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By: Trashy Thursday- A Plastic Tally, Week #0 « Short girl, Long name

Trashy Thursday- A Plastic Tally, Week #0 « Short girl, Long name — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:18:16 +0000

[...] did two plastic challenge tallies in 2009 and they are both on the Show Your Plastic page: Week #1 and Week [...]

By: Fake Plastic Fish

Fake Plastic Fish — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:28:19 +0000

Hi again, Jessica. Another participant included the seal from the Netflix envelope in her tally, so I decided to check and see what it's actually made from. Here is the response I received from Netflix today:

Beth,

Good to hear from you.

The pull off tab on the Netflix mailer is paper coated with silicone.

If you’d like more information about Netflix, please check the Media Center at www.netflix.com or shoot me an email.

Thanks.

Steve Swasey | Vice President, Corporate Communications | Netflix | 100 Winchester Circle | Los Gatos, CA 95032 | Office: 408/540-3947 | Cell: 925/899-8108 | sswasey@netflix.com

So, I guess the question is whether or not to include Silicone as plastic.

By: Fake Plastic Fish

Fake Plastic Fish — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:11:24 +0000

Regarding tiny things like the little plastic attaching the price tag or the seal inside the orange juice, my personal decision is not to sweat it. I add little things to my tally to be aware of them, but I'm not going to stop buying clothing forever more because of one tiny piece of plastic. There are much bigger things for us to spend our energy on.

That said, I do think it's a good exercise to be aware of all the waste we generate, plastic and otherwise, and to take those things into consideration each time we make a purchase. Not to agonize, but to be mindful of our impact in the world. I truly believe this is how real change happens... from the inside out.

Thank you so much for doing the challenge. I look forward to hearing from you again!