Last Straw ?

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Straw hats are 5$ from bunnings.
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Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:25 pm When I was a kid, before plastic was invented, straws were made of paper.
You must be very old, the first plastic was invented in 1907
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The 50 plus generation now were the green generation as everything we used was recyclable or returnable for re use,everything came in paper bags or bottles that were refundable,fish and chips came in old news paper,nothing was wrapped in plastic and yes we had paper straws.Food waste from institutions was fed to pigs instead of being thrown away.Household food waste was fed to the chickens running around in your back yard etc etc.
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andy1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:29 am The 50 plus generation now were the green generation as everything we used was recyclable or returnable for re use,everything came in paper bags or bottles that were refundable,fish and chips came in old news paper,nothing was wrapped in plastic and yes we had paper straws.Food waste from institutions was fed to pigs instead of being thrown away.Household food waste was fed to the chickens running around in your back yard etc etc.
Bullshit. That's the 80+ generation. 50+ (baby boomers) are actually the ones that accelerated the plastic debacle. Nothing green here
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Queef wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:17 am
andy1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:29 am The 50 plus generation now were the green generation as everything we used was recyclable or returnable for re use,everything came in paper bags or bottles that were refundable,fish and chips came in old news paper,nothing was wrapped in plastic and yes we had paper straws.Food waste from institutions was fed to pigs instead of being thrown away.Household food waste was fed to the chickens running around in your back yard etc etc.
Bullshit. That's the 80+ generation. 50+ (baby boomers) are actually the ones that accelerated the plastic debacle. Nothing green here
Totally agree. I am 54 and even in Kenya I remember when plastic started appearing in a big way on the beaches and in the national parks.
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Queef wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:17 am
andy1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:29 am The 50 plus generation now were the green generation as everything we used was recyclable or returnable for re use,everything came in paper bags or bottles that were refundable,fish and chips came in old news paper,nothing was wrapped in plastic and yes we had paper straws.Food waste from institutions was fed to pigs instead of being thrown away.Household food waste was fed to the chickens running around in your back yard etc etc.
the ones that accelerated the plastic debacle.
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cptrelentless wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:04 pm ....

We used to drink through a reed.
A true gentleman always carries his own silver straw with him.
When I need advice about life, I just check in here.
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hanno wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:33 am
Queef wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:17 am ....

Bullshit. That's the 80+ generation. 50+ (baby boomers) are actually the ones that accelerated the plastic debacle. Nothing green here
Totally agree. I am 54 and even in Kenya I remember when plastic started appearing in a big way on the beaches and in the national parks.
The vast majority of the plastic being dumped into the oceans comes from 10 rivers in Asia.
I could guess what they are:
The Pearl (Hong Kong)
The Yangtse
and Yellow (China)
The Irrawaddy (Myanmar)
The Ganjes (India)
The Chao Phrayao (Thailand)
The Mekong (Tibet, Thailand, Laos, China, Cambodia, Vietnam)
Brahmaputra system (Bangladesh)
...

And btw, let's no got blaming generations for debacles they had no way of knowing were going to be debacles at the time.
Plastic was considered to be a miracle product at the time and saved a lot of trees.
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Plastic was considered to be a miracle product at the time and saved a lot of trees.
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Forgive me for asking but how did plastic save a lot of trees
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chiltern wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:19 pm Plastic was considered to be a miracle product at the time and saved a lot of trees.
Forgive me for asking but how did plastic save a lot of trees
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In the 50s/ early 60s, cigarettes were good for you, and plastic and asbestos were de facto miracle solutions. Corporate propaganda. Old generation bought into it
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