8/16/12
Update: Plastic use
Since I posted about the documentary Bag It I have been super cognizant of my plastic usage. And it SUCKS!! I thought that since I wasn't using grocery bags or produce bags that I was A-OK. Not so. EVERYTHING we buy comes in plastic! Trader Joe's is a plastic NIGHTMARE! Geesh! But what to do? I would love to buy bulk baby greens at Whole Foods but they don't sell organic ones so I buy the 1lb clamshell box. Strawberries, blueberries, nuts, chips, cheese, meat, chicken. It is ALL wrapped in plastic. So what am I to do? I feel terrible but I guess as long as I am doing all I can then that is all I can do. I do buy some stuff at the farmers market which reduces my plastic usage, but it is hard to find produce that is unsprayed and not ridiculously expensive. Ugh. We are doomed. Let us all just crawl into a hole and wait for us to keel over from toxic chemical overload and the earth to spew out chemical waste in the air and water. Sigh.
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i actually like getting plastic bags because I reuse them as garbage bags around the house, but that's just me. It seems redundant to buy plastic bags AND also get the ones from the store, so I at least recycle those. I hear you on avoiding things though...it's pretty much impossible to shop on a budget 100% earth friendly.... :(
I'm with you. That is the way I feel about so many things and it sucks! Like my FB post a few days ago. I want to avoid things that are bad but you can only do so much living in this crazy world.
It's so crazy hopeless. I totally relate to your post. I'm pretty fanatical about buying unsprayed produce--which sadly mostly comes in plastic. It's so sad. Well, we are aware and trying. Thanks for your post.
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