tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post3285106448086689852..comments2024-03-28T08:18:57.280-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: death by plasticellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-59758674299767825572011-06-29T00:49:35.280-05:002011-06-29T00:49:35.280-05:00This just makes me sick. I do all the things you s...This just makes me sick. I do all the things you suggested and still find myself innundated with plastic.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-56953135210410712552011-06-27T05:59:40.545-05:002011-06-27T05:59:40.545-05:00Your post has really stuck with me, Ellen. Much ap...Your post has really stuck with me, Ellen. Much appreciated!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372015226222285350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-46506767794219236212011-06-27T03:16:46.298-05:002011-06-27T03:16:46.298-05:00Very sad. You would be completely horrified by th...Very sad. You would be completely horrified by the way the people live in this country. It's starting to change but very, VERY slowly :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-61802412533212253592011-06-26T13:44:23.592-05:002011-06-26T13:44:23.592-05:00This is heartbreaking.This is heartbreaking.Rick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-40434646402785744932011-06-26T08:05:51.998-05:002011-06-26T08:05:51.998-05:00Thank you. Yes.Thank you. Yes.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-58115458364772454342011-06-26T07:57:41.028-05:002011-06-26T07:57:41.028-05:00I was just lookng at the floatsam along the Missis...I was just lookng at the floatsam along the Mississippi and you see a variety of junk that doesn't decompose headed for the oceanOut on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-36052600427832334072011-06-26T05:04:38.447-05:002011-06-26T05:04:38.447-05:00At the grocery store, they look at me like I'v...At the grocery store, they look at me like I've got two heads when I ask for paper sacks. One of the checkers told me that only about 1% of their customers do. I was amazed by that.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-68308508683328212122011-06-26T03:38:06.826-05:002011-06-26T03:38:06.826-05:00Great post Ellen - sitting at my computer scanning...Great post Ellen - sitting at my computer scanning my room I feel all smug, nothing plastic in sight - oh except for the computer of course, and the plastic bag I stick all my rubbish into, the knobs on my radio, the iron, my glasses case ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-73536429739657008402011-06-25T22:02:28.355-05:002011-06-25T22:02:28.355-05:00My heart just fuckin breaks...all the time-My husb...My heart just fuckin breaks...all the time-My husband is Mr. Plastic man- he even puts plastic inside of plastic and goes to the big box store and , given a choice of pulp recycled container or plastic ALWAYS goes for plastic! Out of control and beyond reason...as so many. Whatchagointodo? I put it on his facebook page but he will just kiss it off I am sure. <br />It's always something- nets, plastic, radiation, war, greed...humans suck.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-30457706896630616792011-06-25T18:06:08.866-05:002011-06-25T18:06:08.866-05:00Disturbing, awful images, but we need to see these...Disturbing, awful images, but we need to see these to remind ourselves of the consequences.<br /><br />Recycling has become so easy, but it isn't enough, and it isn't widespread around the planet. <br /><br />Plastic bags are beginning to be outlawed in some places here in OR, and you should read the letters to the newspaper from people who oppose this movement! It's like they defend their right to use plastic as though it were part of the constitution. They should be forced to see these images.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-75304503799404950382011-06-25T18:01:02.970-05:002011-06-25T18:01:02.970-05:00I have a dilemma in that my town's water is no...I have a dilemma in that my town's water is not safe to drink. They issue warnings in the summer after rains to boil your water before drinking it. So, everyone I know who is on the town water buys water in plastic bottles. I know this is wrong and meanwhile, it is also expensive. I buy the better plastic (what an oxymoron) when I can afford it. Also, we have absolutely no recycling. I still recycle at home out of habit, but bottom line is it all goes in the same container in the end. Also, this is a very poor town and people really don't care. It's sad, but it is so.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-73121305761383692742011-06-25T17:01:56.179-05:002011-06-25T17:01:56.179-05:00ellen - it's a puzzler for sure. my town recyc...ellen - it's a puzzler for sure. my town recycles plastic. in my naivete, i thought everyone recycled plastic. it's a stop-gap solution until something better than plastic emerges because frankly, the energy it takes to create, recycle, and then deal with plastic products over and over is beyond the capacity of the planet to manage. as key players in nature we have a powerful impact on the nature of nature. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-30357972620431380452011-06-25T16:16:15.387-05:002011-06-25T16:16:15.387-05:00Sad, sad, sad. Everything we do has ramifications...Sad, sad, sad. Everything we do has ramifications in some way, doesn't it.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-13662133129258478092011-06-25T15:55:25.516-05:002011-06-25T15:55:25.516-05:00I have a love / hate relationship with plastic mys...I have a love / hate relationship with plastic myself. Don't even talk to me about tiny little Lego pieces. I think that it has been helpful, but I often wonder at what cost. Apparently, a very great one.VM Sehy Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832671940615894037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-67651121391515260812011-06-25T15:19:34.459-05:002011-06-25T15:19:34.459-05:00Yes! We have to change or be killed by it the way ...Yes! We have to change or be killed by it the way we are killing every other being that ingests it.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com