Contemplating the abusive use of single use plastic, Gizzo says it must end. Gizzo supports legislation limiting its use. Gizzo is disgusted so many people thoughtlessly use and dispose of plastic. It is everywhere.
Seriously, plastic is made from petroleum, one of the major causes of war. People suffer and die so we may wrap our food in plastic. Money is diverted from use for the common good in order to keep the world safe for oil.
Plastic is a huge environmental catastrophe – harvestng the oil, transporting it, and then turning it to plastic for what – a convenient shopping experience? Plastic clogs our oceans, fills our landfills,and is breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces entering, the food chain. We must stop this madness.
At home we reduce its use as much as possible. Just don’t use it, don’t take it, don’t buy it. We reuse the vegetable bags at the grocery until they are contaminated or wearing out, then they see final service as a “doggy bag” when the canine does her duty. Our garbage bags are the plastic bags that food comes packaged in. Recycle? Reuse? Hell, yes.
Gizzo has long been bothered by the little bits of plastic, the stuff under two inches in any two dimensions, which cannot be recycled. What to do with that?
My solution is to use a milk carton or some other useless container as a collection point for the little bits of plastic otherwise headed for the trash. Once the carton is filled, I’ll seal it up and trash it, sequestering the small bits so they cannot roam free in the environment. (Full disclosure: In Vermont we can avoid milk cartons by buying milk in returnable bottles, but sometimes revert to the carton out of expediency. No one is perfect)
It is a small thing, but if we all do the small things it will help – and we need all the help we can get. Gizzo does not care that masses of people are stupidly unconcerned about single-use plastic. Gizzo does not care that huge corporations like Amazon waste it shipping things in too-big boxes.
Gizzo does what Gizzo thinks is right.
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