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Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:04 am
by ian16th
I suppose that there are some savings by not shipping whatever is pealed off, and I assume left in China.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:35 pm
by Pontius Navigator
I wonder if it was potted in China or Belgium. Probably bulk shipment to Amsterdam, truck to Belgium and thence UK.
I think as bad, not always plastic, it tourist tat for any Caribbean island made in China. FFS, why cant local expertise create their own tat for export.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:01 pm
by G-CPTN
Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:35 pm
why cant local expertise create their own tat for export.
Because they can get it cheaper from China . . .
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:04 pm
by G-CPTN
ian16th wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:04 am
I suppose that there are some savings by not shipping whatever is pealed off, and I assume left in China.
Probably peeled in the Philippines - I believe that prawns landed in Scotland were shipped to the Philippines then returned to the UK.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:10 pm
by G-CPTN
G-CPTN wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:04 pm
ian16th wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:04 am
I suppose that there are some savings by not shipping whatever is pealed off, and I assume left in China.
Probably peeled in Thailand - I believe that prawns landed in Scotland were shipped to the Thailand then returned to the UK.
12,000-mile trip to have seafood shelled.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:51 pm
by BenThere
Most of the garlic we use comes out of a jar. It may be an epicurean faux pax but we use it mostly for wok stir fries and a few recipes that call for garlic. The garlic is finely minced, keeps forever in the fridge, it's always ready, and you just spoon it out of the jar. It's made by Christopher of Gilroy, California, the garlic capitol of the US. A quart jar is around $5 US, I think. I can't taste any difference between that and fresh-peeled garlic. For garlic bread and toast we use standard McCormick's garlic powder, mixed with melted and warmed butter. Otherwise I shy away from garlic powder and salt.
Garlic provides a unique and indispensable flavor and it's good for you, too. No need, as far as I can tell, to ship it around the world and back.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:59 pm
by Capetonian
Interesting programme on BBC1 (War on Plastic) about single use plastics. They showed the number of Single Use Plastic items in an average street in east Bristol and extrapolated this to the number for the entire UK, which figure I've forgotten but I think it was SEVEN BILLION.
They also discuss the appalling tendency that people have to buy bottled water when tap water is at least as good and usually better, at a fraction of the price.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:23 pm
by Slasher
Bottled water ain't good because the plastic polymers of the container leach into the water itself - esp in hot wx. This can also be done by the pallets of the stuff sitting outside in the sun waiting to be taken inside the market or shop, not just at home.
Back in Thailand we have the main filter outside downstream of the pumps. In the kitchen it's fully filtered by osmosis - the same way Derek got inside Joan Crawford's stomach.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:24 pm
by Slasher
https://www.today.com/today/amp/tdna156244
I'd like to get one that says
The Penis Enlargement Clinic.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:44 pm
by G-CPTN
As a 'litter-picker' I can vouch for the abundance of plastic bottles that I retrieve from along the riverbank (washed down from upstream) and in the village itself - far outnumbering metal cans - although within the village the plasticised cardboard coffee cups outnumber the plastic bottles.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:26 pm
by Stoneboat
'Twould appear the attendees at Glastonbury are more concerned about Climate Change than plastic. For more pics of the venue drop 'Glastonbury garbage' into a search engine.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:56 am
by Mrs Ex-Ascot
And more about "eco friendly " Glastonbury from the DM;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... uring.html
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:18 pm
by Stoneboat
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:24 am
by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:05 am
by Mrs Ex-Ascot
This is an interesting article with a very pertinent comment at the end;
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... stic-waste
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:26 am
by Capetonian
I thought my eyes were plying tricks on me when I saw Mrs Ex-A posting a link to the bile of the left.
In fairness, it does have some excellent articles about environmental matters.
(I meant to type BIBLE but I thought BILE was very appropriate!)
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:43 pm
by ExSp33db1rd
Here in Santa Monica, CA. the local supermarkets have banned take-away plastic bags at the check outs, but ... we've just bought a chocolate confectionary item measuring approx. 10"x8"x1", sold on a plastic tray and encased in a large hard shell plastic bubble measuring 12"x10"x6" - 1of about 3 dozen on the shelves. Madness. Wot's wrong with a cardboard tray and a paper bag?
They are proudly proclaiming their plastic saving movement. Lip Service.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:57 pm
by Capetonian
Interesting to see that the odious Mark Carney has said something helpful and true for once :
Capitalism is part of solution to climate crisis, says Mark Carney
Mattha Busby, The Guardian
Capitalism is “very much part of the solution” to tackling climate change, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said, report the Guardian and others. In an interview with Channel 4 News, Carney “gave a strident defence of the economic system predicated on private ownership and growth but said companies that ignored climate change would ‘go bankrupt without question’”. Bloomberg also reports Carney’s comments. “The costs of ignoring climate change are rising. The opportunity of doing something about it, those are rising. That’s what the system does. It shifts money away from where it’s costly, towards where it has opportunity,” he said, according to Bloomberg. Press Association also has the story.
Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:43 am
by Capetonian
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Re: Should we be more worried about plastic than global warming?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:01 am
by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Micro plastics in drinking water it seems shouldn't be too much of a concern according to WHO; from the DM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... ution.html
However it is interesting to note that there is a lot more research needed........
