Saturday 23 May 2009

PhotoHunt: plastic


This theme came up just over 18 months ago when I complained about plastic bags. I'm starting to win the battle of plastic bags but plastic as a whole remains a problem.


It seems to be everywhere you turn. Where we live in the UK, very little plastic is accepted for recycling, and we hear too that the economic situation has made recycling no longer cost effective. When you think that all plastic ever created is still in existence unless it's been incinerated, has any progress been made, I wonder?

Join in and find other other players at TNchick's site.

17 comments:

  1. The bane of my life, which litters this beautiful country I live in.

    The Thais use plastic bags for everything including take-away food then just discard them.

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  2. Aloha from Upcountry Maui!
    Very colorful pictures-Very nice!!

    http://upcountrysmiles.com
    Stop by!
    Cindy O

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  3. I thought of my clothes pegs too, I like your shot and I share your concern...

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  4. I too have heard of the economic situation making it too expensive to recycle, etc. So sad -- being green shouldn't be equated with being economically unviable.

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  5. Colorful, very colorful. I want some of those clothespins!!

    My Plastic Photo is found HERE

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  6. SNAP!
    Though yours are on a colourful clothesline.
    I prefer my wooden pegs.

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  7. I really like that first shot, very creative and colorful. My family uses a lot of plastic bottle too. I'm just glad we can recycle most of them.

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  8. great clothes pin shot. i caught a greenovate show from england this week where the homeowners put up wire panels and filled them with plastic bottles to use as a privacy fence.....maybe we just need to become more creative.

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  9. lots of righteous outrage on Photohunt this week

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  10. A great contribution to the theme A. so collarful :-)

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  11. I'm always fighting off the plastic bags. I use the reusable bags you buy, buy my dh never does. I refuse to simply toss them, but finding the recycling box in the grocery stores can be a challenge.

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  12. You are right.. too much plastic in a throw away society. We will have to return to using glass and go back to a more frugal way of life. Mine is up here.

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  13. Too much plastic in our society... even smiles are plastic these days. haha....

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  14. Thank you all for your comments. It seems an insoluble problem, in more ways than one. :)

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  15. PERFECT! I love what you came up with. So clever. Great photo.

    I played too! I'm just running behind in visiting others. Come on over.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  16. Those clothespins bring back memories of when I was a child and I would hang the clothes to dry for my Mom with plastic and wooden clothespins. Thanks for the memories.

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  17. Plastic bags have taken over the world. What to do?

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