Like Peter and the Gang at DSN, Johann, Tammy and I are getting fed up with plastic garbage, especially bags and bottle caps. We are especially upset about how much of it ends up in the oceans and the effects it has once it is there.
Captain Charles Moore of the Alguita was at TED this year and gave a 5 minute presentation to TED about the Pacific Garbage Patch:
So, what can you do? Reduce the amount of plastic you use and recycle everything you can of what you do use. With very little effort we’ve given up plastic drink bottles (it helped that I gave up Cokes) and by bringing our own canvas bags, we have given up plastic bags. Try giving up both for lent, for passover, for spring break, or for whatever reason. It may not seem like much, but reducing our plastic use is the only thing that will help in the long run.
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What timing! I just got back from the recycling center, taking aluminum cans, plastic (1 & 2), cardboard, magazines, telephone books and paper from our house, the Head Start School, and The Good Samaritan Center. There was barely enough room in the suburban for Shadow to lay down!!!! It does make a difference. Unfortunately, the market is so low on glass that there is no one to buy it here, so the city is not accepting glass at this time.
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