I read recently Captain Charles Moore's book PLASTIC OCEAN. Now, I have never been a fan of plastic, but I had eliminated it from my life mainly in terms of its contact with my food. After reading Moore's book, my awareness is at a whole new level, and eliminating plastic in every way possible is my new battle cry. Once I learned about plastic garbage filling our oceans, about innocent birds feeding plastic bottle caps to their babies, about sea mammals dying with a quarter mile of plastic bags in their guts, I saw the horror of participating in the plastic industry in any way.
So, resolution: Eliminate plastic in every way possible. This means, for one thing, writing to companies to express my concern (for example, Oxy-clean heard from me today. Why all those plastic scoops? Just say, "Add 1/4 cup to a gallon of water." They are not even recyclable! And even if they were, I still don't want them, because plastic never goes away.) I am looking for wooden toothbrushes, will use baking soda to brush my teeth (our excellent dentist friend says that is all you need.) I will try baking soda as deodorant. I will buy only soaps wrapped in paper, I have ordered a case of Seventh Generation toilet paper wrapped only in paper, I will buy only powdered laundry detergent - which I do now, but even Seventh Generation has those damn scoops in there. NOT NECESSARY, PEOPLE! What makes you think consumers want those things in every box? We do not want them! We do not need them! A metal measuring cup designated for the laundry room works just fine!
Anyway, my friends, you get the point. Please read Captain Moore's book. Then go look at Beth Terry's web site: http://myplasticfreelife.com/ and let's help this anti-plastic movement explode.
So, resolution: Eliminate plastic in every way possible. This means, for one thing, writing to companies to express my concern (for example, Oxy-clean heard from me today. Why all those plastic scoops? Just say, "Add 1/4 cup to a gallon of water." They are not even recyclable! And even if they were, I still don't want them, because plastic never goes away.) I am looking for wooden toothbrushes, will use baking soda to brush my teeth (our excellent dentist friend says that is all you need.) I will try baking soda as deodorant. I will buy only soaps wrapped in paper, I have ordered a case of Seventh Generation toilet paper wrapped only in paper, I will buy only powdered laundry detergent - which I do now, but even Seventh Generation has those damn scoops in there. NOT NECESSARY, PEOPLE! What makes you think consumers want those things in every box? We do not want them! We do not need them! A metal measuring cup designated for the laundry room works just fine!
Anyway, my friends, you get the point. Please read Captain Moore's book. Then go look at Beth Terry's web site: http://myplasticfreelife.com/ and let's help this anti-plastic movement explode.
