Newfie wrote:Yes, I think the idea of netting o scooping up much of the plastic is I’ll concieved. The plastic breaks apart to form tiny modules that are difficult to filter out. Not to say we should not remove all plastic as soon as possible from the system, we should. It’s just noting that the poisonous has already seeped into the system.
If we rose to dim witted we would ban all plastic bottles. Glass bottles are far, far less hazardous.
ozcad wrote:No mis-speak detected. You are correct with your summary 'do away with plastic bags'. I am adding a few reasons why industry & commerce might prove reluctant to change. But change we must.
A lot of applications could & should transition to glass bottles and paper bags to reduce the problem immediately, without waiting for new magic materials (vapourware) to become available.
baha wrote:ozcad wrote:So does anyone know of any bio-degradable materials in the design pipeline (or already existing) which can perform as well as the current PB materials do?
How about Cotton? Cotton bags are tough and tear resistant. It's organic and bio-degradable. And it comes from the Old South where it grows like a weed.
KaiserJeep wrote:Yeah, we could take all those unemployed dark-skinned folks in the inner city areas, and give them healthy outdoor jobs on cotton plantations.
Good idea, baha.
KaiserJeep wrote:It was a joke. That's why I added the smilie face. Not so funny, I guess.
Newfie wrote:We found that in Puerto Rico they don’t use plastic shopping bags. You need to bring your own bag.
Most of the places we have been to are cleaner, less wayside trash, less trash on the streets than in the USA.
I was standing on a dock in PR, a big Tarpoon Cake by, like 8’. They hang around restaurants for food scraps. Anyway, as I’m watching him he slurps up a clear plastic bag that was floating on the water. I didn’t see it until just as he vacuumed it up. The next day there was a big tarpoon dead in the marina.
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