Life without Plastic - Day 10 (cars and variety stores)

[siglinde99]

On Sunday, the engine light came on in my elderly car, so I bought some engine cleaner at the gas station. It came in a plastic bottle, like this:



There were many more plastic bottles of various kinds of engine products. Plus windshield washer fluids. And then there were the hundreds of plastic pop and water bottles and all the bags of chips and candy and jerky treats and chocolate bars and sandwiches and and and...

I'm not sure there was a single item for sale that didn't have plastic wrap or wasn't made of plastic (sometimes both).

Since starting this project, I have become much more conscious of plastic around me. This place gave me the willies.

Comments

[acorngirl.livejournal.com]

There's another name for that type of store: convenience. I think that about says it all. Stores with names like "On The Run", "Quickie" and "Hasty" offer their customers the easy choice, but certainly not the wisest. In a fast-paced society where it's all about expedience, the environment is going to lose every time.

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

Yup :(.