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How to live without plastics for a month, according to the founder of a global movement (www.npr.org)

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Plastic Free July is upon us! Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, founder of Plastic Free July, encourages people to take the challenge with friends, start small and keep a “plastic-free kit” on hand.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've tried so hard to go plastic free but absolutely fricking can't; it's everywhere and in everything. Even minimizing it continues to be a challenge. I refuse to give up, but I've had to lower my expectations considerably.

Like Transporter Room 3 said: our individual plastic usage is probably not even a drop in the bucket compared to the waste generated by industry. :sigh:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Bingo!

Plastic is in EVERYTHING.

This is one angle that nearly everyone doesn't get. Pickup anything around you, plastic is there.

All the solar/wind power stuff - massive plastic consumers.

And where do we get plastic (polymers)? Oil.

We're not getting away from oil anytime soon. If anything, we'll see improved recycling of polymer bases and supplanting of oil-based polymers with organics where we can...when the tech gets there (which will happen as the economic pressure to do so increases).

People hate to hear it, but economic pressures are just a proxy for resources (with some politics thrown in).