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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: JaniceSW on April 02, 2019, 06:08:26 am
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Do you know that 48 pounds of plastic was recently found in the stomach of a dead whale? If this isn't evidence that we need to recycle, recycle, recycle, and quit blindly throwing out our garbage anywhere and everywhere, i don't know what is! Clean up our world!!
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I am 100% behind recycling, and would encourage anyone else to do it also. It also gets my blood boiling when I see people littering and some of the crap I see in the yards and streets as I walk around through different neighborhoods in my town. But I am also 100% turned off by the militant force feeding of many in the environmental movement and the absolute bullspit that that braindead freshman congresswoman from New York is trying to pass off as a "Green New Deal".
Treat the planet right and be kind to the wild animals that live on it because it and they were a gift from God and we are supposed to do what we can to keep it nice. But excess plastic garbage and cow farts and burning fossil fuels and driving cars are NOT going to destroy the world in 12,000 years (let alone 12 years). The only way to avoid the unfortunate situation described by the OP is to either: (1) stop the use plastic completely and totally by the entire planet, or (2) forcibly enforce 100% recycling by 100% of the global population. Neither of those alternatives is practicable or possible. You will never get 100% compliance or 100% elimination - not even if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is made supreme empress of the universe.
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I recycle and believe it's important. Our waters are filling up with trash. I heard on the news where the ships dump large amounts of garbage out in the ocean. They should be fined if caught.
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I always recycle. I think the way bottles get into the water by people just carelessly throwing bottles into the water. Even if they put the bottle in a trash can will still avoid plastic from being mixed in the ocean or lakes
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We recycle everything possible in our household. Plastics, aluminum, glass, paper, etc. We have containers all over our backyard.
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I recycle a lot and am willing to do more. I have noticed they are trying to ban a lot of plastic that restaurants use for takeout orders and straws. I remember when straws were paper.
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I know - it is just so sad to see wild sea creatures ending up dead on shore and then when they get cut open, it is easy to see how they got sick what with all the plastic garbage in their tummies. We have got to start banning the use of plastic bags in stores and do a lot more than that too to solve the problem.
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In addition to recycling, I have also stopped using one-use plastic water bottles. I have also recently bought reusable grocery bags so that I don't need the plastic ones. I now have to get into the habit of bringing them into the store every time I shop. I have recently donated to one of the large conservation non-profits. I have also found an African based wildlife sanctuary for elephants, giraffes, and rhinos and will soon donate to the care of one. All of these animals are in danger. I want to do what I can to keep this planet healthy. Oh! I have also started buying biodegradable cleaners about 75 percent of the time!
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I hated to hear that. I do recycle and wish more people would. I know most of my family members do.
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Hubby and I recycle as much as we can, but our small town has no recycling plans. We rarely use a plastic bottle, prefer to use our own drinking glasses. Wash and refill. Most groceries go in my shopping bags. But here is still stuff that has to go to the dump and they are not very careful how they dump and plastic bags go every where. Mostly grocery bags it looks awful out there. We compost every thing we can also. then it all goes into the yard somewhere.
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I agree with you about the advice! I felt sorry for the whale. That’s what people get for being lazy!
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I finally quit using plastic bags at stores and bring my own reusable fabric bags. We have a very comprehensive recycling plan in our town, for which I'm grateful. Plastic never dies.
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I finally quit using plastic bags at stores and bring my own reusable fabric bags. We have a very comprehensive recycling plan in our town, for which I'm grateful. Plastic never dies.
Unless it’s not recyclable. Plastic with a “1” (polyethylene terephthalate) or a “2” (high-density polyethylene) in a triangle would be considered recyclable.
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I agree: Clean up the world!
I think we should create: "Garbage Day"...which by the way is every day.
Let us teach people how to responsibly dispose of all of their garbage.
Companies are learning the hard way "how bad consumerism can be" by
polluting our planet. Some companies have taken drastic measures by averting
catastrophic situations. We should all cooperate in our cleaning efforts.
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What gripes me is garbage going on barges to be dumped in the ocean. in the Pacific Ocean, that large area of plastic crap floating is not just from our country but from all countries west of the west coast. So what do they do? I bought grocery bags 10 years ago but now that I can't go to the store, they don't get used. Hubby goes to the store without telling me. I was almost out of the plastic grocery bags because of using my bags, but the plastic ones are building up again. Recycling plants doesn't take them around here.
Another thing that gripes me. When the public recycling bins are full, people just drop their stuff outside the bins. They don't take the stuff home until the bins are emptied. When a stiff wind comes up, bye-bye clean areas. Half the towns are now taking the bins away because of it.
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I heard about this and it made me so sad— I do try to recycle and cut all plastics that I think can get stuck around necks and limbs I don’t release balloons into the air — I try to always remember the animals— we need to be a voice for them !
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I try to lead by example. My pre-made lunches and breakfasts are brought to work in re-usable glass containers. I have a double walled sixty four ounce water bottle that i refill twice a day. My coffee beans come in an aluminum bag, are ground, made into coffee and enjoyed in a double walled aluminum container. I use two canvas bags when shopping at the grocery store rather than using plastic bag convenience. I don't preach about saving the world's ecology but have had several people ask about my habits (nor do I go off on tangents about crazy politicians in New York-lol) but have had at least a dozen people follow suit and come to me with other ideas that can benefit our world's ecological future. I have no problem picking up someone else's plastic water bottle and placing it in a garbage can. I also recycle about twenty dollars worth of Aluminum/scrap metal per month. Every little bit helps.
