AI6YR Ben
Saw an "Earth Day project" on re-using soda pop liter bottles as planters, and rather than "oh neat what an earthy day thing to do" my brain said: "that's a drop in the bucket of soda bottle waste... and that stuff degrades into horrible little bits of plastic in the garden... maybe avoid buying the giant soda bottle in the first place?" 🤔 #partypooper
Apr 29, 2024 at 5:57pmWeb
Show threadShirley EugestApr 29, 2024
@ai6yr
Planters? What a terrible idea. I've seen them used as watering aids for a season or two. At least they don't shatter into shards embedded in your yard before they end their second life.
Show threadStephen CerrutiApr 29, 2024

@ai6yr I went through the same thing last week when Del Mar Village Association announced their beach cleanup stations populated with plastic baskets. I pointed out that the majority of beach pollution was plastic and the baskets were a lousy tool for the job anyway.

They replied that the company that sells the baskets (and runs the program) says they are recycled.

Show threadAI6YR BenApr 29, 2024
@scerruti 🙄
Show threadCat WestApr 29, 2024
@ai6yr Funny how it’s always on the consumer whose choices are limited because of mfr monopolies, to mitigate the harm done by plastics. No one looks at the manufacturers, big corporations who make billions off of creating this mess and who have no responsibility for mitigating it. Eco v Economics.