Pontifex Geronimo 13
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A plastic bottle properly disposed of in a landfill is harmless.
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Right. But dog owners who pick up poop with their bare hands will have trouble making human friends at the dog park. They might make friends with lots of dogs, though.Poop is far more biodegradable without a bag.
There's only so much room, and it stays there indefinately. The land could be much better used.A plastic bottle properly disposed of in a landfill is harmless.
We're not allowed to put "pet waste" in the city compost bins. I think it's safer in the garbage - what harm is that? And, down the toilet in places with good sewage treatment. Animal waste from all sorts of critters, goes into the soil all the time and it's just natural. I'm not sure why the rule about city compost. The workers can deal with rotting food but not poo, I assume.There seem to be all sorts of rules around the disposal of sewage. Are we to assume that dog poo is 'safe' in the regular garbage, with or without a bag? Or does it belong in the compost bin?
I have replaced my favorite bodywash with the same one in a bar of soap. Ten pack for the same price. Only plastic to hold it together. I don’t know about shampoo- but I think people used to use soap for that as well.I like the plastic-less idea too. Some of the points on their fb page made me really pause to think. So - where could we get lotions and potions and shampoos etc that are NOT in plastic containers? That hadn't occured to me. And make-up - most packaging is plastic.
I'm sure there's a way to make that happen, even if it's not here yet. It has to happen.Rocky Mountain Soap Company has a shampoo bar. I have a sample, it's scented but not bad enough where I felt the need to toss it out. Scented enough where I'm not going to try it (I may have considered out of desperation, I was having trouble with reactions.
I don't think it's as simple to say that all single use plastics should be biodegradable though - different plastics serve different purposes so it can't all be swapped.
I don't think it's as simple to say that all single use plastics should be biodegradable though - different plastics serve different purposes so it can't all be swapped.
Oh, so badly. We now use single use wipes instead of basins with water and the commodes have plastic bags in them instead of being dumped and cleaned.Keenly aware that medicine is an enormous user of single use plastics.
I'm not sure what is unique about the carbon atoms in petroleum that plant-based carbon atoms couldn't be manipulated in the same ways.
Oh, so badly. We now use single use wipes instead of basins with water and the commodes have plastic bags in them instead of being dumped and cleaned.
If they are chemically the same though, how would they degrade differently?I'm not sure what is unique about the carbon atoms in petroleum that plant-based carbon atoms couldn't be manipulated in the same ways.
Keenly aware that medicine is an enormous user of single use plastics.
If they are chemically the same though, how would they degrade differently?
That's not what makes them biodegradable.The carbon atoms would be the same, but the compounds would be different in petrol and coal due to millions of years of decay and other processes.
There is absolutely nowhere I can look without plastic being used....unless Im in the forest or a desert. Its a daunting task and I suppose those cutting back on plastic use , are probably factored into a company's profit margin. Probably need some monetary incentive to get people to stop using oil products en masse.
But you are programmed by super green lobby groups that plastic is bad. It’s not bad when used for it’s purpose. It’s cheap and sanitary and safe. It makes you live longer. A little roll of cling wrap can be pulled out more than two football fields.There is absolutely nowhere I can look without plastic being used....unless Im in the forest or a desert. Its a daunting task and I suppose those cutting back on plastic use , are probably factored into a company's profit margin. Probably need some monetary incentive to get people to stop using oil products en masse.
But you are programmed by super green lobby groups that plastic is bad. It’s not bad when used for it’s purpose. It’s cheap and sanitary and safe. It makes you live longer. A little roll of cling wrap can be pulled out more than two football fields.
Yes, if you throw it in the ocean it becomes harmful, or if you wrap it a few times around your head it will kill you. But plastic is just one material(petroleum) converted by knowledge into another material.