Materials Part 2
Post consumer recycled materials should be used for non food packaging, I'll be making that choice: I think pre consumer recycled materials are good for more sterile applications, meaning for the interior of buildings, a kitchen cabinet, flooring, wall partitions, etc. Post consumer, who knows what is in that stuff. I figure even if they are washing it or treating it that would add chemicals to it (or activate some already dormant), and it would waste more resources, so I might as well use it only for boxing, shipping, and protecting... Debating against the millions of dollars put into the marketing of these recycled raw materials is beyond me, I'll consume as logic tells me. For example this image below is from the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers:
Yes, you can make a plastic bottle into Berber carpets, but Berber is a type of WEAVING: Berber can be made from an assorted group of materials. The industry would love for us to use materials as they like, using marketing like this I'm sure they'll continue to convince a few. But Berber weave is best felt on your feet when made of Wool (PETA doesn't like any use of Wool). What a dilemma: for everything you encourage, there is another group opposing.
With the intentions that what ever I use for wrapping will be made of Post Consumer Recycled Materials, the public will then take to the recycling bin where it will enter the cycle once again... We'll only use it for a little while...
to be continued...
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