You know plastic’s not fantastic
And it might seem rather drastic
But the obvious solution
Is a New Year’s resolution
To give unfantastic plastic the heave-ho.
So that’s what we’ve decided,
We’re determined to be guided
By the needs of Earth and Earthlings
To be free of all plastic things,
So to all new things of plastic we say NO!
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26 responses to “Plastic’s Not Fantastic”
nice poem.. I believe use of plastic for drinking water should be banned all over the world and free clean drinking water public fountains should be installed by every government.
Absolutely!!! Great idea! We used to have a drinking fountain at our junior school – nobody needed bottles then 😀
Given that plastic has become something of a generic term for products made from petroleum and chemicals, our phones are plastic, our computers, parts of our vehicles, almost everything. I remember the chemical revolution of the 60’s and how things changed. I don’t know how to address this situation, not yet. Maybe never? Still, we do what we can.
I know what you mean, I think it’s impossible to avoid all plastic but we can avoid most of the ‘disposable’ plastic and things like computers, phones and the rest of it we can help by only buying second hand. “No NEW Plastic” is a good code to live by 🙂
South Australia – so wonderful, we banned widespread and unrestricted use of plastic bags at the checkout on all supermarkets. Aren’t we good? Actually no. You see, when you take your trolly full of things to the checkout, the girl asks you if you need a bag and if you say yes – and most people do – you get a better, thicker and longer lasting quality plastic bag with handles and a 10 cent charge for each bag. The theory is that these bags are better quality so they can be used over and over again, but most people forget them, so more plastic bags. We have done not a darn thing for the environment but we have increased the profits of the supermarkets. PS I think the plastic bags are now 15cents each.
Isn’t it moronic? They’ve done that here too. At first people objected and complained at paying 5p for a bag, and some did make an effort to bring their own for a while, but now they’ve got used to it and, like in Australia, it’s just business as usual with new plastic bags being pushed at every purchase. My daughter had a funny experience at the Health Food shop where she works. They provide paper bags which don’t have to be charged for, but when one of her customers assumed she’d have to pay, my daughter didn’t disagree and the woman said, “oh, I’m not paying it!” and promptly pulled a fabric bag out of her handbag. She already had a bag with her but she would have taken the disposable bag if it had been free! People! They’re the worst! 😉
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Great poem! There are too many disposable items everywhere! So much plastic ends up ends up in the oceans.
Thank you and thanks so much for sharing it 😀