Our Oceans are turning into plastic. Are we?
 

OMG.. those pix are heartbreaking. Hubby teases me when I cut plastic rings and six-pack containers. I just tell him I don't know where this will end up...

I cut mine up too. That picture of the turtle should be enough to make everyone do it.

I am trying to edit out as much plastic from my life now. I am collecting the plastic bags from the grocery stores, including the ones I use to contain my fruits and veggies and reusing them. I take them with me to the store. There are biodegradable alternatives to plastic for kitchen uses, but they are really expensive. I need more ideas about how to lessen the amount of plastic I use and dispose of.

I read this article two weeks ago, and am still walking around in a state of shock.:pout:

Oh! I am also buying milk from cardboard cartons or glass and looking for anything any alternative to plastic packaging, especially the single-use type and will support companies that have alternatives to plastic.

The info about recycling really opened my eyes. I've always been a steadfast recycler, being careful to put every bit of recyclable material in one of our 3 blue recycling bins. There are only 3 of us on my whole street that recycle!! WHY?!? Our bins are delivered for FREE!

I guess it is better than not recycling at all, but I'm going to look at plastic containers differently now. And I think I'm switching to paper bags at the grocery store...

:pout: That is so sad. We have 3 large bins (trash, recycling, green waste) and we usually have much more in the recycling bin that the trash bin. As far as I can tell most of our neighbors recycle, too.

I am planning on getting some canvas bags for groceries, but money is tight right now. We do reuse the plastic bags though so I guess that helps. We can all do more though for sure.

Jan, if you have a Trader Joe's near you, they have canvas bags for either 99 cents or a $1.99. I also bought an insulated bag that is reusable, which is great because I walk to and from the grocery store. I've got one insulated bag, and one canvas, but I plan on upping that a bit. And I think I'm going to start bringing the canvas to different types of shops--I hate how EVERY store wants to give you a bag. :pout:

That pour turtle. I cut plastic ring things into ridiculously tiny pieces, but I rarely buy anything that uses them.

:passedout: Whoa..that's great! I'll check them out!

I request plastic bags every week at the market. Then I just take them back the following week and put them in the store's bag bin.

Somewhere on the internet, I read about a woman who crochets plastic grocery bags into plastic rugs. Those were sorta cool. :)

Here are a couple sites that you all may be interested in.
http://www.reusablebags.com/
http://www.greenhome.com/

I bought some canvas lunch bags, but I don't see them anymore. It was several years ago so they must be making something new now.