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Originally Posted by jscott
Who of you actually reuses your plastic bottles or bags? Or even fast food paper bags? From what I've seen those of you who complain the most reuse/recycle/care-by-action the least.
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don't buy plastic bottles except for shampoo/conditioner/red hair dye cuz I don't (yet) have a choice. my face powders and lip balms are in plastic too, same as my advil and diovol
my vitamins and such I have a choice to get them in little paper bags that are excellent for scooping cat litter. two come in plastic containers, apparently it's the 'rules' cuz not vitamins. paper bags at least bio-degrade
the wrapping on my cigs too. really why is that needed? also dish detergent and laundry powder. there are alternatives to all the above but just not available
don't drink soda and have my own wata bottle. fresh lime water down the street comes in a thick cardboard cup. my garbage bags are bio-degradable (as almost all are here)
plastic shopping bags banned, we carry our cloth ones when shopping. some who have cars just pack their stuff in the mountain of cardboard boxes left over when a product is unpacked. take out food (which I don't eat) comes in cardboard containers. still the plastic forks though...
everything I eat comes off the land on a plate or in tins (glycerna) or cans (tomato juice). stores sell glycerna in plastic bottles too, in 6 packs with those awful plastic rings around the pack no one bothers to cut up so birds etc get their necks stuck in them and can't hunt
small steps, but important ones. like I'm not gonna wash my hair and let it go brown and not smoke? might be an excuse not to do laundry though
reduce
reuse
recycle
it's a hierarchy for a reason
this is not sanctimonious ish, just demanding a better way
not gonna pretend all my flights don't impact the earth, and that's a fight for another day, but I don't need to buy shit in plastic where I can make other choices. we need more choices and that is what this conference and others are about. no one's guilting anyone else