Keith D JohnsonIt's Falked up.
#plastic #waste #pollution #microplastics #meme #humor #sarcasm #satire #CO2 #irony #relocalization #bioregions
2/ Personally, I'd love to see a big return to the use, & local creation of #baskets of all kinds from local materials. I'm wealthy in nice long flexible stems of basket willow & other suitable Salix, as well as wild grape, & various suitable grasses. I'd like to find a basket-maker in my vicinity to come here & teach others.
Plastic must become a fossil again. Much of it will become photodegraded microplastic dust in the wind & water & soil.😞
Plastic must become a fossil again. Much of it will become photodegraded microplastic dust in the wind & water & soil.😞
Pollinators@KeithDJohnson. Plastic must become a fossil again. Well said. #baskets.
TheJen will not comply@KeithDJohnson And grasses are the ultimate renewable resource. You can't kill 'em. :)
Stephen Dioxide 
@KeithDJohnson It's a fair point. But, the solution is more paper and glass.
Flaming Cheeto@KeithDJohnson you can't fool me. The real Falk would never buy a store made salad
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪ODE TO SHIT
We've been taught to want shit
Disposable, plastic shit
Colorful, injection molded shit
For our kid's toys
For our disposable razors
For our bottle caps
For our food
For our clothing
For our money
For our souls
We smother ourselves in shit
Fill the world with shit
Fill the air with shit
Fill our screens with shit
Maybe I'm full of shit
Please, enjoy my shit
#PoultryCoroner 🦆🦆🦆💩
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@KeithDJohnson Bought some widgets the other day that came in cardboard packaging rather than the traditional (for that type of widget) plastic blister pack. Get a newspaper delivered which now comes in a paper wrapper rather than the traditional plastic bag. There *are* some teensy tiny improvements here and there. Oh, and the loaf of bread bought today came in a paper bag, albeit from a baker rather than a supermarket.
Kevin RussellAsshole petroleum dealers make plastics, and they REFUSE to only make plastics that are recyclable, most of the plastics they defecate into stores ARE NOT recyclable, pissing their costs onto us.
THAT'S the problem.
By law, make ALL plastics that are not recyclable ILLEGAL.
Then make all plastic produced be made from majority recycled plastic, so plastic companies MUST mine the seas and shores for old plastic, as part of their business.
JohnWAlways been that way. It's the corporations that are responsible for 90% of the pollution, yet the blame is diverted to the public, who ends up sacrificing the most to "do their fair share" in cleaning up the environment.
Maybe the corporations need a lesson on what "fair share" really is.
CynBlogger ❌👑@KeithDJohnson
Seriously, has anyone addressed the effects of the preponderance of plastic packaging?
End consumers don’t, on average, have a choice in the packaging of the goods they buy, and judging by recent legal actions, we’ve all been lied to regarding the efficacy & feasibility of plastics recycling.
Even when we do have a limited choice, we can still be responsible for landfill pollution lasting 500 years (some aluminum cans).
It all seems so hopeless.
VulcanTouristIf we didn't BURY all of it then solar radiation would take care of the plastics MUCH faster. If there's one thing polymers can't tolerate, it's ultraviolet radiation. Our skin knows that drill all too well.
robloblaw@VulcanTourist @cynblogger @KeithDJohnson
But plastics do not decompose, they just turn into smaller and smaller particles - which are even more dangerous. The more we learn about microplastics, they worse they are.
https://theconversation.com/microplastics-are-in-our-brains-how-worried-should-i-be-237401
@robloblaw @cynblogger @KeithDJohnson
Plastics do decompose. They might need help from certain bacteria and fungi - which we know exist - but it's feasible. The fact that plastic also disintegrates into minuscule fragments does not preclude actual decomposition. In fact the latter is almost certainly predicated on the former. Plastics would not decompose en masse.
@VulcanTourist @cynblogger @KeithDJohnson
I've not seen any proof of fungi metabolising or breaking carbon bonds outside a lab. And certainly nothing about ocean microplastics, which is where most of them end up.
I've not seen any proof of fungi metabolising or breaking carbon bonds outside a lab. And certainly nothing about ocean microplastics, which is where most of them end up.
Juan Per¢ent,🇲🇽 🍉,🇻🇪@KeithDJohnson
If its convenient, then its polluting.
Be prepared or pass: Always carry a bag/tote with you. Water bottle. Reusable cup. Reusable cup for menstruating ppl. Reusable diapers.Buy in bulk. Cook. Bring tupperwares for takeout.
Hate plastic .
Think of your great-grandparents, they survived without plastic.
Care.
If its convenient, then its polluting.
Be prepared or pass: Always carry a bag/tote with you. Water bottle. Reusable cup. Reusable cup for menstruating ppl. Reusable diapers.Buy in bulk. Cook. Bring tupperwares for takeout.
Hate plastic .
Think of your great-grandparents, they survived without plastic.
Care.