tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post383566479276270562..comments2024-03-29T06:18:16.420-04:00Comments on Mae's Food Blog: Recycling ThoughtsMae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-12889370125526760672019-04-01T02:56:21.769-04:002019-04-01T02:56:21.769-04:00We do have tons for paper, plastic, compost and ru...We do have tons for paper, plastic, compost and rubbish right in front of the house (glass is extra,as are recycling bottles) - yet oh so often I find pizza cartons in the rubbish bin :-(<br />Some people I'm surprised they can.... no bragging.Iris Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147576380055530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-86296714454893722622019-03-31T15:11:51.397-04:002019-03-31T15:11:51.397-04:00It is imperative that more people use less plastic...It is imperative that more people use less plastic and recycle. Of course, the main problem is getting corporations to use less plastic.Carol @Comfort Spring Stationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308702098757071897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-13449699237409351542019-03-30T15:47:30.183-04:002019-03-30T15:47:30.183-04:00This is just so upsetting, and something that is o...This is just so upsetting, and something that is on my mind a lot. One person can't really make much of a difference, and that makes me sad. We all used to think that what we did mattered - that we could help the world one person at a time. Now I feel helpless about it all. I barely use any plastic bags, but so much that I order online comes with plastic packaging. And then there are plastic Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-47912036110216711482019-03-30T13:28:48.424-04:002019-03-30T13:28:48.424-04:00Interesting post, Mae! Our recycle can is picked ...Interesting post, Mae! Our recycle can is picked up weekly and then once a month we can take paint, oil, etc to a recycling center. It's definitely needed everywhere and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is horrendous. We need to use less plastic items, for sure! Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158336083462589188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-42340509177254938232019-03-30T09:07:26.931-04:002019-03-30T09:07:26.931-04:00Interesting and informative post! Didn't reali...Interesting and informative post! Didn't realize there was such a crisis. I agree that many items are unnecessarily overpackaged. Not just food. Every time I see a laundry detergent pod I shake my head. Convenience for the customer -- but another way of making more profit, of marketing the same product in a different way. Seems environmentally unsound.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-57093394533463597842019-03-30T08:11:06.185-04:002019-03-30T08:11:06.185-04:00Timely post!Timely post!Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-5789702088552607962019-03-30T02:10:24.261-04:002019-03-30T02:10:24.261-04:00Great post! We have become such a throw away soci...Great post! We have become such a throw away society, with nowhere to throw it all away. Where I live in Japan, you get charged for plastic shopping bags, so most people bring their own reusable bags. There is a big problem with too much packaging though. For example, each cookie is individually wrapped, put in a plastic tray, put in a box, then wrapped with plastic, etc. it might look pretty,Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207344791348560569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-90605877467191061092019-03-29T10:51:49.234-04:002019-03-29T10:51:49.234-04:00A depressing meditation: Suppose the plastic waste...A depressing meditation: Suppose the plastic waste generated each year by an average individual has a compressed volume of one cubic meter. If we slice this cube into layers, each the thickness of a typical soap bubble, then we’d have enough of these thin layers to cover an area of 1 square kilometer. <br /> The area of the contiguous United States is somewhat less than ten million square Jens Zornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520676818816597518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-85827528824878021612019-03-29T09:34:09.205-04:002019-03-29T09:34:09.205-04:00I read an article recently on this worrying situat...I read an article recently on this worrying situation. Of course, the problem must be considered upstream, and plastic packaging must be reduced to a minimum. From this point of view your photos are very eloquent. I think this problem will affect the whole Western world because poor countries will at some point stop being the dustbin of the Westkwarkitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214647796138522033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37695777.post-15010008514461973752019-03-29T08:35:08.306-04:002019-03-29T08:35:08.306-04:00Interesting. We don't have recycling here in o...Interesting. We don't have recycling here in our township (apart from collecting and driving to a point to dump ourselves). I wish we had something. I think we'd be better at it. I'm trying to cut back on plastic, which is easier said than done when you start parsing it. I'm replacing plastic containers with glass, for the most part (but then you still end up pitching the plastic Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.com