Members Amigo Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Seems like it will have to happen eventually, if not soon. It's scary to think that no matter where you are in the world (stranded on a deserted island) you are guaranteed to find poisonous plastic waste (bottles, bags etc..) on the shore. I am just wondering what the general consensus is on this subject and your opinions and/or solutions. Do you drink bottled water? Or do you carry a water bottle? We truly live in interesting times of extreme change, what we do now has paramount consequence on the lives of people 20+ years from now. Now I'm not some hippy earth hugging stoner, but imo we as people, and our governments need to readjust the way we operate fast. I personally don't want to be known as the generation that {censored}ed everything up for everyone else to come. Bottles being only one issue of many. thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bowlingshirt Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Our plastic bottles get recycled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 never. Lobby groups won't let it happen. welcome to america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeartfeltDawn Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Now I'm not some hippy earth hugging stoner, but imo we as people, and our governments need to readjust the way we operate fast. I personally don't want to be known as the generation that {censored}ed everything up for everyone else to come. Bottles being only one issue of many. thoughts? That we need more earth huggers and less consumptive {censored}ers on this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gae86 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 mmm lemme think...never? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 I'll be long dead before it becomes a problem. So, meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inu Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/midway/#CF000313%2018x24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/midway/#CF000313%2018x24 the sad thing is all that plastic that killed the bird will now be eaten by another bird. which will also die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Plastic {censored}'s recyclable. Who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 unnecessary packaging is the thing that annoys me the most, I do my best to avoid it as much as I can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members !i!i!i!i!i! Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/midway/#CF000313%2018x24 fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members claytonjohn18 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Plastic {censored}'s recyclable. Who cares. It kind of is, but not entirely. It depends on the kind of plastic, and what it was used for. And the recycling takes energy and man-power and ultimately lots of money. It's not like when you turn in one 2L bottle, they can turn it into a new one. It's more like: here's a 2L bottle... CRUSH/GRIND/MELT...ok cool, here's part of a "made from recycled material" sweater. Also ^^ those bird pictures are cool in an artistic way, but really {censored}ing misleading. Super doctored photo-setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H.R. Shove and Stuff Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Plastic {censored}'s recyclable. Who cares. The only thing that gets recycled is glass, and that is VERY little because its sooo much easier to get {censored} ton of sand than to recycle glass. Plus, no one is getting glass anymore because everyone is switching to plastic for obvious reasons. Glass is the only packaging material that gets recycled, everything else you put in your recycling bin goes to the same place as your trash bag. I would love to see unnecessary plastics go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Plastic {censored}'s recyclable. Who cares. because a lot of it isn't recycled ..... it's around 27% for plastics in the US, do you know where the other 73% ends up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 fake It's art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 because a lot of it isn't recycled ..... it's around 27% for plastics in the US, do you know where the other 73% ends up? in my butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aussy Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 There's a great future in plastics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woolyh Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 we'll all end up living like this guy, on plastic bottle islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goaway Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 id love for everything in the world to become environment-friendly. but think about it, not only would we have to get america completely on board with it, but also countries like china that are soooooooooo much worse than america and pretty much every other industrialized nation. if only america goes green, that just means america will be a nicer place to live and not have very much global impact, environmentally speaking. i really feel like the next few generations are going to suffer pretty bad because of what we and the past few generations have done. really nothing we can do about it. depressing post is depressing. here's a picture of the pacific garbage patch...its essentially a floating island of garbage created from trash caught up in gyres in the ocean http://www.igorchernakov.com/post/1298277686 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 because a lot of it isn't recycled ..... it's around 27% for plastics in the US, do you know where the other 73% ends up? I do not give two {censored}s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Amigo Posted January 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Our plastic bottles get recycled Less than 40% of plastic bottles actually make it to the recycling bin. And like said above even recycling can cause problems. The {censored}ed up part about it all is that there are plenty of alternatives to plastics.... and there are soooo many over packaged goods. Not to mention the health problems plastic containers cause. Your plastic bottles may get "recycled" but not many places have curb side recycling, I know I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warmeverest Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 That we need more earth huggers and less egocentric {censored}ers on this planet. modified to fit my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meelosh123 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 The {censored}ed up part about it all is that there are plenty of alternatives to plastics.... Honest question: like what? How else do you think I should get my Dr. Pepper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted January 18, 2011 Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 id love for everything in the world to become environment-friendly. but think about it, not only would we have to get america completely on board with it, but also countries like china that are soooooooooo much worse than america and pretty much every other industrialized nation. if only america goes green, that just means america will be a nicer place to live and not have very much global impact, environmentally speaking. i really feel like the next few generations are going to suffer pretty bad because of what we and the past few generations have done. really nothing we can do about it. depressing post is depressing. here's a picture of the pacific garbage patch...its essentially a floating island of garbage created from trash caught up in gyres in the ocean http://www.igorchernakov.com/post/1298277686 I feel like this should have been cleaned up. I know it's huge, but it's only like 3 feet deep IIRC. Boat + Net = {censored} out of ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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