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MyOwnPeace

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68. Sadly, you are SO right!

Fri May 19, 2023, 08:29 PM

May 2023

Need to say - NOT sad that that is your position, but, instead, there are SO MANY that just don't give a (fill-in the appropriate word of your choice!).

We are SO FAR BEHIND what needs to be done - certainly a part of the entire 'global warming' issue.........

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I'm getting sick and tired of business packing everything in plastic [View all] Stargazer99 May 2023 OP

What particular item pushed you over the edge? W_HAMILTON May 2023 #1

The fact that I am old ito remember things being sold without plastic wrapped around Stargazer99 May 2023 #7

I share your thoughts on this Mossfern May 2023 #23

I'm with you also. llmart May 2023 #25

You, me and all the rest of us born in the last century. I remember japple May 2023 #30

+1 llmart May 2023 #32

"As a woman: Key fob in one pocket and card... in another." Beartracks May 2023 #40

Ha! llmart May 2023 #43

Pockets are essential for me. And if the women's clothing won't provide japple May 2023 #61

Even meat was not wrapped in plastic. wnylib May 2023 #44

I agree with your last sentence. llmart May 2023 #56

I'm 70 and remember the 'butcher paper' feeling slick. Talitha May 2023 #75

Butcher paper is still around, some for the same uses as always, some less noticable JHB May 2023 #82

Thanks!! Talitha May 2023 #83

Your comment that we are on the edge of ruining our last remaining forests for toilet paper made me Jack the Greater May 2023 #48

Yep, the Canadian forests are probably the last ones in North America japple May 2023 #62

I agree, and some of this plastic crap is downright dangerous to open. GoodRaisin May 2023 #63

I remember getting bologna and other meats in a paper wrap. roamer65 May 2023 #71

To come at it from another direction, what ISN'T packed in plastic? Scrivener7 May 2023 #12

Amazon (yes I know) has made some attempts for recyclable and "frustration free" packaging. forgotmylogin May 2023 #49

So, as I said, pretty much everything in plastic. Scrivener7 May 2023 #54

I have a box of Quaker oats (old fashioned not the quick) and it's in that familiar tube box MichaelSoE May 2023 #79

Trader Joe's granola Retrograde May 2023 #18

The stupid plastic liners inside every box of cereal, crackers, and cookies AllyCat May 2023 #33

I hate those plastic bags for cereal! IL Dem May 2023 #76

K/R Enuff! plastic is devouring the world. appalachiablue May 2023 #2

I remember my grandmother ran a small dress shop in a tiny farm town and wrapped hlthe2b May 2023 #3

That won't work in a shipping container from China Hassin Bin Sober May 2023 #6

Then maybe it is time we produce in the US and stop pushing the profit value only Stargazer99 May 2023 #9

Some plastic packaging can't be opened except with a Sawz-All. Ocelot II May 2023 #4

My thoughts exactly, Ocelot. Diamond_Dog May 2023 #11

+1 dalton99a May 2023 #19

This this THIS! MontanaMama May 2023 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib May 2023 #36

Lol. I use my sheet metal shears! And their the old fashioned KPN May 2023 #38

THAT is DUzy worthy! BumRushDaShow May 2023 #45

I finally ordered a knive to open the damned plastic shells. Buns_of_Fire May 2023 #46

LOL!!!!! Of COURSE it did!!!!!! MyOwnPeace May 2023 #70

Usually that's for retail theft prevention. forgotmylogin May 2023 #52

Apparently, plastic is still cheap TheRealNorth May 2023 #5

It Is Quite Cheap ProfessorGAC May 2023 #10

Thank you for the rational and informative post, Prof Hekate May 2023 #14

Depending on the product plastic serves two purposes. former9thward May 2023 #8

There Was A Show About That Last Night ProfessorGAC May 2023 #13

Good reminder. My aunt cursed the Tylenol killer as she tried to open child-proof pill bottles ... Hekate May 2023 #15

I agree with you. Sometimes things are wrapped in 3 levels of plastic, not just one. Too much. demigoddess May 2023 #16

But it came with a cost! MyOwnPeace May 2023 #24

There is still a depodit on empty plastic bottles and cans of soda. wnylib May 2023 #47

Hell yes! pandr32 May 2023 #17

You'd have to live off the land to escape plastic bucolic_frolic May 2023 #20

I was just thinking salt and sugar packaging have always been pwb May 2023 #21

I get so frustrated about this with regard to groceries. hippywife May 2023 #22

"Pressed paper" here, but.......... MyOwnPeace May 2023 #26

Easier for me... hippywife May 2023 #28

Try this site for grapefruit spoons WestMichRad May 2023 #65

As I mentioned above... hippywife May 2023 #73

The pressed paper egg cartons were good for starting seeds. blueinredohio May 2023 #31

Most people don't give a F. Duppers May 2023 #27

Sadly, you are SO right! MyOwnPeace May 2023 #68

Often plastic is used to avoid shop damage, e.g. brain dead customers opening cardboard boxes Bernardo de La Paz May 2023 #29

Those same brain dead customers... llmart May 2023 #35

Yes! I've said that so often! There is nothing that's not wrapped in plastic! Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #37

There is a convenience store in my neighborhood that still uses wnylib May 2023 #53

I've also seen them, too. Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #57

Most grocery stores have plastic bags for wnylib May 2023 #64

It's exactly the same here - we have Hannaford and Price Chopper Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #66

Another thing most people don't think about Mr.Bill May 2023 #39

agreed Skittles May 2023 #41

I have been there. Many times. Many, many times. TreasonousBastard May 2023 #55

I hear you Skittles May 2023 #59

And the heat presses that glue them together. TreasonousBastard May 2023 #60

+1 dalton99a May 2023 #67

Thanks! DET May 2023 #74

Well, I'm hardly a champion for Wall Street greed lizards, and generally agree with you PatrickforB May 2023 #42

THANK YOU! Layers and layers of plastic packaging. It's sickening. nt Maru Kitteh May 2023 #50

Exactly. We started 5 years ago by turning down plastic txwhitedove May 2023 #51

I've started doing takeout only from places that offer the old Chinese food paper cartons or Scrivener7 May 2023 #58

All excellent. We hardly eat take out anymore. I tried making txwhitedove May 2023 #69

MY PLASTIC PET PEEVE. roamer65 May 2023 #72

It annoys me to see produce Texasgal May 2023 #77

The problem is that we're running out of forests ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #78

Before oil based plastic we used biodegradable cellophane. Emile May 2023 #80

look on the sunny side onethatcares May 2023 #81