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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wonder why the earth is becoming polluted with plastic?

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BTW, whole pineapples are on sale at Aldi for $1.69 this week. I wonder how much that small chunk actually cost?!
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I wonder why the earth is becoming polluted with plastic? (Original Post)
demmiblue
Sep 2021
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A lot of these packaged foods are helpful for people with various disabilities.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
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Throck
(2,520 posts)1. Shirley you jest.
We are consumer pigs.
Ray Bruns
(6,100 posts)4. I don't jest and don't call me shirly.

WhiskeyGrinder
(26,661 posts)2. A lot of these packaged foods are helpful for people with various disabilities.
It's an ongoing debate, similar to the straw debate a couple years ago.
dweller
(28,000 posts)3. Actual cost ?
Maybe .15 cents, shipping and handling $1.50
BUT ACT NOW AND GET ANOTHER FREE !
(just pay separate shipping and handling)
✌🏻
marybourg
(13,598 posts)5. I never buy cut up fruit in a supermarket but
let's face it, people rushing around from job to job or school are better off grabbing that thsn a big cookie.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)6. I think that the rate of plastic pollution is directly related to the hooman
pollution we have on this planet. I know that when you depart on your flight back
home from your trip to Hawaii you will be given a whole pineapple for FREE! Let's
all go and collect!
