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A must watch

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Created by cauncy > 9 months ago, 21 Apr 2017
cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
21 Apr 2017 8:22PM
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Watch this, then tell me you have no conscience

Devastated to see our playground in such a state

towradgi
NSW, 431 posts
24 Apr 2017 6:15PM
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Is that a rare bottle nose albino dugong ??

timmybuddhadude
WA, 862 posts
24 Apr 2017 9:11PM
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As u probably know one of the most brilliant thinGs about ningaloo is shops give no bags
You should see the crap floating around in the sea i see offshore geraldton seas i pick up...beer cans. Debris....bags..
Great video and post
Hopefully one day bags nationwide will be phased out...

jamesperth
WA, 611 posts
24 Apr 2017 9:21PM
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This is currently on Netflix. I'm watching it now.

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
25 Apr 2017 12:10PM
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timmybuddhadude said..
As u probably know one of the most brilliant thinGs about ningaloo is shops give no bags
You should see the crap floating around in the sea i see offshore geraldton seas i pick up...beer cans. Debris....bags..
Great video and post
Hopefully one day bags nationwide will be phased out...



We've shopped with these sacs from French supermarkets leclerc, Carrefour and champion
weve owned them for 13 years, which means we've roughly not used 26,000 plus bags , recycling here is non existent , Carnt see why we Carnt all use a similar bag from our supermarket chains


Jono77
WA, 356 posts
25 Apr 2017 2:48PM
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I am all for not using plastic bags, recycling, riding my bike rather than driving, composting, buying products with no packaging etc.

a question for you all though to hopefully help reduce my impact on the environment is what do you use for rubbish bags?

(actually, the answer might be in that video, I'll watch it tonight.)

but I found that when I went cold turkey with shopping bags, I then had no rubbish bags for at home (yes, I try to reduce this rubbish but always have some). I ended up buying rubbish bags for the bins at home.

Now I just do one shop now and then to collect enough bags for my household rubbish to go in.

I saw a report a while ago showing a similar thing happened in places that got rid of shopping bags, the market for rubbish bags being bought from super markets increased dramatically.

any suggestions of how to deal with house hold rubbish? Do you just go no bag and rinse your bin almost every day?

straddiepaul
QLD, 160 posts
25 Apr 2017 5:07PM
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haven't come across much plastic while kiting yet, tho have lost a few cheap sunnies in water good general thread tho... council claim they will not pick up bins if rubbish in plastic bags but everyone does it, not enforced... redgroup had program to return unused bags to stores, replas turned them into bollards, initial success but gc factory closed within 2 years... new kiters save the ocean thread needed

Jono77
WA, 356 posts
25 Apr 2017 9:05PM
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Just watched this on Netflix. Pleased that I did.

Jono77
WA, 356 posts
26 Apr 2017 6:17AM
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I'm trying to find a bin bag solution. It seems I'm not the only one struggling to find an answer. Ultimately the answer is compost everything, recycle everything, don't buy products with packaging. I might have to revamp our recycling at home and educate the kids and wife.

i found this...

www.mygreenaustralia.com/bin-liners-and-the-alternatives-to-your-used-plastic-bag/

kenhell
NSW, 18 posts
26 Apr 2017 8:45AM
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cauncy said..
Watch this, then tell me you have no conscience

Devastated to see our playground in such a state



Loosen up Chancy.

Here.. have a laugh...


Fast forward to 3min 15sec.

Yeeharr. KENNY

jeff2
WA, 221 posts
26 Apr 2017 2:58PM
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Jono77 said..
I'm trying to find a bin bag solution. It seems I'm not the only one struggling to find an answer. Ultimately the answer is compost everything, recycle everything, don't buy products with packaging. I might have to revamp our recycling at home and educate the kids and wife.

i found this...

www.mygreenaustralia.com/bin-liners-and-the-alternatives-to-your-used-plastic-bag/


How do you buy a toothbrush without any packaging?

