Lisa Shambrook details the destructive force we’ve come to rely on in almost every aspect of our lives: PLASTIC. My heart is broken when I see our beloved animals suffocated and strangled; when I see plastic littering every corner of our beautiful Mother Earth; when I think of the chemicals ingested by our children, chemicals that some in the scientific community purport to be at levels below those considered harmful. This is a comprehensive article that I highly #recommend reading …
Do we need plastic?
That’s one of the questions I believe we should be asking ourselves,
as the ocean begins to drown in the man-made material…
A plastic-free society is a scenario I definitely pose in my current manuscript The Seren Stone Chronicles (unedited excerpt):
‘Will’s eyebrows shot up. “There’s no plastic!”
“Legend has it that all your plastic got swallowed up by mother earth in the lunar apocalypse,” said Ianthe. “It melted in the pit of her belly.”
“Best place for it,” said Rhianna.’
In my future Wales, plastic has become a thing of the past, but how do we know how the phenomenon of this synthetic material created only 110 years ago (though natural polymers have been around for generations) and widely available from the 1940’s after the introduction of Tupperware, will ultimately affect the earth that we live on?
© Lisa Shambrook
I glance about me…
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TINA FRISCO 
Great share, Tina!
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Thanks, John ❤
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Breaks my heart too …
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Kindred spirits, Andrew ❤
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Plastic is hurting our planet 😦 Thanks for telling us about Lisa’s post, Tina!
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You’re welcome, Christy. And thank you so much for sharing ❤
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I am becoming afraid of plastic. I do my best not to use some products but it’s almost impossible! Anything circular we toss or recycle, we cut to at least prevent strangulation. Obviously it’s not enough! 😦
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I do the same, Terri. No telling how many lives are saved. Plastic is not our friend. We need to legalize hemp ❤
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A very sad truth. Wonderful post to create and keep sharing awareness. ❤
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Thanks, Deb ❤
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Nice share to create awareness of this toxic! Tina, I often think who invented it and whether he knew how dangerous it could become!
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Thank you, Balroop. Perhaps the person who invented it thought they were being helpful ~ then the corporations got hold of it 😦 ❤
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We’ve recently outlawed plastic grocery bags in California–a law I was happy to vote for. Individual municipalities had outlawed it prior, and I was chatting with one of the clerks at the grocery store about it, and she told me that the incidence of litter had dropped dramatically since their law passed. Okay, it’s certainly not a complete solution to the problem, but at least it’s a step in the right direction. Everybody uses paper or reusable shopping bags now. 🙂
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I live in the Bay Area, Cathleen, and I cheered when this law was passed. As you say, every little bit helps. And it’s important not to lose sight of the progress we’re making, no matter how small the steps toward our goal ❤
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The statistics are horrifying. If we each did even a little to eliminate the amount of plastic (and waste, in general) that we produce, it would be a huge step in the right direction.
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Agreed, Diana. And education is important, as I think a lot of people are unaware…
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I wonder why none of these posts are appearing in my reader when I am following you!
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I haven’t been able to figure that one out either, Cindy ♥
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They have to make a geo thermal machine that can generate power that will break plastic down into a block and the blocks will then make homes for the homeless. The homeless will clean the cities to build a home around the machine that makes the blocks. Boom, two major problems solved.
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Sounds good. Have you done anything to promote this?
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