Plastic waste, which eventually ends up as micro and nano plastics that are then consumed by animals and also humans is a HUGE problem that the Plastic and drink industry is doing everything possible to downplay it's dangers and effects. A recent study concluded that a plastic bottle of water contains a 100x more nano particles of plastic than was previous thought. This means over time humans are consuming plastic and clogging their organs with the gunk. However this study didn't bother to look at how many nano plastics are in bottles of Coke or other somewhat corrosive drinks. It's probably 1000X worse.
Plastics start their toxic effects on the world even before they go into the waste cycle. Bad news all around for sustainability and the health of the world.
Thank you for this extension of the toxic effect of plastic bottles. Sadly, those bottles made disaster aid more doable in shipping vast amounts of water to affected areas. I am glad, though, that reusable stainless steel bottles and water refilling fountains are becoming more of a thing. In places like the Southwest where summer temperatures are over 100 degrees F for months, carrying your own water through the day is essential; but the markets sell huge numbers of plastic water bottles for that market. A household can by bottled water by the case load. The refuse from that boggles the mind.
Thank you, Sue,for this timely information. Suspicions confirmed. Why do we even waste our time?Just another example of a problem that could have been avoided if any thinking had been done before the fact. The greed and heedlessness of big business... sigh.
Right. I do think that in the early days, the PTB wanted to check the response level of their communities, to test all the cost-marketing ratios before really committing all out the bucks to make recycling a viable solution. There are companies that reworked their packaging, but there's a lot of work yet to be done on that score.
Sedona, where i lived for many years is too far from the sea. It all goes in the landfill. I found out they don't even recycle glass. They said no one wanted to buy it because there was no profit in it. That's the American way. No profit, dump it.
Well that's a pain! And you'd think Sedona of all places would be politically correct enough to recycle whatever they can despite the profit. Then again, it's one of those upscale communities inhabited by people who made megabucks off the backs of a lot of underlings. Oh Bob, don't get me started. It's not the profits; it's the ethics.
Plastic waste, which eventually ends up as micro and nano plastics that are then consumed by animals and also humans is a HUGE problem that the Plastic and drink industry is doing everything possible to downplay it's dangers and effects. A recent study concluded that a plastic bottle of water contains a 100x more nano particles of plastic than was previous thought. This means over time humans are consuming plastic and clogging their organs with the gunk. However this study didn't bother to look at how many nano plastics are in bottles of Coke or other somewhat corrosive drinks. It's probably 1000X worse.
Plastics start their toxic effects on the world even before they go into the waste cycle. Bad news all around for sustainability and the health of the world.
Thank you for this extension of the toxic effect of plastic bottles. Sadly, those bottles made disaster aid more doable in shipping vast amounts of water to affected areas. I am glad, though, that reusable stainless steel bottles and water refilling fountains are becoming more of a thing. In places like the Southwest where summer temperatures are over 100 degrees F for months, carrying your own water through the day is essential; but the markets sell huge numbers of plastic water bottles for that market. A household can by bottled water by the case load. The refuse from that boggles the mind.
Thank you, Sue,for this timely information. Suspicions confirmed. Why do we even waste our time?Just another example of a problem that could have been avoided if any thinking had been done before the fact. The greed and heedlessness of big business... sigh.
Right. I do think that in the early days, the PTB wanted to check the response level of their communities, to test all the cost-marketing ratios before really committing all out the bucks to make recycling a viable solution. There are companies that reworked their packaging, but there's a lot of work yet to be done on that score.
Sedona, where i lived for many years is too far from the sea. It all goes in the landfill. I found out they don't even recycle glass. They said no one wanted to buy it because there was no profit in it. That's the American way. No profit, dump it.
Well that's a pain! And you'd think Sedona of all places would be politically correct enough to recycle whatever they can despite the profit. Then again, it's one of those upscale communities inhabited by people who made megabucks off the backs of a lot of underlings. Oh Bob, don't get me started. It's not the profits; it's the ethics.
Gosh, this is a great wake-up call of a post, Sue. We don't get another planet to replace this one: we need to do better. xxx