Plastic is Murder

// video added July 27, 2008 // 14 comments // // Embed video:
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Crystal Fambrini takes a look at consumer consumption, environmental hazards and alternative solutions to just picking up a plastic bag at the grocery store.
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    Green,   On Current TV,   Current Earth,   Current Ambiente
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14 comments // Plastic is Murder // Video

  • sk8bs55
  • banandas
    • 0
      banandas  

    • I think this is a great pod for a very important subject. However, the music was too loud. Unfortunately, it was out of proportion and the speaking was difficult to hear behind the music.

    • 1 year ago
  • fiat_lux088
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      fiat_lux088  
    • banandas:

      You couldn't hear because the first comment was a video, which you can mute by clicking on the "Mute" button on the right side of the video/Ad. I know I'm a little late to mention it, but if you want to watch the Pod again without the music go ahead and do so.

    • 1 year ago
  • JobsForRent
  • dazzleemdead
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      dazzleemdead  

    • i found this really inspiring! wouldn't it be a great project for my high school key club to take this idea and educate people in the community and our school about the harmful effects of plastic bags and encourage people to use reuseable bags instead. maybe we could get donations from local business or something and give out reuseable bags at school for kids to take home and tell their parents about and use them in the grocery store!

      what do you think? my key club needs a project this year and this sounds like a really great idea! i think it's doable and even though we live in a small town i think it could have an impact!

      i'm really excited that i saw this, if anyone has any ideas on how i could expand this project and do it at school please get back to me! i would love to hear peoples input and ideas.

    • 1 year ago
  • cfunkyk
    • 0
      cfunkyk  

    • Good work. Could go alot farther though... What about east coast? People on the east coast need this stuff pushed up in their face! I can't believe how many people there are that don't care or pay any attention to these types of environmental tragedies!

    • 1 year ago
  • advertisinggal
    • 0
      advertisinggal  

    • I did not realize how big of an issue plastic bags were! I had always opposed them but I did not know that they were that huge of an issue. We have to do something about it and recycle!!

    • 1 year ago
  • pennyharford
    • 0
      pennyharford  

    • I have been using cloth bags for about 10 years now, most grocery stores sell them for less than $2 or I pick them up @ the thrift stores for even less. They hold lots more without breaking and I wash when they get dirty. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. Join thecompact....don't buy anything new!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • JackHerer
    • 0
      JackHerer  
    • Image...

    • Conservation & Source Reduction

      Reduction of the source of pollution, usually from manufacturing with petrochemicals or their derivatives, is a cost-cutting waste control method often called for by environmentalists.

      Whether the source of pollution is CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) from refrigeration, spray cans, computers, tritium and plutonium produced for military uses, or the sulfuric acids used by papermakers, the goal is reducing the source of pollution.

      In the supermarket when you are asked to choose paper or plastic for your bags, you are faced with an environmental dilemma: paper from trees that were cut, or plastic bags made from fossil fuel and chemicals. With a third choice available - hemp hurd paper - one could choose a biodegradable, durable paper from an annually renewal source - the cannabis hemp plant.

      The environmental advantages of harvesting hemp annually - leaving the trees in the ground! - for papermaking, and for replacing fossil fuels as an energy source, have become crucial for the source reduction of pollution.

    • 1 year ago
  • cmruready
  • gentjim
    • 0
      gentjim  

    • check this out , im trying to combat this problem, hear at current tv by ,having viewers send in pictures of trash in there area /videos / comentarys,
      a compation to colect trash footage hear now .

      great articul ,

      thanks

      gent jim /eco1mindstorm/ the traveler

    • 1 year ago
  • romanista
  • AmandaDelaine
  • samanthadian
    • 0
      samanthadian  

    • I just saw this viral on CurrentTV. While I have been refusing plastic bags at places like CVS and 7-11, I have still been using them at the grocery story. Each trip I say to myself how I have to get my own reusable bags. Well after seeing this, I got online and looked at a couple of sites.

      I settled on One Bag at a Time. While the I'm not a Plastic Bags are cute, at $25/bag, getting enough for shopping trips would be out of my price range. I just placed my order on this site for 10 bags which came to $25 including shipping. Thanks for the viral to kick my butt in gear!

      http://www.onebagatatime.com/

    • 1 year ago
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