We Made Plastic. We Depend on It. Now We're Drowning in It

[lordsummerisle]

I've posted a lot about plastic because I think it's an important issue and one that we have the power to do something about. Here is an in-depth look at the issue...

If plastic had been invented when the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, to North America—and the Mayflower had been stocked with bottled water and plastic-wrapped snacks—their plastic trash would likely still be around, four centuries later.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-planet-waste-pollution-trash-crisis/

[FirstLight]

1. bookmarked for later

This is definitely as serious as nuclear waste IMO


I look around my house and everywhere I go in my life and feel guilty about all of it.

[SHRED]

2. Plastic was originally cellulose based

Instead of petroleum based as today.

Bad choice going with petroleum.

[mercuryblues]

3. I have been trying to find wax paper

to at least replace sandwich bags. So far my 2 local grocery stores don't carry it. I need to find it soon, I only have 5 sandwich bags left. Next up the switch over to paper straws.

[druidity33]

4. Local food co-op? Natural foods store? nt.