Every time the greenies win a battle to circumvent our lives, it only emboldens them to up the ante and try to suppress another of life's small pleasures. Last month it was plastic straws which wave been outlawed in many of their bailiwicks ... so now they are going after balloons ... which somehow are killing sea turtles and other aquatic life. See: Money Magazine Article. Now it would seem to this observer that the only rubber balloons that could possible get in the ocean are escape helium-filled ones ... maybe 1 in a hundred. Otherwise, it's landfill for the rest.
However, there is another type of balloon that is much more wisely to be in our waters ... condoms. When I used to row crew on the Potomac and other rivers, we saw hundreds of them floating by ... we called them "white fish." These prophylactics are far more damaging to our environment ... and yet you cam pick them up for free at many high schools and Plan need Parenthood clinics.
Let's see the tree huggers try to ban condoms ...
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I must admit that I always had the custom of giving birthday/anniversary balloons, and the ritually cutting them free to drift "harmlessly" up into the sky to land who knows where.
I cannot say that plastic straws really gave me any pleasure. Bring your own straw if it is such a BFD.
Single-use plastic bags are truly a menace. I am quite acclimated to having several sturdy cloth bags in my car at all times. Every little bit helps.
How do you feel about plastic water bottles? Do any of them get into the ocean? How could they, when it is obvious that most are just thrown onto the side of the road?
If someone told me forty years ago that we would be buying our water in plastic bottles, l would have scoffed. Can we turn back the clock?
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