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Watch this: Addicted To Plastic

Hey guys,

Here’s a documentary we all ought to check out. It’s called Addicted To Plastic and is all about the way plastic affects those at the lower end of the food chain. It offers solutions about how to eliminate plastic, and even introduces a “biodegradable plastic” that dissolves! Plastic that’s so non-toxic you can eat it! Crazy, revolutionary stuff.  

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I think Dr James M Servino from Pace University sums it up real well:

Addicted to Plastic was a wake-up call for me as a marine biologist. This film presents viewers with a grim, realistic look at how the food chain is being affected due to plastic confetti invading nearly every square centimeter on earth. This documentary is a sort of eco-horror movie, detailing how persistent plastics sprinkled throughout the ocean and land carry chemical compounds up the food chain and onto our dinner plates.”

The trailer is insightful and you can watch it here. And you can buy the DVD here.

Have a great weekend,
April

Corn Plastic Fantastic!

As a species, we are so smart.
When we realize that something is bad for our environment, we invent things to replace them.

Case is point, most cities are banning plastic bags, let’s go one further, let’s ban all non-recyclable plastic!

Instead, let’s use products like these!


Hot drink cups from Ecowise.com.


Cold drink cups from KelseyPromo.


Vegetable packaging from EarthFirst Plastics.



Corn plastic shopping bags from Biobag USA

We can use these products for parties and such, then compost all of them at home, quietly and comfortably. Very green.

The future is looking a little less crude.

Ecowise, EarthFirst Plastics, Kelsey Promo and BioBag, you four get today’s SuperForest Good Person award. Well done. (I know there are more companies making bioplastics, but we’ll give them awards in due time.)

Curious what it is and how it’s made? Check out wikipedia’s entry on Bioplastic.

And also check out: Bioplastics24