Subj : Litter was: soda pop
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Sep 17 2022 12:11:02

Hi Dave,


 DD> plastics and plasticised wrappers have made litter a MUCH bigger issue
 DD> than it used to was.

 RH> And, it seems, people don't care as much about cleaning up after
 RH> themselves as they used to. I remember seeing signs put up by DOT
 RH> advising a $50. fine for littering. That would barely faze a lot of
 RH> people now' keeping up with inflation rates, maybe a $500. fine would
 RH> be more of a deterant. Main problem tho, is catching the litterbug in
 RH> action.

 DD> My point was that most of the plastics in use today are "eternal" and
 DD> stashing them out-of-sight in landfills does NOT solve that problem.

 DD> But, it's a matter of convenience (and PROFIT$) so I don't expect any
 DD> concerted effort to fix the problem(s).

Until something is developed that will break down in a reasonable time
frame, not damage the environment, etc, it's a problem we'll have to
deal with, like it or not.

 DD> My favourite plastic:

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: Dark Chocolate Plastic
 DD>  Categories: Five, Chocolate, Candy
 DD>       Yield: 1 Pound

 DD>       1 lb Semi-sweet chocolate *
 DD>     2/3 c  Light (Karo) corn syrup

Looks like it could be used for cake decorating, something I've not done
in some years.


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Ruth
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