It is amazing to me
that I do not have anything to complain about and no curmudgeon to report. It
actually is a very good feeling to not have a beef and an axe to grind for
once. But now that I think of it that is sooooo not ture. I was speaking with a
friend last night about the garbage dumps in our oceans. You know the ones we ignore
and do not even realize are there!!!!!!
That is right human
race we have created islands of garbage that float around in our oceans. There
are about 5.2 trillion pieces of garbage mostly plastic according to The Nation
Geographic magazine. That is astounding when I was a child the oceans were
clean and we as people could enjoy the waters and see aquatic life on TV. Now
it is just a dumping ground. So what gives us the right to turn our planet into
this dumping ground?
Well nothing does,
nothing gives us the right to raid the planet and leave it raped of its
resources. That reminds me of the movie Independence Day in which the aliens
that come to invade earth are really here to take the resources of the planet
and use them for their own needs. That is what we are doing here. If you dig
into some article you will find that we have out grown the planet as a
population and the planet can no longer recover and regrow from what we take
from it every day. Tis to me is very distressing. What do we need so much
plastic for anyways?
I have yet to see the
value of a plastic mayonnaise container and plastic pop bottle or even plastic
anything for that matter. When the stuff burns it is toxic, it is toxic to
produce (go ahead I dare you to do the research into that statement), it is non
compostable, meaning it lasts for a multitude of years before it breaks down….well
we could say the same thing about glass but at least glass is a natural product
made from sand and it 100% recyclable. Oh there is the next rant ready and
primed.
So recycling is it a
myth or magic? Personally I believe that it is myth. Why you ask? Well
considering I have seen our local refuse collector dump both boxes being grey
and blue into the same compartment of his truck it leads me to wonder what
happens next. Now I have never followed the garbage truck to personally see
this but what really is the truth behind the recycling game? It has been reported
by news magazine TV shows that it is not managed the way we believe it is and
that it goes into the landfill, which I am inclined to believe as I do not see
many products on the market claiming o be 100% recycled material. I am going to
encourage you to look that one up too.
I guess I am just sick
and tired of the human race being so destructive and so ugly over it all. I
cannot stand the Kurig cups, plastic water bottles, sandwich bags, individual
pudding cups or yogurt, even coffee cup lids and plastic cutlery, the list goes
on. We abuse our planet by creating single use items and being lazy over convenience.
And this pollution has all taken place over the last 100 years give or take a
decade. What is so wrong with doing things far more green? Using a cloth sandwich
bag and washing those bags. My family does that, we send real metal cutlery to
school and have taught our children to bring home these items. I guess I have
an expectation on the human race to be clean and neat and to stop being such
complete assholes to this beautiful planet we have. Well maybe, just maybe my
expectations are too high. I never though cleaning up after yourself was an
issue.
