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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 17:38:46#1
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We have to wean ourselves off plastic. We have to stop dumping our waste everywhere and anywhere. We have to recycle more and we need to stop dumping and littering. Lives depend on this. Not just ours, but innocent creatures such as the albatross.

You see, when you dunp stuff in the ocean, it doesn't stay there, the ocean currents pull it along to places such as Midway, the home of around 2 million Laysan albatorsses, an endangered species whom plastic waste is now poisoning and choking to death.

It's not just albatrosses who are affected, every marine creature is affected by this and many bird species too, such as the seagull, but I feel I owe the albatrosses something for giving me such a cute nickname. (To Delta62 I am "little Albatross".) So I've decided to make some noise and I need to figure out how. So I'm asking you guys to help me in this because they really do need our help.

It can start really simply as well. Most super-markets sell "bags-for-life" and I know that Claire's Accessories sell re-usable shopping bags which come in pouches and this is a good start. We have to wean ourselves off plastic to save them. We also have to spread the word. So, any ideas?

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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:09:09#2
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lets make some noise people


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:10:08#3
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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:11:53#4
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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:14:25#5
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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:23:53#6
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A lot of supermarkets are already charging for plastic bags, but I'm not sure how much it's going to deter people, because they only charge 5p a bag! I know Labour wants to make plastic bags illegal. They mentioned it during the last budget.

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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:25:20#7
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I think there's a town in Alberta that completely rid itself of plastic bags and switched to re-useable bags.


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:25:51#8
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hedkandi1984_21 said:
A lot of supermarkets are already charging for plastic bags, but I'm not sure how much it's going to deter people, because they only charge 5p a bag! I know Labour wants to make plastic bags illegal. They mentioned it during the last budget.

The ladies in Sainsbury's love me cos I always bring my own


Yay! How do I generate some political noise because nothing seems to get noticed anymore?


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:26:24#9
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bor3113 said:
I think there's a town in Alberta that completely rid itself of plastic bags and switched to re-useable bags.


If that town exists, I am so proud of it.


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:27:06#10
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Well it exists I just don't know if it's in Alberta or not


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:27:45#11
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bor3113 said:
Well it exists I just don't know if it's in Alberta or not


Go town.


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:30:39#12
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crazychica said:
Yay! How do I generate some political noise because nothing seems to get noticed anymore?


You could dress up in all your spare carrier bags or a big brown bag and protest in front of your local supermarket - one of the big popular ones. That was the first random thing to come to my head lol.


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:32:30#13
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hedkandi1984_21 said:
You could dress up in all your spare carrier bags or a big brown bag and protest in front of your local supermarket - one of the big popular ones. That was the first random thing to come to my head lol.


My friend says I should yell "sex!" just to get people's attention then tell them about it.


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:50:20#14
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Come on guys! I need ideas. A protest would be good but I'd need people to protest with me and stuff. I'm not sure how you actually organise a protest because the only protest I've ever been to was high school students protesting to get back exam leave and that just filtered through the school gossip system.


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New Post! Apr 19, 2008 @ 18:50:38#15
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crazychica said:

It can start really simply as well. Most super-markets sell "bags-for-life" and I know that Claire's Accessories sell re-usable shopping bags which come in pouches and this is a good start. We have to wean ourselves off plastic to save them. We also have to spread the word. So, any ideas?
crazychica said:


we buy the 2 liter bottles for soda instead of cans... so theres less plastic wasted... maybe it doesnt do all that much, but im not sure what we could replace plastic with other than gla** or cans, which have the same kind of an issue...

its a small way to reduce ur consumption of it tho...


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