Lies told by the Plastics Industry and What You Can Do About It
Single use plastic can be recycled. Ask anyone and they will tell you it’s true because in the last three decades the plastics industry has spent fifty million dollars a year drilling that message into the minds of Americans.
THEY LIED!!
I’ve already written a blog about this but now my county has given up on recycling and is throwing all our trash in the landfill! Like many of my neighbors I find that very discouraging. That made me feel the need to say it again.
Who needs the sign? We get it.
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Everyone has seen or heard of sea mammals who died with many pounds of plastic waste in their stomachs. Also, the sea birds who die from eating plastic. We all want to keep plastics out of the oceans, out of our drinking water and out of the food we eat but it’s a hard habit to break.
This year for Christmas I’m buying presents made out of recycled plastic. You can too. Just do a little research. My next blog will give you some ideas.