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I try to lead by example. My pre-made lunches and breakfasts are brought to work in re-usable glass containers. I have a double walled sixty four ounce water bottle that i refill twice a day. My coffee beans come in an aluminum bag, are ground, made into coffee and enjoyed in a double walled aluminum container. I use two canvas bags when shopping at the grocery store rather than using plastic bag convenience. I don't preach about saving the world's ecology but have had several people ask about my habits (nor do I go off on tangents about crazy politicians in New York-lol) but have had at least a dozen people follow suit and come to me with other ideas that can benefit our world's ecological future. I have no problem picking up someone else's plastic water bottle and placing it in a garbage can. I also recycle about twenty dollars worth of Aluminum/scrap metal per month. Every little bit helps.
I reuse the Walmart bags for trash bags. So that is no different than buying a roll of plastic bags and then throwing those away.
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I never throw plastic in any body of water,,, or trash either. it bothers me to see people do this. I have seen poor ducks and birds with bags stuck on them and other birds and animals with bags and such on them. its is horrible
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Amaze how people still don't know how to recycle you can even earn some extra pocket money from selling bottles and such.
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People need to be more aware and stop throwing trash on the side of the roads. That is what a trash can is for so please start using them.
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i recycle as much as i can because anything is better than nothing
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I saw that story about the whale. I felt sorry for it. I try to recycle as much as possible and I always feel bad when I have to throw things in the garbage. I wish everything was recyclable.
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I think plastic is one of the things that man has invented that we could do without.
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I live in a town home and our HOA will not provide recycling bins due to 1). cost and 2). people were throwing trash in them and/or not sorting correctly.
However, I've always recycled. I just bring in all my recyclables to my office, because they do provide recycling.
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I bet the ocean creatures don't like it either. *bleep* that is a lot. Did you know that when you buy plastic products they decompose into that product than we use it too.... awh love glass but glass breaks. nothing like the stone age :rose:
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I have recycled all my life and have been composting for the last handful of years as well. I realize my personal impact is small but you'd be surprised at the volume of trash you personally can avoid contributing to a landfill.
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Amaze how people still don't know how to recycle you can even earn some extra pocket money from selling bottles and such.
It isn't that people do not know "how". People don't care. It is easier to throw it in the trash. And you can't earn extra pocket money from recycling. Maybe the aluminum cans. But an entire truck load will yield around $10 to $15 so it really isn't worth it. I don't know of any where that pays you for glass bottles any more.
And it depends on where you live. In my area the recycling program is more aggravation than anything so people will quit doing it.
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Only way to stop this is to tackle the root of the problem.....stop making plastic.(we all know that this is not going to happen).
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I believe in recycling but for ever person that recycles there is at least twenty litterbugs. It's not just plastic. Driving down the road you see people hurl their cigarette butts out the window. One does not recycle everything, but waste not recycles shouldn't be littering the ground either if one is actually serious about saving the environment.
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That is crazy and sad! I also agree that we should all recycle!
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Yes we should recycle and I agree...I recycle sometimes but not like I should
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We all know that there will be some others who just don't follow the rules and recycle.
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I'm guilty of not recycling. I always need my plastic bags for my cat poop. so I just collect, tie up and throw away. :D
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It's been a while since I took any, but I think our local scrapyard gives about 40 - 45˘ a pound for aluminum cans. (I could be off on that number). Since I converted my beverage drinking almost exclusively to water a few years back, I generate very little aluminum cans. But I'm also walking daily and around town I started noticing so many discarded cans laying around. Just about the time that Earth Day hit - it struck me that there was money in those cans that I walk past on a daily basis. So I started walking with a pocket full of plastic grocery bags (like Mizzkizz7 commented, I use them primarily to clean out the cat's litter box). But now that I carry bags in my pocket, I rarely go out walking when I don't come back with a minimum of 4 or 5 cans and often a full bag or two.
I look at it like doing the absolute minimum daily bit on FC = it's very minimal on a daily basis, but over time I will have enough to make it worthwhile to cash out. And I'm doing a small part to clean up in the process. I live in a densely populated area with a heck of a lot of litterbugs within a square mile or two radius - so the 'supply' [unfortunately] is always going to be there. Even if I forget my bags, I make a mental note of the neighborhood I'm walking through when I see any cans. They are always still there tomorrow and many times there are more. And after I've picked a particular few blocks clean - lo and behold, I have a fresh new supply the following week in the same location!
I have an area in my garage where I can afford to toss my small bags and with the help of my trusty sledge hammer, they flatten down pretty nicely once I've accumulated enough to be worth the time to smash them.
So I figure I am putting my excess plastic bags to some good use - even if they do ultimately end up in the trash...
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I have always believed in recycling. It's best for the Earth that we are allowed to walk on.
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That's really sad. I recycle as much as possible. According to the news, our recycled items were dumped in the regular trash because the city lost the contract. Many people were upset when this came out. I hope they have fixed the problem by now.