I'm old enough to remember when plastic was a new thing and expensive, mostly used to make decorative objects because it could be made to resemble ivory, or tortoise shell or marble. Everything in the stores was packaged in glass jars, tins, boxes, paper bags or waxed paper. The packaging was often so beautiful that you saved it to use for something else. (It's funny to see cobalt blue medicine bottles lined up for sale in expensive antiques shops when they were free to begin with.)
We got along fine without plastic. We can do it again. Literally everything could be reused, repaired or composted. It's time to get rid of the plastic, especially the hot, itchy polyester clothes designed to fall apart in the wash and pollute the land for a thousand years. Oh, and the stupid, impossible-to-recycle plastic packaging on every single item in the grocery store. It's taking jobs away from the people who wrapped your meat or cheese in paper and tied it up with string, and the people who washed all the glass bottles and refilled them with milk, juice or whatever. Kids saved up for university with those jobs!
The world would be better off without plastic. Except for artificial hearts, limbs and such. And maybe Lego bricks. 🙂
That would be great! I’m lucky enough to live in an area where I rarely have to go more than 2 miles in any direction. So we opt out of the car often. But I recognize that’s not a reality for most people. What do you think we could do differently to take steps in that direction?
I'm old enough to remember when plastic was a new thing and expensive, mostly used to make decorative objects because it could be made to resemble ivory, or tortoise shell or marble. Everything in the stores was packaged in glass jars, tins, boxes, paper bags or waxed paper. The packaging was often so beautiful that you saved it to use for something else. (It's funny to see cobalt blue medicine bottles lined up for sale in expensive antiques shops when they were free to begin with.)
We got along fine without plastic. We can do it again. Literally everything could be reused, repaired or composted. It's time to get rid of the plastic, especially the hot, itchy polyester clothes designed to fall apart in the wash and pollute the land for a thousand years. Oh, and the stupid, impossible-to-recycle plastic packaging on every single item in the grocery store. It's taking jobs away from the people who wrapped your meat or cheese in paper and tied it up with string, and the people who washed all the glass bottles and refilled them with milk, juice or whatever. Kids saved up for university with those jobs!
The world would be better off without plastic. Except for artificial hearts, limbs and such. And maybe Lego bricks. 🙂
My best world would not have plastic or corporations and a serious get the fuck back from nature and let it regenerate campaign.
I would like to live in a world where cars weren't necessary. I don't drive and I often feel like a freak.
That would be great! I’m lucky enough to live in an area where I rarely have to go more than 2 miles in any direction. So we opt out of the car often. But I recognize that’s not a reality for most people. What do you think we could do differently to take steps in that direction?
Me, waving my magic wand. myartproject.org