https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/foods-big-plastic-problem/
"“Does anyone realize we’re headed toward plastic armageddon?”
That’s how Bradley Aiken of Portland, OR began his response to our call for
reader questions about where their food comes from. “My weekly visits to the
local farmers’ markets still find an overabundance and reliance on plastic pint
containers of berries, single-use plastic bags,and straws! I thought we were
done with straws, really?”
Bradley’s lament probably feels familiar to most sustainability-minded
consumers. Plastic is truly everywhere. Over just a few decades, it’s become an
inescapable part of modern life, permeating nearly every aspect of our lives,
from the food we eat (usually wrapped and bagged in plastic and often
containing it) to the clothes we wear (60 percent of which are made from
plastic) to the microplastics hiding just about everywhere, from clouds to
human placentas to the Earth’s most remote corners.
“Plastic packaging is definitely a major source of plastic pollution, and it
can seem totally overwhelming to folks when they go out to get food, especially
since the great majority of our food is wrapped in plastic,” says Erica Cirino,
communications manager for the advocacy group Plastic Pollution Coalition and
author of
Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis.
“It’s estimated that more than 40 percent of all plastic produced is single-use
plastic packaging, which is an astounding amount.”"
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
