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The movie Graduate has one word :  PLASTICS

Wish it was not mentioned, as it created hell for the ocean and landfill.
Hopefully not anymore, I cannot stand the amount of take out Styrofoam being 95% of my GARBAGE bag.

I AM WILLING TO TAKE THEM TO A RECYCLE (OR REUSE NOW) DEPOT TO KEEP OCEAN CLEAN.



How to solve the world’s plastics problem: Bring back the milk man
Story by Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business
Video by Bronte Lord, Bryce Urbany, Frank Fenimore & Jenny Marc, CNN Business

Published January 24, 2019

  
It’s the early 1960s. Girls are fainting over the Beatles, Sean Connery is James Bond and a revolutionary trend is sweeping the nation: Plastic.

Plastic is about to have its breakthrough moment in the food industry. The plastic milk jug, specifically, is on the brink of taking off: the “market potential is huge,” the New York Times correctly notes.

To American families, a third of which are still getting their milk from a milk man, plastic is a wonder package. It’s lighter than glass. It doesn’t break. Unlike paper cartons, it’s translucent. You can see how much liquid is left in the jug. With a plastic container, everybody wins.

Except for the milk man. And, as it would turn out, the planet.

Recycling is a failing industry.”

TOM SZAKY, TERRACYCLE CEO

Fast forward to now. Plastics are expected to outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050.  Marine life is choking on the debris: Microplastics are in our soil, our water, our air, getting into our bodies with potential consequences that we don't fully understand yet. Massive amounts of plastic have piled up in landfills, some emitting greenhouse gases and contributing to global warming over the seeming eternity they take to degrade. Plastics are threatening the health of the planet and its inhabitants, and they’re not going away.

Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Danone, Mars Petcare, Mondelēz International and others — some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies — are partnering on a potential solution to limit future waste. They’re working together on a project known as Loop, to be announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. It offers consumers an alternative to recycling — a system that isn't working well these days.

At this point, the partners are testing the waters. It’s an experiment they’ll roll out to several thousand consumers in New York and Paris this May, with plans to expand to London later in 2019 and Toronto, Tokyo and San Francisco in 2020.

The Loop tote bag (Mark Kauzlarich for CNN)
The Loop tote bag (Mark Kauzlarich for CNN)

Loop is a new way to shop, offering about 300 items — from Tide detergent to Pantene shampoo, Häagen-Dazs ice cream to Crest mouthwash — all in reusable packaging. After using the products, customers put the empty containers in a Loop tote on their doorstep. The containers are then picked up by a delivery service, cleaned and refilled, and shipped out to consumers again.

In other words, it’s the 21st century milk man — here to save the world from single-use plastics.

Maybe.

ABOUT 91% OF ALL
PLASTIC WASTE HAS
NEVER BEEN RECYCLED