The world appears to have gone plastic bottle crazy, largely driven by a bottled water obsession (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/28/a-million-a minute-worlds-plastic-bottle-binge-as-dangerous-as-climate-change). So many, non-returnable plastic bottles (estimated as a million per minute on a world-wide basis), utilise lots of the oil reserves, are generally difficult to biodegrade and are now filling environments (from the highest mountains to the deepest seas) with rubbish. I am a strong supporter of effective hydration (as high-speed shuffler, I would be) but I cannot believe (as apparently some of my students do) that they are endangering their health in a 45 minute lecture, if they lack a water bottle. Mostly people buy vastly over-priced water when the mains stuff is perfectly good enough. Perhaps a deposit-return system would be helpful?
This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Too Elastic on Plastic?
The world appears to have gone plastic bottle crazy, largely driven by a bottled water obsession (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/28/a-million-a minute-worlds-plastic-bottle-binge-as-dangerous-as-climate-change). So many, non-returnable plastic bottles (estimated as a million per minute on a world-wide basis), utilise lots of the oil reserves, are generally difficult to biodegrade and are now filling environments (from the highest mountains to the deepest seas) with rubbish. I am a strong supporter of effective hydration (as high-speed shuffler, I would be) but I cannot believe (as apparently some of my students do) that they are endangering their health in a 45 minute lecture, if they lack a water bottle. Mostly people buy vastly over-priced water when the mains stuff is perfectly good enough. Perhaps a deposit-return system would be helpful?
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