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RE: Petition to Stop the slaughter: NO free trade with South American beef!
Among the urgent environmental crisis, I think the most neglected is the indestructible trash, plastics and styrofoam containers, that are killing the world's oceans and life there in and sea birds.
Hi freedomshift
Yes plastics and their use in packaging etc should be illegal! We have MANY cheaper and more environmentally friendly options. Plastic bags from peoples daily shopping are choking and killing our beautiful wildlife. I urge all to stop this madness - take your reusable bags to the shops - and select products that do not use plastic packaging.
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Quite right Sallybeth! - there is indeed much fantastic work being done - we must highlight and increase awareness and funding for these wonderful projects.
people (@icedrum, @sallybeth23) who are aware of these global problems and care about the environment should collaborate and share ideas.
These problems have their roots many decades ago, so, solving them will take a concerted and persistent effort and on a global scale.
As I commented before, I am not being negative. I am simply pointing out that we can all share ideas and to deal with them on a personal level.
As the saying goes: "an ounce of prevention is worth ..."
In a way, we can and should praise those massive efforts. However, we should also encourage the little things that we all can and should do ...
Have you read the good news re plastic in the oceans? Here is just one example- there are various bodies working tirelessly to clean the oceans.... you can donate and help if you like 😉
https://4ocean.com/products/4ocean-bracelet
This is just a link to people who have cleaned more than 300,000 tons of plastic from the ocean but they are just one company. If you google search cleaning oceans you will find plenty more.
It’s not finished but progress is being made and we should be aware of the positive things going on not just the negative I feel
Have a beautiful day 🌈💛⭐️🦋🌴
My college degree and my first job and profession is Chemical Engineering and worked on coal to natural gas conversion / processing plant - project which is now Dakota Gas company.
So, I am deeply aware of all aspects of these problems. The root of the trash, pollution and the destruction of nature can all find their root to a lack of cradle-to-grave cost benefit analysis and most of these problems originate from short-term profit and reward feedback systems - the quarterly earnings and annual bonuses of corporations and organisations promoting them - "little" things such as bottled water, plastic bags, styrofoam cups, plastic nets ...
They do cut cost - why? The cost of disposal and recycling has been someone else's costs and problems.
I am well aware of efforts to deal with the trash in the oceans, but, it is still too little and too late - same for deforestation.
You are absolutely right: it is the cost of disposal that has not been factored in by industrialists - a criminally shortsighted position that can and must change.
If there is a will, a big "IF", just add the cost to each item that we do not want to go to the waste disposal problem/ pile. There have been on and off attempts of deposits on these items such as bottles and cans.
In some stores, they will charge you some money if you want plastic bag and some don't even provide it without any government regulation requiring it.
But, in the end, it is everyone's responsibility to be aware and recycle and reuse or just avoid their use when feasible.
I am not being negative on this by any means. I have been promoting cradle-to-grave cost benefit analysis and accounting - responsibility.
It is too much to write about in a comment.
I believe we are not too late - we have lost many species and habitats - but it is not too late to act!
Really great to meet you freedomshift - have a wonderful day :D
I appreciate your optimism. If you run the numbers, the global environmental problem is far greater than the global debt crisis ...