Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 7, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Lottermoser George wrote: > How do we rid the culture of plastic? I recently purchased the > Walgreens generic baby/old man aspirin dosage. The best price was > touted as 3 for one and came in a card board box. Inside were three #2 > plastic bottles. Each bottle contained a few pills on the bottom and a > huge wad of cotton. All the pills fit in one bottle including huge wad > of cotton - what's the point of that packaging? More space in the > truck. More space on the shelf. Just hugely stupid and multiply that > stupidity by each and every product being shipped in half empty > plastic and or paper containers. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Aug 7, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Douglas Herr wrote: > >> Hydro, wind, natural gas & splitting nuclei. IMHO the more petroleum >> products we use the more we fuel the conflict. > > completely ridding ourselves of petroleum products isn't going to happen, but each of us can reduce our usage substantially by re-examining our everyday habits: -> I prefer to stress my computer a few times daily by turning it off when not in use instead of leaving it on. By the time the additional wear on the machine makes it die it's about 15 generations behind state-of-the-art anyway. -> I'll take my bicycle 2 miles to the bus stop instead of driving to the parking lot near the bus stop. At the rate I'm using it I change the truck's oil based on the calendar instead of on the odometer. Unfortunately the additional fuels required by the bicycle's power plant often result in excess methane pollution. -> wherever I can I'll re-use any plastic that enters my domain until it's too gross to use for anything else, i.e., I carry used sandwich bags when I walk the dog. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com