We made a family dragon last week, so much fun sewing, stapling and painting. We have a heavy weight plier stapler and it’s amazing how quick it is to build with it and a pile of #cardboard
Worried about plastics leaching into your food and beverages from the plastic containers they're in? Some ideas:
Contact the company and say you want them to go back to glass or cardboard. It can help if companies hear directly from consumers.
a) Do an internet search for the company name + corporate to get contact details.
b) If you're still on Twitter, do public tweets, with @ attached to their name. Just say you're concerned about the safety of plastic and that you'd like to see a return to glass. It can help if companies hear directly from consumers.
Transfer frozen meals into microwave-safe glassware before heating. There is apparently some possible leaching of plastic during heating.
If you transfer contents from the plastic bottle/jar into a clean glass container, find a safe way to do this. (Start with looking up canning instructions on how to sterilize the containers and lids. You don't want to introduce contamination).
NOTE. Companies switch to plastic for 2 key reasons:
Plastic containers are lighter and significantly reduce shipping costs.
Plastic containers are super cheap to mass produce. A switch back to glass means prices will go up. To mitigate this, suggest they help push for a return and refund program (and maybe standardization of the glass containers).
"Food safe" plastics are supposed to be inert and not interact with our cells or biology. Lots of $ was put into research to develop plastics believed to be safe. Companies don't want to poison people (bad for business), so their switching to plastics was based on the current science of the time. their thought was 'it's safe, so why not switch to something that will save money'.
HISTORY. Sodas/pop/carbonated beverages used to come in #glass. Bottles were refundable. But the industry switched to #plastic containers in the late 1970s because of breakage, costs and a few bottles that exploded (leading to different safety concerns). Many fruit juices came in glass until the 1990s. So, there is lots of precedent for glass containers. #CARDBOARD. Did you know that up to the early 1970s, frozen vegetables and fruit were sold in small, waxed cardboard boxes?
In 2014, I made a steampunk submarine costume for my son's wheelchair. When the chair was in motion, the pinwheel twirled, the wheel's design spiraled, and the periscope was retractable. Made entirely from cardboard and random stuff, including paper tubes, pill container lids, altoids tins, wallpaper, duct tape, and a clear plastic salad bowl rescued after a catered event. #wheelchair#disability#OpulentMobility#wheelchaircostume#submarine#cardboard#upcycling#steampunk
Are you in Santa Barbara?Channel Islands Restoration needs that giant pile of cardboard in your garage from Amazon deliveries... (Really!) They are asking for donations through December 15th of your cardboard boxes... #cardboard#recycle#SantaBarbara
Imagine an opponent launch 30 or more of these drones against a NATO airbase, i think they would be in trouble, just as Russia was. Also intercepting this with a ground2air missile is also a win with regard to costs.... Curious about their radar signature with all the cardboard.
I started a long, slim shelf that I will hang above my bulletin board. It will hold all kinds of little dolls, toys, etc. that are currently on my desktop. I have some more work to do on it today. Some paper, and a little guardrail. #recycledmaterials#shelf#cardboard#handmade
Made a coin purse out of #cardboard! Pretty pleased with how this cute little #upcycling project turned out. #Chiikawa is going to guard my coin. :jolteon_giggle: #diy