gol979 · 41-45, M
@DanielsASJ awwww cheers Ken 😘
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@gol979 Get away Barbie
Good call out Lady G.
This is the consequence of the fake "plastic recycling" boom of the 90's. We shipped all our plastic to China, and they burned it until they realized how incredibly toxic this all was for their citizens.
Not to worry! The fine people in charge of plastic recycling made deals with other countries like Indonesia.
Unfortunately they weren't equipped to do anything with it, and once monsoon season comes around it all gets washed out into the Pacific ocean.
This is why we have the massive garbage spot in the Pacific. The earth slowly breaks down the plastic and now its everywhere.
Something to remember when you hear all these experts talk about how to fix the environment.
This is the consequence of the fake "plastic recycling" boom of the 90's. We shipped all our plastic to China, and they burned it until they realized how incredibly toxic this all was for their citizens.
Not to worry! The fine people in charge of plastic recycling made deals with other countries like Indonesia.
Unfortunately they weren't equipped to do anything with it, and once monsoon season comes around it all gets washed out into the Pacific ocean.
This is why we have the massive garbage spot in the Pacific. The earth slowly breaks down the plastic and now its everywhere.
Something to remember when you hear all these experts talk about how to fix the environment.
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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@LadyGrace Here's a good article that discusses some of what happened:
https://www.popsci.com/environment/recycling-lies/
From Wikipedia:
https://www.popsci.com/environment/recycling-lies/
From Wikipedia:
In 2015, a study reported that the debris floats eastward out of Asian countries primarily from six countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Thailand.[28][29] The study – which used data as of 2010 – indicated that China was responsible for approximately 30% of plastic ocean pollution.[30] In 2017, the Ocean Conservancy reported that China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam dump more plastic in the sea than all other countries combined.[31] Efforts to slow land generated debris and consequent marine debris accumulations have been undertaken by the Coastal Conservancy, Earth Day, Ocean Cleanup, and World Cleanup Day.[32][33][34][35]
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
" This presents significant questions regarding transparency and whether or not customers are receiving what they paid for."
Likewise, I have often suspected that the temptation of some food distributors to slap an "Organic" label on their products and then charge 50 or 100% more is just too great.
akindheart · 61-69, F
@akindheart
Well that's good to hear. That is a necessity.
Well that's good to hear. That is a necessity.
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@DanielsASJ I don't have enough room under my sink for a water filter and they can be very expensive. I have a really good water filter type canister.
VeganYogi · 31-35
Why drink bottled water? Just use a filter.
@VeganYogi I bought a filter and where I live, they don't want you changing their drinking system so you have to hire somebody to put it in and that's what I did and that was a total nightmare. The guy used the wrong tools and just one thing after the other and it cost me a pretty penny and then I had to have it taken out because he put it in wrong and there's really no room under my sink for a filter. They ruined the piping because they didn't know what they were doing and then I had to deal with that. So that's why I don't have a filter. But I bought a special bottle that is supposed to purify the water with some type of electric thing I don't know I have to read the directions but that's what I'm going to use.