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The plastics industry has gone after reusable bags during the coronavirus pandemic.
Let’s call this what it is, fear mongering by a lobbying organization.This is about dollars and cents and not about common sense! Continue reading The Coronavirus, Hysteria & Plastic Bags
We know we’re supposed to take our reusable bag with us, yet somehow we find that we have forgotten them yet again! ARGH!
Here are the 3 steps you should take to pattern new pathways in your brain so you can remember your reusable bags. Continue reading 3 Secrets to Help You Stop Forgetting Your Reusable Bags
Mr. Calderon’s idea of addressing the issue of plastic straws is laudable. Unfortunately, thinking that passing a law, particularly this law, is wasted effort and doesn’t focus on the real problem. Straws aren’t the problem, it is the fact they are made of plastic! Continue reading Plastic Straws are No Laughing Matter; Jail Time for Servers Offering Straws in California?
Say No to Plastics was founded in 2008.
The hope was that once people were made aware of the dangers of single-use plastics they would want to change their behavior. Surely, once they were aware of the suffering and deaths caused on land as well as in the oceans they would do something.
We were wrong. Not only did people not want to give up the convenience of plastic bags and bottles, many were offended we even suggested it!
It is hard to believe how little progress has been made in 10 years. While we continue to focus on the impact of the unnecessary use of plastics on our environment and to our oceans & streams, world wide mega-streams of plastic debris continue to flow into our oceans and streams. The worst offenders … single-use plastic bags, bottles, straws, balloons! All are unnecessary and all are deadly if not disposed of properly!
Some progress has been made, but not nearly enough. So, this year our focus will be on getting the word out. What that means “in your face” out, visually not confrontationally. It means wearing apparel as a way of informing and educating. Writing and blogging are no longer enough. Talking to each other is akin to preaching to the choir, as the expression goes.
If you want to make an impact, consider purchasing one of our tee shirts. Wear them when you go shopping, to school, or go to the beach. Our shirts are billboards to the world and those around us that we care. If and when you strike up a conversation, be armed with facts if people ask you about why you are Saying No to Plastics.
Good intentions have to be transformed into real actions. Remember, we are what we leave behind!
I began writing about the dangers of single-use plastics and the damage they inflict on our environment in 2008. At that time, I thought surely once people understood how harmful plastics were they would want to do something.
I WAS WRONG! Continue reading Single-Use Plastics are Dangerous & Old Fashioned; Time for a New Way of Thinking
Let me state for the record, that with few exceptions, I do not like governmental bans or restrictions on personal behavior. […] There are, however, exigent circumstances when the harm being done is so massive that intervention in the form of bans is necessary. So it is with the worldwide pollution caused by the indiscriminate use of plastics for convenience rather than necessity. Continue reading Is It Time For a Worldwide Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags?