Clean and Green

Did not even realize it was the last day until I saw everyone's feed.  I love the challenge but would be better with a support group... otherwise I feel like I'm swimming in a sea of plastic by myself.  I did not watch my documentary... but I will this weekend.

I was picking up trash this weekend and was horrified to find hundreds of these scattered through the woods..... long term project - we need to get amazon and other retailers to quit selling these, and we need to pass legislature against these! They are disseminated so quickly, with the shot of an air gun, and they are impossible to ever clean...

Way to go Australia! https://www.ecowatch.com/australia-plastic-bag-ban-2622280343.html

I seem to always hover at the rank of 70 overall.... but I'm first in PA!

We think of receipts as being made of paper, but they are loaded with BPA and other chemicals and pose a threat to our health and environment.  Say no to the receipt or request an electronic one! https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/pft/2016/12/23/is-bpa-on-thermal-paper-a-health-hazard

There is a lot of really ICKY trash out there.  I usually don't mess with that when going on my walk - it's easy enough to pick up 5 (or 10 or 20) pieces of "clean" trash.  But I'm wondering if I should sacrifice a rubber glove to the cause and do a cigarette cleanup.... so many cigarette butts that I don't want to even touch.

Ithaca is always ahead of the curve. https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2019/07/22/wegmans-ithaca-corning-plastic-bags-ban-date-start/1799182001/

A good reason to ditch the plastic bottle in this heat https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/exposed-to-extreme-heat-plastic-bottles-may-become-unsafe-over-time/

Planet Money podcast about how it doesn’t make economic or ecological sense to recycle. 😢

Yay Vermont!! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/vermont-adopts-most-comprehensive-single-use-plastics-ban/