian because when it comes to food, there are basically animals and vegetables, but there are many, many alternatives to plastic depending on the use... metal, wood, glass, etc. Do you have any other suggestions?

Alex on Catchy word to describe being plastic-free?

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:21:35 -0800

I was wondering if anyone has ideas for a catchy word that would describe not using plastic.

It seems to me that the words "vegetarian" and "vegan" have been really helpful to spreading the idea of not eating animal products, etc. Many restaurants put "vegetarian" on their menus, food companies put "vegan" on their labels, and everyone now understands what those mean.

Perhaps "plastic-free" is the way to go (like "gluten-free"), but I was wondering if there was a catchier word. Particularly one that would be framed as a positive, as opposed to the absence of something (plastic).

-Alex

P.S. Apologies if this is something you have already discussed. I read the book and have skimmed through the posts here, but could easily have missed something.

frankkurt on Art Can Keep Plastic From Landfill

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:35:15 -0800

You typically have good idea of creativity. If many people would have the same idea in recycling plastics and other trashes into something that is useful, for sure we should be proud to ourselves, that in a simple things we've done something different. Like you,m we are also into recycling of trashes, we are in the business of converting waste to energy and redistribute it to every household.

Giving it a go on Letter writing help

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:05:17 -0800

Thank you Beth. I´ll send it as it is.

Yes it´s the BBC. The biggest TV channel in the UK and it doesn´t advertise, people pay for it. But as bottle water has become so "normal" it was being shown all the time. Waved about in the air like a trophy. They explained that it didn´t have a name on, but I said that wasn´t the point. Packaged water is a product and they were advertising it - constantly. Quite a few letters went back & forth...

But not this year! No trophies after the dances. Yeahhhh! Made my viewing much more enjoyable I have to say! Now for the training room coverage....

I´ll let you know the response to the above letter when I get it.

Beth Terry on Letter writing help

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:31:04 -0800

I think it's great. We sometimes forget to thank companies that do the right thing. It's great that you thanked them and then asked them to go further.

Giving it a go on Letter writing help

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:10:18 -0800

Sorry about the interesting fonts going on! I won´t do that!

Giving it a go on Letter writing help

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:09:21 -0800

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone can cast a quick eye over a letter before I send it. Often if I send a letter after I´m always thinking: Did that sound ok? Should I of said this or not said that?! Was it the wrong time of the month & does it show?! Was my spelling so bad even spell check didn´t find it! That kind of thing! So any thoughts or corrections so this one makes an impact would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

I writing to congratulate you on the recent series of Strictly Come Dancing for a couple of reasons. 1. Because as usual it was a great show! But this year it had an extra dimension with Darcy on the panel. There were many things that were brilliant, Denise's show dance being a personal favourite.

But there was another thing and this is the reason I am writing: This year when the dancers finished their dances they were not waving their packaged water in the air like in seasons previous.

I wrote to you on a number of occasions about this last year and was wondering if it was a coincidence? I´m not sure. But I do know that one less appearance of packaged water being portrayed as normal on the BBC is brilliant. As I discussed in my e-mails last year, single use plastic is a huge - one of the biggest - problems our Oceans are currently facing. So to have taken it away from a prime time slot is a great move by the BBC. I understand backstage they are still being used, but at least they are not being advertised.

Maybe for the 2013 series the BBC could go one step further.... With providing the dancers, even the crew with stainless steel bottles with lids, that they could easily refill. For both back stage and the training rooms?

But for now, I just wanted to write to say thank you. Every Sunday we were surprised when yet again packaged water didn´t show up, brilliant!

Beth Terry on Irony abounds

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:56:07 -0800

Yes, it is ironic! In fact, I blogged about my book covered in plastic here: http://myplasticfreelife.com/2.....n-plastic/

querkus on Irony abounds

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:32:55 -0800

I recently went to the library and found your book. It was a wonderful book.. And I loved how it had the little notice that no plastic was used in the printing of the book.

Alas, the library has encased your book in a plastic sleeve.

Irony abounds

lukeo25 on Art Can Keep Plastic From Landfill

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:55:07 -0800

Hi Luke,

I agree and it is a issue that I have been thinking about as we embark on a priject making recycled plastic sculpture with school children. I have looked on your blog and the work is lovely but I was wondering if you were willing to give me some advice regarding the process you use to recycle plastic in your paintings.

Many thanks Louise at http://www.ecotales.co.uk

Dana on Art Can Keep Plastic From Landfill

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:46:51 -0800

I understand this problem. Recently I created a jelly fish costume for Halloween using recycled bubble wrap, and plastic leftovers. I thought it'd be a great project for kids to do until I realized how much of the plastic would end up in the landfill eventually. I'm keeping my costume in case I can use it again, perhaps add some lights to enhance it at another time.