HawaiianMass
WA, 22 posts
26 Apr 2017 5:35PM
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Jono77 said..
I'm trying to find a bin bag solution. It seems I'm not the only one struggling to find an answer. Ultimately the answer is compost everything, recycle everything, don't buy products with packaging. I might have to revamp our recycling at home and educate the kids and wife.

i found this...

www.mygreenaustralia.com/bin-liners-and-the-alternatives-to-your-used-plastic-bag/


Lol. 'Japanese Folding' aka origami. I've used newspaper for years but a quick and easy 'push in and line the bin' technique.


If you already think twice about using 'single use plastics', come down to a beach cleanup...you'll think thrice! Highlight is sorting out the rubbish we collect. You just missed one at Point Peron but check - www.seashepherd.org.au/

Aloha, Shan

Jono77
WA, 356 posts
26 Apr 2017 11:03PM
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jeff2 said..

Jono77 said..
I'm trying to find a bin bag solution. It seems I'm not the only one struggling to find an answer. Ultimately the answer is compost everything, recycle everything, don't buy products with packaging. I might have to revamp our recycling at home and educate the kids and wife.

i found this...

www.mygreenaustralia.com/bin-liners-and-the-alternatives-to-your-used-plastic-bag/



How do you buy a toothbrush without any packaging?


Too true.
milk, drinks, meat, fruit .... everything covered in plastics.

i went to the supermarket this morning, kinda excited to really have a look to see what changes I could make to reduce plastic waste and I was overwhelmed with how much plastic there was in supermarkets. I always knew it was there but as I was looking for it, I really was shocked.

Everything is packaged. It's crazy!!

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
28 Apr 2017 9:21PM
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Jono77 said..


jeff2 said..



Jono77 said..
I'm trying to find a bin bag solution. It seems I'm not the only one struggling to find an answer. Ultimately the answer is compost everything, recycle everything, don't buy products with packaging. I might have to revamp our recycling at home and educate the kids and wife.

i found this...

www.mygreenaustralia.com/bin-liners-and-the-alternatives-to-your-used-plastic-bag/





How do you buy a toothbrush without any packaging?




Too true.
milk, drinks, meat, fruit .... everything covered in plastics.

i went to the supermarket this morning, kinda excited to really have a look to see what changes I could make to reduce plastic waste and I was overwhelmed with how much plastic there was in supermarkets. I always knew it was there but as I was looking for it, I really was shocked.

Everything is packaged. It's crazy!!


Stats say 9 millions tons of plastic will enter the water this year, you could make enough cling film to wrap 7.5 % of the planet
scary thing is that it's use is growing

RosieKB
VIC, 240 posts
4 May 2017 6:24PM
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I buy meat from the supermarket - you either get it pre-packaged or in a plastic bag from the deli - plastic container or plastic bag.

straddiepaul
QLD, 160 posts
5 May 2017 11:02AM
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Plastic-eating caterpillars could help get rid of the world's waste... if only they could swim

www.theverge.com/2017/4/26/15432612/plastic-eating-caterpillars-biodegrade-polyethylene-bags

mazdon
1198 posts
5 May 2017 11:20AM
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this would be awesome

"But Bertocchini says the next step isn't to use the wax worms themselves, but to find the enzyme in their digestive systems that's being used to break up the plastic in the first place. If scientist could isolate that, it could be used as a treatment in landfills. That would certainly be easier than dealing with millions of wriggly caterpillars. "

and then stage 2 being application to the great pacific garbage patch as well... hopefully this becomes more than just a hope! always have to be careful of the law of unintended consequences too I guess.

NorthernKitesAUS
QLD, 1084 posts
5 May 2017 2:08PM
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You know, up here fishing is a mecca sport and the one thing that irritates me about fishos is that I am almost constantly seeing a bait bag floating on the water, that some doush decided it belonged in the ocean instead of in his own boat!



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