Want to go visit garbage island? There’s nothing like a relaxing trip along the blue ocean seas, checking out all the plastic remnants glimmering in the sunlight.
Most of us don’t do enough for the environment, but what really gets me is how many little things we could all do to make it a teeny bit better. Some go on about how we should have 1-minute showers, never use this, never do that… But just imagine how much better things would be if everyone just did the minimum.
People throw out the plastic containers they buy food in, rather than reusing them. They grab plastic bags rather than invest in a few canvas ones (which are so much easier to carry). They’ll throw things out with a shrug, rather than thinking of recycling it. Mall trash cans are full of lots of recyclable material that just gets dumped. Tiny portions of products, housed in plastic, are bought over and over rather than picking up one bigger one. Delivery addicts will throw out Styrofoam by the boatload. Stores will put out mushrooms, herbs, veggies, meats, and other foods packaged in plastic AND Styrofoam.
Is our laziness that great that we can’t even fix the little things above? I guess so, and that’s sad.
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I get angry looks when I request plastic bags, but currently it’s the easiest way to pick up dog poop.
Sometimes I go to Target just to get plastic bags to line my bathroom garbage, and I feel very guilty about it. Other than that, though, it’s my odd assortment of bags from Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and ‘other.’ I’m still trying to train the boyfriend about proper recycling. Did you know that coffee grounds are supposed to go in the compost heap?
At least you’re putting them to use. The times I forget canvas, I take the bags and use them for my garbage, because I don’t have more than one, maybe two of those a week.
Mace, that coffee ground thing was something I planned to blog about now.