Comments on: But no one ever gets the truth from plastic man

By: Revjak

Revjak — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:57:07 +0000

it’s really quite simple, all we need to do is go out there with a big ship outfitted with a giant pyramid shaped skeletal structure with mirrors all over the outside surface focusing sunlight from the day to the center of the ship where there is a big piece of metal that gets really hot and is in a shape to mold the plastics we pour inside into big plastic boatlike platforms, we put those onto the ocean surface with a bunch of soil and grow mass ammounts of hemp, with the hemp we can make mass ammounts of biofuel, softer than cotton clothing, just as or less durable materials than carbon fiber (still being tested to my knowledge), and the seeds can be used as a food that can be eaten as a complete protein to replace meat as well as supplying the body with omega fatty acids which are really good for your brain, and hemp is also capable of converting high ammounts of oxygen from carbon dioxide, look it up, do the research, we can have space age technology and end world hunger, i think it would be a good idea!

By: A plastic fantastic mess

A plastic fantastic mess — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:29:02 +0000

[...] that means that 5 – 30 billion bags a year go wafting around our streets, rivers and oceans. We know that there are great islands of garbage out in the Pacific Ocean, manmade masses of junk in which there is more plastic particulate matter than there is plankton. [...]

By: velocibadgergirl

velocibadgergirl — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:46:29 +0000

I just researched this myself for work. It’s insane and horrifying and just plain weird But mostly sad. Very, very sad.

If you like nonfiction, there are three books I read in the past year or so that I REALLY learned a lot from, in the vein of this post: Elizabeth Royte’s “Garbage Land” and “Bottlemania” and “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:20:12 +0000

Wife and I are avid recyclers. We bring cloth bags with us to the grocery store, and tend to be very careful about waste.

I think it’s great that you made a post about this. I saw pictures of the plastic continent a few months back, and I was absolutely convinced they were fake. I wish I had been right.

People need to remember that, most times, they don’t need a bag for their purchases. We bought a couple coloring books and a box of crayons a few days ago. The cashier tried putting them in a bag. We told her we didn’t need one. After we paid, she said, “I’m just going to put these in the bag.” WTF?! These people turn into robots, and can’t accept that a bag isn’t necessary. I brought the stuff to the register without a bag… I don’t need a bag to get them to my car.

By: MyBoyfriendIsAPirate

MyBoyfriendIsAPirate — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:37:17 +0000

My ex bought me the limited edition, hardback, illustrated version of this book as an apology gift after a silly argument. Made me wish we argued more often – best present I’ve ever received. What a story.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:32:09 +0000

Yeah – it all flows into the Salt Lake and nothing flows out: called the Great Basin of the West.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:24:47 +0000

Headbang – There are a lot of environmental (and genetic) factors contributing to reduced sperm counts. This could be one of them, but to my knowledge, nobody has done the relevant experiments.

Mongola – Well done.

Sarala – I always forget the reusable bags. Always!

Nathan – Biodegradable plastic (as you know) is a great option. But it’s too expensive right now or it’s perceived as too expensive anyway.

Andrew – It’s shocking isn’t it?

Tysdaddy – You’re not as isolated as you think. Where do your watersheds ultimately empty out? The Gulf? The Great Lakes? There are similar problems in most major bodies of water. Have you heard about The Dead Zone at the Mississippi Delta?

Courtney – Yeah, why do plastic toys have to be wrapped in plastic and placed in a plastic box wrapped in cellophane (plastic)?

Muskrat – I bet that if you contacted your local officials, they could arrange for recycling your sex toys. That would be a fun phone call. “Pardon me, I’d like some information about recycling my dildo.”

Erin – That whole album is fantastic.

Ariza – I think taxing garbage is a great idea. People might think about what they are throwing away.

NATUI/Barbara – That’s a good idea, but the problem is that plastic recycling is not very efficient or cost effective. It’s certainly not profitable, which prevents anyone with the capacity for doing so from going out and cleaning up.

Yellojkt – No chance. (On Saturday, I mean).

Heather – It’s hard to do everything right, It’s changing old habits.

Jamie – Where does your watershed go? Great Salt Lake?

SSG – You’ve got some interesting friends! Do I know that one?

By: SSG

SSG — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:41:16 +0000

Yo, I knew there was a lot of crap in the sea but not that much. Mental. And I hate using plastic bags. We use canvas or none at all here me and MrC. Was at a friends house at the weekend and she was all about no point recycling plastic bags only take up a little bit of room. WTF?? Isn’t any room too much? And it’s the waste of it all, the consumerist, use now pay later way of thinking that does my nut in. She also came out with the fact we’re not really going to run out of oil as the government has a secret stash. That they’re just scaring us and used it basically as an excuse to use as much power as we like. And they think i’m mental? Dont get me started on MrC’s friend who thinks global warming is something politicans made up. Whatever. Anyhow, waste not, want not, recycle and re-use and dont fuck up the planet. Morons. Not you, of course, or your lovely readers…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:05:16 +0000

When I first went to Latin America I was shocked by how small the household garbage cans were (and this was in middle-class homes) – just so much less garbage as most food was bought in markets fresh and unpackaged. Unfortunately, that is so hard to do in the U.S. food economy. (At least where I live I know our run-off does not make it to the Ocean!)

By: heather

heather — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:23:31 +0000

Wow, this was a great post. I am sending it to do gooder environmental consultant husband. I swear we do our best here, but now I feel like I need to be more of an activist.