Comments on: can you live without plastic? http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/ Rockford Woman editor Jennie Pollock knows that we’re not going to transform our lifestyles overnight, but she looks for ways big and mostly small to protect our planet. Read about her experiences (she’s tried giving up plastic and meat, for example) and share your possible solutions here. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Jennie Pollock http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/#comment-20 Jennie Pollock Fri, 16 May 2008 16:45:12 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/#comment-20 joseph, because of the variety of comments i've gotten on the blog, i'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, though i suspect you're not. it would be a good idea to live without certain other things for a week. i'll consider it, though it would be pretty hard because it's so often impractical. if it were my full-time job to try these things, like morgan spurlock on his "30 days" show, then it might be easier.... joseph,
because of the variety of comments i’ve gotten on the blog, i’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic, though i suspect you’re not.
it would be a good idea to live without certain other things for a week. i’ll consider it, though it would be pretty hard because it’s so often impractical. if it were my full-time job to try these things, like morgan spurlock on his “30 days” show, then it might be easier….

]]> By: Joseph (Joe) Morris http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/#comment-15 Joseph (Joe) Morris Thu, 15 May 2008 18:17:40 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/#comment-15 I think it’s a great idea to try to live without things: it makes you realize how important they are to daily life; can I suggest you continue the experiment and try to live without metals? We all know what dangerous toxins metals are; just think about lead in old paint, mercury in old thermometers and chromium in the water supply (remember Erin Brockovich?) . Then there’s the more common stuff like nickel which has been linked to skin rashes, aluminum which has been linked to decreased kidney function and too much iron which has been linked to diabetes. I wonder what happens to those metals when they go in the trash; don’t they dissolve in water? I haven’t heard of someone getting “plastic poisoning” but I have heard of lead poisoning. Anyway, keep letting us know what it’s like to give up the things that bug us; maybe after plastics and metals, you could try phones, automobiles or computers (although we’ll have to wait until you’ve finished to read about the last one). I think it’s a great idea to try to live without things: it makes you realize how important they are to daily life; can I suggest you continue the experiment and try to live without metals?
We all know what dangerous toxins metals are; just think about lead in old paint, mercury in old thermometers and chromium in the water supply (remember Erin Brockovich?) . Then there’s the more common stuff like nickel which has been linked to skin rashes, aluminum which has been linked to decreased kidney function and too much iron which has been linked to diabetes.
I wonder what happens to those metals when they go in the trash; don’t they dissolve in water? I haven’t heard of someone getting “plastic poisoning” but I have heard of lead poisoning.
Anyway, keep letting us know what it’s like to give up the things that bug us; maybe after plastics and metals, you could try phones, automobiles or computers (although we’ll have to wait until you’ve finished to read about the last one).

]]> By: Ed http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/#comment-8 Ed Thu, 15 May 2008 11:54:58 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2008/05/09/can-you-live-without-plastic/#comment-8 I think you have things really confused. Going without plastics is NOT going GREEN. I think you are simply not aware of where plastics impact yur environment. It is likely that the your bed "linens" are actually a polymer, your carpet the caoting on your sink , your clothing, your shoes, your phone, amost anything made of paper that is used for afood applications is coated with plastics, , all electrical appliances, cords, etc,. Plastics are not just the packaging and bags and containers you typicaly think of. And surprisingly things are actaully "greener" alternatives to the the products I noticed you touted furhter in your blog. It energy to produce and transport your so called greener alternatives are often more than 10 times the energy required to d the same for palstic articles. This is so misguided. the media needs to get their information straight. I think you have things really confused. Going without plastics is NOT going GREEN. I think you are simply not aware of where plastics impact yur environment. It is likely that the your bed “linens” are actually a polymer, your carpet the caoting on your sink , your clothing, your shoes, your phone, amost anything made of paper that is used for afood applications is coated with plastics, , all electrical appliances, cords, etc,.

Plastics are not just the packaging and bags and containers you typicaly think of. And surprisingly things are actaully “greener” alternatives to the the products I noticed you touted furhter in your blog. It energy to produce and transport your so called greener alternatives are often more than 10 times the energy required to d the same for palstic articles.

This is so misguided. the media needs to get their information straight.

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