This is one of the topics where it's worth having an actual book on your mantle about it. Momentum on the plastic problem is definitely a Zeitgeist issue
Plastic can be replaced by wood in quiiite a few applications if you know how to. Wood's not just good for wooden penises (see the Weird News thread).I think we can probably shift to biodegradeable materials for some applications that currently use plastic. I agree that really recycling plastic would be good, too. I don't know a whole lot about plastics though.
Almost all of my plastic waste generation is from food packaging, and we handled food before we had plastics, so it must be possible to do it without plastics now.Plastic can be replaced by wood in quiiite a few applications if you know how to. Wood's not just good for wooden penises (see the Weird News thread).
Is this second part supposed to be a dirty joke. If it is, well played, if not... excuse my dirty mind. In any case, I'd say rubber and glass are probably both passable substitutes in that regard. Fruits/vegetables also work... OK, I'll stop now...Plastic can be replaced by wood in quiiite a few applications if you know how to. Wood's not just good for wooden penises (see the Weird News thread).
So true. I "recycle" a ton of takeout food containers and trash an obscene amount of plastic wrapping/packaging for groceries... even more so, ever since we discovered the joys of grocery-delivery during the lockdowns.Almost all of my plastic waste generation is from food packaging, and we handled food before we had plastics, so it must be possible to do it without plastics now.
No, seriously, it's in the Weird News thread, the Argentine health ministry has become a laughingstock again for starting a tendering process for the purchase of 10,000 wooden penises for a sex-ed campaign.Is this second part supposed to be a dirty joke. If it is, well played, if not... excuse my dirty mind. In any case, I'd say rubber and glass are probably both passable substitutes in that regard. Fruits/vegetables also work... OK, I'll stop now...
Yeah, most of our plastic waste here is from food packaging as well. Rubber and glass are passable substitutes in this case.So true. I "recycle" a ton of takeout food containers and trash an obscene amount of plastic wrapping/packaging for groceries... even more so, ever since we discovered the joys of grocery-delivery during the lockdowns.Almost all of my plastic waste generation is from food packaging, and we handled food before we had plastics, so it must be possible to do it without plastics now.
Especially glass. The whole "crying-Indian" ad campaign was part of the soft drink industry's efforts to abandon recycled glass bottles in favor of plastic, by gaslighting the public into thinking that the plastic waste was the fault/responsibility of individual members of the public, rather than the companies producing the plastic-bottled soft drinks.No, seriously, it's in the Weird News thread, the Argentine health ministry has become a laughingstock again for starting a tendering process for the purchase of 10,000 wooden penises for a sex-ed campaign.
Yeah, most of our plastic waste here is from food packaging as well. Rubber and glass are passable substitutes in this case.
Its absurd.
I'm always surprised when people don't recycle gallon ziploc bags. Like, I have a drawer full of them. I usually just use them for transporting dry baked goods that are already in saranwrap/tin foil/tupperware that I don't want going all over the place if it tips or rips.A quirky "crying-Indian" (ie pointless guilt recycling) thing I have a habit of doing is rinsing out my gallon-size food storage bags. Like if they just have a few crumbs in them or something easily rinsed out, I just rinse them and re-use them. I do sometimes wonder if the water I am using rinsing the bags is more environmentally wasteful, than just trashing the bag.![]()
Jeez, I think that meal is saltier than I get when people don't get back to me about weekend plans.Growing up, I absolutely loved everything in the Campbell's "Chunky" line, especially the New England clam chowder, which was also my Dad's favourite. I'd eat 2 cans of that with a whole sleeve of "Premium" brand saltine crackers like I was giving out candy. That was my go-to meal all through high school.
Growing up, I absolutely loved everything in the Campbell's "Chunky" line, especially the New England clam chowder, which was also my Dad's favourite. I'd eat 2 cans of that with a whole sleeve of "Premium" brand saltine crackers like I was giving out candy. That was my go-to meal all through high school.
Accidentally dumped a whole bunch of those Chinese numbing peppers in my mouth the other day(bottom of a bag of imported chips), thought I was having a heart attack. All I could rustle up was a "thank goodness, I made it." Alas, alas.![]()
The Verpackungsverordnung has been replaced by a newer Act under current German Law, but broadly speaking the requirement for businesses to be responsible for the packaging-waste they produce is still in force, yesIIRC, in Germany some shops were responsible for the disposal of the packaging of their products,
e.g. the plastic, pins and cardboard that shirts were boxed up in. You could leave the packaging at the shops.
Anyone here know exactly how that worked, or if the regulations are still in place?
This bit surprised me. Was he not everyone's favorite for a while?Critics say Paul is grandstanding for an audience on the right, where Fauci has become a boogeyman, targeted by media commentators and subjected to “Lock him up!” chants at Donald Trump’s rallies.
He has been colluding with the evil Demoncrats!This bit surprised me. Was he not everyone's favorite for a while?