This could come close to mission impossible. If anyone of us, unless living in the jungle and dressing in the rawhide, takes a look around, anyone can see lots of items made out of plastic. Maybe we can use less of it, but I doubt we can get rid of it entirely just so easily.
No plastic is the way of the future. There is no future in plastic, at least how we know it now. Recognizing the toxicity of plastic is step one. Recognizing that a future without plastic can exist is step two.
I agree there is no future in plastic, but will the new materials be less toxic and more quickly degradable with less toxic impact? For instance, my spectacles are full plastic and without them I can not read, should I stop reading then? And spectacles are not produced any other way? Or, anyone using make-up produces quite some amount of plastic waste. Or, let's see matrasses - just how many are they made out of something else than plastic foam? Toothbrush? Just how many things can anyone replace with some natural material that one can afford? And so on.
What I teach my children is that before they can live a reality, they have to be able to imagine it.
Are there other solutions to your glasses, toothbrushes and mattresses? Yes. Are they affordable? Not for most people.
We can simultaneously use what is available to us in the now, and imagine-think-suggest on improvements. The only way to improve is to know we can.
So yes. I use plastic. Yes, I know there are better solutions. Yes, I aim for those better solutions.
It took many years for plastic to become the problem it is today, it will take even more years to find the solution. But we will only find it if we realize there is a solution to be had.
And yes. I hope that the solution is less toxic. If the solution is more toxic than it is not a solution at all.
This could come close to mission impossible. If anyone of us, unless living in the jungle and dressing in the rawhide, takes a look around, anyone can see lots of items made out of plastic. Maybe we can use less of it, but I doubt we can get rid of it entirely just so easily.
No plastic is the way of the future. There is no future in plastic, at least how we know it now. Recognizing the toxicity of plastic is step one. Recognizing that a future without plastic can exist is step two.
I agree there is no future in plastic, but will the new materials be less toxic and more quickly degradable with less toxic impact? For instance, my spectacles are full plastic and without them I can not read, should I stop reading then? And spectacles are not produced any other way? Or, anyone using make-up produces quite some amount of plastic waste. Or, let's see matrasses - just how many are they made out of something else than plastic foam? Toothbrush? Just how many things can anyone replace with some natural material that one can afford? And so on.
I understand your point. I use plastic too.
What I teach my children is that before they can live a reality, they have to be able to imagine it.
Are there other solutions to your glasses, toothbrushes and mattresses? Yes. Are they affordable? Not for most people.
We can simultaneously use what is available to us in the now, and imagine-think-suggest on improvements. The only way to improve is to know we can.
So yes. I use plastic. Yes, I know there are better solutions. Yes, I aim for those better solutions.
It took many years for plastic to become the problem it is today, it will take even more years to find the solution. But we will only find it if we realize there is a solution to be had.
And yes. I hope that the solution is less toxic. If the solution is more toxic than it is not a solution at all.