Comments on: Plastic Bans on Uptick Around the World http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Foxy Moron http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-4093 Foxy Moron Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:16:28 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-4093 Get on with it already... I heard that god forsaken hell hole WalMart was supposed to have done this already... Its sad people can't just do their part because its whats right, they have to have laws and bullshit red-tape for everything...Hey lawman while your at it lets ban styrofoam......... Get on with it already… I heard that god forsaken hell hole WalMart was supposed to have done this already… Its sad people can’t just do their part because its whats right, they have to have laws and bullshit red-tape for everything…Hey lawman while your at it lets ban styrofoam………

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]]> By: stirling f http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-4045 stirling f Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:50:07 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-4045 I noticed the difference in Rwanda as well, having crossed the border from Uganda. We were informed that we could not bring plastic water bottles across with us either. Let's see this trend explode! I noticed the difference in Rwanda as well, having crossed the border from Uganda. We were informed that we could not bring plastic water bottles across with us either. Let’s see this trend explode!

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]]> By: Desiree http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-4031 Desiree Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:26:28 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-4031 Rwanda has banned plastic bags - it works great. I live just across the border in DR Congo and the difference is remarkable - the city is peppered with wasted plastic bags, and my eyes tear when people burn them in the streets. Rwanda has banned plastic bags – it works great. I live just across the border in DR Congo and the difference is remarkable – the city is peppered with wasted plastic bags, and my eyes tear when people burn them in the streets.

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]]> By: Carlo http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-4000 Carlo Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:37:20 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-4000 I documented the <a href="http://matadorchange.com/the-worlds-most-offensive-landfills/" rel="nofollow">world's most offensive landfills</a> here. Very disturbing. Josh, I was actually wondering about that, if our blood could be checked for chemicals from plastic. As part of the research on the pacific trash gyre I learned how small the plastic breaks down in the ocean (but never goes away) by UV and is then consumed by tiny ocean animals, which are then eaten by their predators, and on and up the food chain. Right to us. I documented the world’s most offensive landfills here. Very disturbing.

Josh, I was actually wondering about that, if our blood could be checked for chemicals from plastic. As part of the research on the pacific trash gyre I learned how small the plastic breaks down in the ocean (but never goes away) by UV and is then consumed by tiny ocean animals, which are then eaten by their predators, and on and up the food chain. Right to us.

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]]> By: Michelle http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3998 Michelle Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:26:24 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-3998 Josh, that's insanely creepy. Josh, that’s insanely creepy.

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]]> By: eric http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3997 eric Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:23:00 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-3997 until there is another way to drink great mineral water I will keep drinking from bottles. until there is another way to drink great mineral water I will keep drinking from bottles.

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]]> By: joshywashington http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3995 joshywashington Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:45:04 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-3995 thank god! Plastic will be our legacy...i watched a special...babies born in the USA are born with BPA in their blood stream...it is a part of our make up! In developing world countries my heart sank to see wastelands of tumbling plastic bags...sadness thank god!
Plastic will be our legacy…i watched a special…babies born in the USA are born with BPA in their blood stream…it is a part of our make up!

In developing world countries my heart sank to see wastelands of tumbling plastic bags…sadness

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]]> By: Megan Hill http://matadorchange.com/plastic-bans-on-uptick-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3990 Megan Hill Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:45:48 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=1004#comment-3990 This is a brilliant idea! Things like this really uplift me--although we need bigger changes--fast! A recent study shows plastic breaks down at certain temperatures in the ocean into harmful chemicals: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html This is a brilliant idea! Things like this really uplift me–although we need bigger changes–fast! A recent study shows plastic breaks down at certain temperatures in the ocean into harmful chemicals: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html

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