"PLASTIC?...NOT SO FANTASTIC..."
Look around you and see how many objects surround you.
How many entirely or partly made of plastic can you count?
How many in your workplace, kitchen, garage, bedroom, car?
How many do you eat or drink from and with?
How many do you carry, wear, touch, hold, use for storage?
How many do you re-use? or buy for your children?
"Many", would be everyone's most likely answer.
So what if i asked you now, "how much do you know about the components and behaviour of Plastic?". Wouldn't you be inclined to think, just like i did, "not a great deal"?
Finally, what would you say if asked about how safe you feel around plastic?
If your answer is "pretty safe" then I recommend you explore the reason why you haven't said "very safe".
But if like me, your answer is "don't know, never gave it much thought", then I invite you to the journey I've recently been on.
My Plastic-fantastic journey where i have learnt to recognize the different types of plastic and how to, or not to, handle them.
On the first leg of this journey, visit the 7 kinds of plastic, then proceed with seeing for yourself which ones are safe before I suggest you read this very good post on good reasons not to reuse plastic water bottles.
I hope this will have prompted you to be more aware of the not so fantastic effects of plastic in our lives and so I hope this will help you make informed & safer decisions.
Take care of yourselves and be plastic-wise.
Special thanks to sister Ghada who inspired one of our friends to write this post.
Look around you and see how many objects surround you.
How many entirely or partly made of plastic can you count?
How many in your workplace, kitchen, garage, bedroom, car?
How many do you eat or drink from and with?
How many do you carry, wear, touch, hold, use for storage?
How many do you re-use? or buy for your children?
"Many", would be everyone's most likely answer.
So what if i asked you now, "how much do you know about the components and behaviour of Plastic?". Wouldn't you be inclined to think, just like i did, "not a great deal"?
Finally, what would you say if asked about how safe you feel around plastic?
If your answer is "pretty safe" then I recommend you explore the reason why you haven't said "very safe".
But if like me, your answer is "don't know, never gave it much thought", then I invite you to the journey I've recently been on.
My Plastic-fantastic journey where i have learnt to recognize the different types of plastic and how to, or not to, handle them.
On the first leg of this journey, visit the 7 kinds of plastic, then proceed with seeing for yourself which ones are safe before I suggest you read this very good post on good reasons not to reuse plastic water bottles.
I hope this will have prompted you to be more aware of the not so fantastic effects of plastic in our lives and so I hope this will help you make informed & safer decisions.
Take care of yourselves and be plastic-wise.
Special thanks to sister Ghada who inspired one of our friends to write this post.
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i realy enjoy reading this blog from time to time...
thank you very much