Comments on: Our Oceans Are Filling With Plastic http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/ Where every man is king. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ray Green http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-90720 Ray Green Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:49:00 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/#comment-90720 Some fat cats are making a lot of money from packaging - they're not going to give that up without a fight, just like the arms industry, and a huge proportion of corporate culture; the rich thrive on waste - making sure the populous are inefficient with resources so that they have to keep coming back for more, or destoying resources outright (war) so they can go in after and make a buck cleaning up and rebuilding. It's a monstrous cycle of waste. Some fat cats are making a lot of money from packaging – they’re not going to give that up without a fight, just like the arms industry, and a huge proportion of corporate culture; the rich thrive on waste – making sure the populous are inefficient with resources so that they have to keep coming back for more, or destoying resources outright (war) so they can go in after and make a buck cleaning up and rebuilding.
It’s a monstrous cycle of waste.

]]> By: mrbenning http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-83749 mrbenning Mon, 14 May 2007 16:12:18 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/#comment-83749 agreed, bridgitte. It scares me that, between my wife and I, we manage to fill about two large kitchen trash bags a week just with the packaging from the food we cook at home. Even the containers I buy my meat in have gotten larger over the last year, though the portions have gotten smaller. agreed, bridgitte.

It scares me that, between my wife and I, we manage to fill about two large kitchen trash bags a week just with the packaging from the food we cook at home. Even the containers I buy my meat in have gotten larger over the last year, though the portions have gotten smaller.

]]> By: bridgitte http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-83748 bridgitte Mon, 14 May 2007 15:50:59 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/05/14/our-oceans-are-filling-with-plastic/#comment-83748 I just went out to pick up a couple of things at the drugstore and get my lunch. I used the self check-out at the drug store and put a small jar of salsa and a box of band-aids in a bag. A store clerk appeared out of nowhere to double bag my purchase. At the place where i got my potato, they asked me if i wanted butter. The pulled a plastic container with a lid with 2 pats of butter inside out of the refrigerator and put it in my bag (the container is something they've just started doing). It blows me way that not only do people not have the forethought to figure out how wasteful they're being, but especially so after it's been shoved in our faces for the weeks leading up to and since earth day. After earth day in 1990 people got conscientious for a little while, but found most of what would make a difference a pain, so here we are again, 17 years later rehashing it. Granted, recycling has stuck, which is great, but that's such a small part of it. It's a sad state of affairs when convenince trumps the health of the planet we all live on. /rant over I just went out to pick up a couple of things at the drugstore and get my lunch. I used the self check-out at the drug store and put a small jar of salsa and a box of band-aids in a bag. A store clerk appeared out of nowhere to double bag my purchase. At the place where i got my potato, they asked me if i wanted butter. The pulled a plastic container with a lid with 2 pats of butter inside out of the refrigerator and put it in my bag (the container is something they’ve just started doing).

It blows me way that not only do people not have the forethought to figure out how wasteful they’re being, but especially so after it’s been shoved in our faces for the weeks leading up to and since earth day. After earth day in 1990 people got conscientious for a little while, but found most of what would make a difference a pain, so here we are again, 17 years later rehashing it. Granted, recycling has stuck, which is great, but that’s such a small part of it. It’s a sad state of affairs when convenince trumps the health of the planet we all live on.

/rant over

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