Plastic pollution

[Randi]

Thank you, Pat. There are apparently quite a few of these Repair Cafe's around, in different cities. One is very close to me. I only read about them recently. You can probably find some of them if you search.

On TV, there was a program about a whale they found with 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach, and other fish surely has quite a bit of it, too. I can imagine how painful that must be.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...in-its-stomach

So I hope everybody are thinking of this and trying to do their bit not to pollute the sea and other places.

Do you have bins for plastic only? I'm glad to say we have.

[cats4ever]

Thank you, Pat. There are apparently quite a few of these Repair Cafe's around, in different cities. One is very close to me. I only read about them recently. You can probably find some of them if you search.

On TV, there was a program about a whale they found with 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach, and other fish surely has quite a bit of it, too. I can imagine how painful that must be.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...in-its-stomach

So I hope everybody are thinking of this and trying to do their bit not to pollute the sea and other places.

Do you have bins for plastic only? I'm glad to say we have.

I know that in most of Europe, there are recycling bins for each material, e.g. glass (which is divided again into green, brown, clear), aluminum (a giant polluter in landfills), plastic, paper etc.
Here, in North Carolina, everything gets tossed into one recycling bin. I guess we should be happy to have recycling at all. And I know so many people who do NOT recycle. The garbage service provides free bins, so there's no excuse not to do it!

[phesina]

Thank you, Pat. There are apparently quite a few of these Repair Cafe's around, in different cities. One is very close to me. I only read about them recently. You can probably find some of them if you search.

On TV, there was a program about a whale they found with 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach, and other fish surely has quite a bit of it, too. I can imagine how painful that must be.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...in-its-stomach

So I hope everybody are thinking of this and trying to do their bit not to pollute the sea and other places.

Do you have bins for plastic only? I'm glad to say we have.

Looks like there is a Repair Cafe in White Lake, Michigan, about 45 miles from me, taking place at the library there at particular dates and times. Next one Saturday April 06 - 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (https://www.moneysmartweek.org/denis...ms/repair_cafe).

How sad and sickening about this whale, and all the other marine creatures that wind up ingesting that trash and then suffering.

We just have blue recycle bins for all kinds of recyclable materials. (And you should see some of the junk that people throw into them.)

Here's hoping for...