Obserflections & Reflevations
Jan. 25th, 2022 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanJust a few thoughts that occur while I'm out & about... hope I can remember it all now I'm in front of the computer
Prompted by a comment from L-SP about the futility of banning plastic straws while so much other shit is being tossed in the ocean... Why do we make so many things out of plastic that used to be made from something else - especially glass? Why do sodas/soft drinks now come almost exclusively in plastic bottles, in all sizes? Glass is far more biodegradable than plastic & has been the receptacle of choice for everything from medicines to Coca Cola for hundreds of years. Surely it can't be that much more expensive to make a glass bottle than a plastic one? That way, if you don't want to put your empty bottle in the bin, it will break down into its component elements a hell of a lot sooner than a plastic bottle ever will. Beer & wine still come in glass bottles, so...
And plastic straws? When I was a kid, straws were made of waxed paper, so they didn't get soggy & unusable before you finished your drink. In these more turtle-aware days, the plastic straw is being replaced with paper ones... but no wax, so you might as well not bother using one
I don't remember thinking that buying a glass bottle of soda/soft drink, with a wax paper straw was a costly extravagance all those years ago, so I don't see why we can't revert to that combination now... After all, it's not like a bottle of Coke has become any cheaper over the years - plastic or not. And if it does, somehow, raise the price of a soft drink, well I'm sure the international Dental association will be happy about that
Same for laundry detergent... If you want the liquid stuff, get it in a glass bottle, or use the powdered stuff that comes in a cardboard box. If you dissolve the powder in some water at the bottom of your washing machine before dumping the weekly load in, you won't get those annoying clumps & nuggets of powder, nor those white soapy streaks on your dark clothes. Honestly, it's not that hard to do... but I understand it's the fact that 99.9% of humanity doesn't read instructions, then complains when things aren't right, forcing manufacturers to come up with easier, moreidiot user-friendly, but environmentally dodgy 'improvements'
In short - Hey World!! Stop making so much plastic shit!!! There's nothing really wrong with glass bottles & paper bags. Both are re-usable/recyclable, but more importantly, both are biodegradable & more animal friendly than plastic will ever be. When did you last see an animal trapped in a paper bag?, Or a cardboard box?
Enough... Now get off my lawn!!!
Prompted by a comment from L-SP about the futility of banning plastic straws while so much other shit is being tossed in the ocean... Why do we make so many things out of plastic that used to be made from something else - especially glass? Why do sodas/soft drinks now come almost exclusively in plastic bottles, in all sizes? Glass is far more biodegradable than plastic & has been the receptacle of choice for everything from medicines to Coca Cola for hundreds of years. Surely it can't be that much more expensive to make a glass bottle than a plastic one? That way, if you don't want to put your empty bottle in the bin, it will break down into its component elements a hell of a lot sooner than a plastic bottle ever will. Beer & wine still come in glass bottles, so...
And plastic straws? When I was a kid, straws were made of waxed paper, so they didn't get soggy & unusable before you finished your drink. In these more turtle-aware days, the plastic straw is being replaced with paper ones... but no wax, so you might as well not bother using one
I don't remember thinking that buying a glass bottle of soda/soft drink, with a wax paper straw was a costly extravagance all those years ago, so I don't see why we can't revert to that combination now... After all, it's not like a bottle of Coke has become any cheaper over the years - plastic or not. And if it does, somehow, raise the price of a soft drink, well I'm sure the international Dental association will be happy about that
Same for laundry detergent... If you want the liquid stuff, get it in a glass bottle, or use the powdered stuff that comes in a cardboard box. If you dissolve the powder in some water at the bottom of your washing machine before dumping the weekly load in, you won't get those annoying clumps & nuggets of powder, nor those white soapy streaks on your dark clothes. Honestly, it's not that hard to do... but I understand it's the fact that 99.9% of humanity doesn't read instructions, then complains when things aren't right, forcing manufacturers to come up with easier, more
In short - Hey World!! Stop making so much plastic shit!!! There's nothing really wrong with glass bottles & paper bags. Both are re-usable/recyclable, but more importantly, both are biodegradable & more animal friendly than plastic will ever be. When did you last see an animal trapped in a paper bag?, Or a cardboard box?
Enough... Now get off my lawn!!!
