08-06-2008, 02:59 PM
Matt, Matt, Matt.
Those articles are from the same site--a site which compiles articles from various sources. It is a fast way to come up with different information on a subject from all over the place.
So you didn't bother to read anything. . .
Why don't you research some info on the production of paper bags and post it? Perhaps you can even find an article which compares paper vs. plastic. Then we'd have some real facts to sink our teeth into. And you'd be able to back up your claim.
I can't believe people think we can't get along without plastic packaging--how the heck did people live for decades without plastic? Can't any of you remember or imagine what it was like?
Remember butcher paper? Meat sat in a big refrigerated case and you pointed to what you wanted and the butcher wrapped it up. (And kids got it from the butcher to paint murals on in their classrooms at school.) I live in an area where meat is still sold that way--except in Safeway, of course. As for veggies, at the health food store we put those in brown bags, saved the bags--and they do dry out usually and retain their original shape--reuse them and/or bring them back to the store. Or you can just stick produce into your reusable bags. Those dry out, too.
Charging money for plastic certainly does help and so does paying money for recycling. Then plastic will be collected from the environment.
I think we need to reduce the production of plastic. Humans lived for centuries without it and I bet you we can exist without it again.
april
Those articles are from the same site--a site which compiles articles from various sources. It is a fast way to come up with different information on a subject from all over the place.
So you didn't bother to read anything. . .
Why don't you research some info on the production of paper bags and post it? Perhaps you can even find an article which compares paper vs. plastic. Then we'd have some real facts to sink our teeth into. And you'd be able to back up your claim.
I can't believe people think we can't get along without plastic packaging--how the heck did people live for decades without plastic? Can't any of you remember or imagine what it was like?
Remember butcher paper? Meat sat in a big refrigerated case and you pointed to what you wanted and the butcher wrapped it up. (And kids got it from the butcher to paint murals on in their classrooms at school.) I live in an area where meat is still sold that way--except in Safeway, of course. As for veggies, at the health food store we put those in brown bags, saved the bags--and they do dry out usually and retain their original shape--reuse them and/or bring them back to the store. Or you can just stick produce into your reusable bags. Those dry out, too.
Charging money for plastic certainly does help and so does paying money for recycling. Then plastic will be collected from the environment.
I think we need to reduce the production of plastic. Humans lived for centuries without it and I bet you we can exist without it again.
april
april