I am sorry to see how much skepticism there is concerning the validity of a plastic problem. All you really need to do is Google, ‘Plastic on the Beaches’ then hit ‘images’. That low-tech approach pretty much had me concluding that a serious problem was already in the works. Actually I did add a secondary element to bulk-up my research. I used the tried and true notion that if one sees a roach in their kitchen the safest bet is that you have a ‘roach problem’, not just one disorientated individual. Therefore, plastic showing up in a plethora of diverse forms strewn over the beaches of the earth equals a roach…oh sorry, a ‘plastic problem’ would you not agree?

Well, here’s what I think. I think that if it was up to you you’d probably prefer to spend the funds shutting down plastic bag factories…but sense you’re not the ones doling out the money, just the ones trying to make everybody else in the world aware of the obvious. All sarcasms aside, truly, ‘Thank you’ for your stoic efforts on behalf of the earth.

You’ll need to rouse the awareness of hundreds of millions in order to pull it off; of course you know that though. I did read a site that said World War Two rallied in those numbers to get rid of Hitler. Willingness to sacrifice on a highly personal level was the deciding factor. Can it be done again? It could be daunting. I say that because of what I read on a site I visited where a conversation about the plastic swirl was going on. One writer said that they had seen a Bible passage that said, “God will bring to ruin those ruining the earth.” I’ve read that verse on other sites as well. Apparently the Bible people who come around had read that verse to them and they were wondering what the other person thought about that as being the outcome for what was happening to the earth.

Anyway, the person who answered said something about that being very pessimistic and that they preferred to do what they could to saving the earth ‘one plastic bag at a time’. Sorry to say, I felt as though I’d been caught up in a Disney cartoon when I read that answer! But that’s about the level of commitment millions of people are honestly thinking it will take. Where I live cloth bags to carry your groceries in are flying off the shelves. Have you ever tried to seriously use those suckers? I’m using them but I’m certainly not going to say I’m happy about it.

Now what about putting a dot in that equation? Once your research is done what about getting in front of the world and telling them what it’s really going to take? That it’s going to take more then a ‘one plastic bag at a time’ mind set to solve the plastic problems. When they ask you to clarify you might grab the top of the podium, lean forward and say, “fifty thousand plastic ‘house’ at a time could be very helpful.” That means no more: plastic siding, plastic fences, plastic trash cans, plastic ornamental planters, plastic lawn mowers, plastic light fixtures, plastic toys, plastic hangers, plastic toothbrushes, plastic…”

That’s what I think it will take to solve the planet’s plastic problem. I’m hopeful that your research will add to my Google/Roach findings.

Thank you,
Sammie