Big Majority Concerned About Plastic Waste

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Big Majority Concerned About Plastic Waste

August 8, 2021 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 58 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/08/big-majority-concerned-about-plastic-waste/

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A new Consumer Brands/Ipsos survey finds 84% of U.S. shoppers say they’re concerned about plastic and packaging waste.

Related from Green That Life: 5 ways to kick your plastic addiction.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Progress is marginal, name your poison

I found hardware recently in plastic sealed bags instead of hardshell #1 recyclables.

What alternative is there? Meat containers. Foam trays, hardshell plastic #6, sealed plastic bag with absorbent pad.

Yogurt/cheese - #5 plastic. I recall wax paper yogurt, early 1980s. Ancient history.

I avoid hard shell plastic for fresh vegetables, and for frozen foods. A few use paper or plastic bags.

Laundry detergent? There are cardboard boxes available. Milk? Paper hard to find. Usually I go with powdered.

[maxsolomon]

2. All i can say for myself is i'm trying to recycle it all.

plastic caps, applicator tips, bread tags, the pour filters in a handle of gin. anything plastic that can be separated from a glass container.

all styrofoam packaging, all batteries, corks, metal caps. plastic bags (our groceries collect).

using returnable bottles. buying beer in cans.

wood and food scraps.

we pick up microtrash in the woods, too. i don't carry needle-proof gloves or i'd pick up bum trash.

I know: it's just a drop in the bucket, and i have to pay for it, but at least its a service i can get.