Smart products, dumb packaging: why over-packaging is ruining the world
A recent run-in with an over-packaged “smart” plug led me to realize just how dumb a lot of packaging is.
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Recycling will never be a good solution…as long as we have 10-cent bottle returns!
I was reminded today of the fallacy of recycling. (So dramatic, I know…stay with me – this one’s a thinker. 😇 ) One of my favourite refilleries in town posted a fun video to social media they made of their staff running away from plastic packaging as it chased them around the store. It made…
The Return of Wake-Up Wednesday Wins featuring…Waste Wins!
It’s been a minute since we woke up to any wins on this blog! I won’t waste any time: let’s get back to it. To recap the concept: each Wednesday, I’ll feature a set of “success stories” that feature good news only. Specifically, I’m targeting stories that give our oceans (and humanity) a boost. Waste…
The Culture of Disposable
The problem with creating a culture around disposable products is that it creates a habit that is really freaking hard to break. We aren’t addicted to the packaging per se, but we also can’t shake it either. In this day and age, it takes work to eliminate plastic crap from our daily lives…like, physical and…
My #plasticsux Challenge Results
Hey folks! Time for a plastic confession. I’ve had this blog for 3 years now, am a staunch opponent of single-use plastics and yet…I’ve never done a “show your plastic trash” challenge. Weird, right? I find that weird. Well, I was puttering around Instagram a couple of weeks ago and noticed a photo advertising something…
Plastic Slap In the Face
Oh, the irony: smiling, happy faces stamped on plastic bottle caps don’t belong in the belly of a baby albatross. They shouldn’t exist in the first place!
This is what insanity looks like.
Midway Reality Check
Hey all! Three weeks in and I’m still surprised at how fast/slow/weird the time acts here. Some days feel like they’re never going to end and other times, I’m still trying to figure out how it got to be Friday already. Every day is an adventure and brings something new! The highlight of this week…
My Bodum Experience
While cleaning out the grounds from a recent French Press, I being my usual spastic self, somehow managed to chip and crack the glass beaker of the press. I was not happy. It wasn’t my French Press to break and now I had a fully functional lid and handle to go with a destroyed beaker….
A Case For the Glass Straw
If you think this is going to be another rant about another wasteful, single-use plastic items…you’re kind of right, but it’s more than just that. Ranting is fine and all, but I want to help you, my dear readers figure out solutions to this big plastic world we find ourselves in. I know from experience…
Plastic and…Fungi?
Something we all know: Nature. Is. Awesome. Why are we leveling rain forests for corn and cattle, when there exists fungi that have the potential to partially solve the growing global waste-management crisis? Why are you ruining nature, big faceless corporations?! *shakes fist* Because we are in a crisis. If you weren’t aware of it five…
Straws SUCK…No Really, They Do.
GOOD…what were you thinking? Sometimes I forget that there are still a ton of people out there who don’t realize how wasteful single-use plastic items are. So first, a brief thanks to you, GOOD, for grounding me a bit and for giving me fodder to write this post. First, if you haven’t yet, please read…
Take-Out Cups: A Meditation on Waste
Readers, I need to blow off some steam, so pardon the following rant. I’m hoping some of you can empathize: Maybe it’s just me. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen what trash does when it gets out of your garbage can and into a part of the world where people rarely are. I’ve seen the waste…