Plastic is Not Fantastic http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Great Wave off Kanagawa http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=127 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=127#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:02:58 +0000 Fergus http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=127 Photographic artist Chris Jordan latest work, Gyre. Look familiar?

The 8′ x 11′ triptych is based on the famous Japanese painting, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai.

Instead of paint, the colors are composed of 2.4 million pieces of plastic - the estimated number of pounds of plastic that enter the world’s ocean’s every hour!

Gyre is the first image in a mini-series that Jordan is creating about the Pacific Garbage Patch, and is named after the Pacific Gyre, a thousand miles wide ocean current which turns clockwise like a giant slow-motion whirlpool and concentrates tons of the world’s trash.

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Little Closer

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CLoser

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And even closer

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]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=127 Aljezur joins The Surfrider Foundation http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=123 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=123#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:32:45 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=123 Aljezur joins the Surfrider Foundation....Take part in a WORLDWIDE beach clean!

Sunday 22nd March 3pm - 7pm at Arrifana, Mt Clerigo or Amoriera.

After party at O Sargo Mt Clerigo.

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=123 We can ALL make a difference to these scary numbers. http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=111 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=111#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:07:51 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=111 Plastic bags consumed this year: “>

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=111 Bags of Fun! thanks to Morsbags.com http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=100 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=100#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:44:32 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=100 Bags of Fun!
Together we made 8 canvas bags, potentially saving 1000s of plastic ones! Next time I´m sure we´ll be quicker & make more…..

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=100 A sunny Sunday get together. http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=88 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=88#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:47:48 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=88 Clerigo on a sunny Sunday

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=88 Magic Seaweed gets involved! http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=84 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=84#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:24:01 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=84 http://tinyurl.com/ar7pwf

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=84 Non Plastic Potty http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=73 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=73#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:13:07 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=73 Have one less piece of plastic in your home. Rigid plastic-like potty, but made from a special rice husk material that completely biodegrades when the potty is disposed of. Is hard wearing, hygienic and long lasting as a plastic potty.

“Think potties are probably thrown away quite a lot as no-one would really want their child to have a pre-used one!!”

Thanks to Marrianne for this tip & link :-) http://tinyurl.com/abfdxjNON plastic potty

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=73 Sea Glass http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=67 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=67#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:06:44 +0000 Fergus http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=67 When I was a kid I lived in a little seaside village in Norfolk. One of my stand out memories is collecting Sea Glass (ground down glass pieces) with my mum. She would convert them in to pictures and all sorts.

I thought I would have look for some with my kids. I could find a single piece. Nothing but plastic every

where. Seems sad. The plastic will never go. The glas eventually just grinds down in to sand.

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=67 The Best Marketing Con Ever Pulled - Bottled Water http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=64 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=64#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:32:28 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=64 Bottled water has to be one of the biggest money making schemes ever! Work out what you use a day, a week, a year. You’ll be shocked. Only the bottle can be re-cycled (if they do) that’s a lot of lids that will last forever. Blacks water bottle is £6.99. This water bottle will have paid for itself in just 2 weeks. Then it’s FREE! Also \”last year 16 million gallons of oil were consumed to make plastic water bottles.\”

The water itself is certainly no better for you. Let’s face it - for the most part, water is water. H2O, no matter what type of fancy bottle you put it in or engage movie stars and models to extol it’s virtues. A report from the United Nations came to the conclusion that bottled water has no nutritional benefits over tap water in most countries.

For the most part, this bottled water is just filtered or distilled tap water.

From
http://riseaboveplastics.blogspot.com/

http://www.blacks.co.uk/110443/product/110443.aspx?searchbreadcrumbs=water-bottle
http://www.wisebread.com/bottled-water-bottled-hype-part-1

If you must - buy a filter

]]> http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?feed=rss2&p=64 Reduce Plastics - Tips1 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=61 http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=61#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:13:20 +0000 Michelle http://www.plasticsnotfantastic.org/?p=61 It was just over a month ago we started PNF so I thought it would be an idea to let you all know what people are doing to help clean & REDUCE plastic in that time, showing that just a few changes when put together, can make a MASSIVE difference (and save money).

By popular demand we are giving you a few easy tips on how to avoid plastic in the first place. Next time there will be more tips & more examples of what people are doing to give you motivation. So please get in touch with your own tips & let us know what you are doing so you can get your name on the list!

  1. Shower gel = Soap – tons cheaper as well
  2. Hand wash = Soap, again tons cheaper
  3. Bagged fruit & veg = Choosing loose fruit & veg
  4. Putting loose fruit & veg in a plastic bag = Put it in the trolley loose
  5. Squeezy Mayo, tomato sauces, HP, etc = Go with the old fashioned glass ones. They look better too!
  6. Juice with a plastic screw top or pull thing = Go to the cheap aisle & cut it open
  7. Carrier bag = Take your own bags or your ‘Groovy Granny Trolley’
  8. Bottled water = A aluminum one from a camping shop
  9. ‘Normal’ shampoo = Shampoo bar from Lush or somewhere similar
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