July is almost over and I’m just now choosing a product for July’s nominee for stupid plastic crap. The point of doing this each month is not to mock a product just for entertainment. It is to illustrate how our society wastes resources on useless items that could easily be eliminated. I hope consumers will become more aware that every product has an impact on the environment. Each product has a footprint and requires energy and resources. Every product leaves behind waste long after the product is not longer useful. Hopefully consumers will think before they buy and, therefore, become mindful consumers.
This month’s nominee is all the plastic produce savers/keepers. This includes the tomato saver, the pepper saver, the lemon/lime saver, the onion saver, and probably several others. Each one is brightly colored and shaped just like the produce it is designed to keep.
“The tomato saver looks great displayed on your counter and is fun for outdoor serving.”
In order to be “Plastic Crap of the Month, an item must meet these criteria” 1. If removed from the face of the earth, there would be no negative effects. In fact the earth would benefit; 2. There is no logical reason for its existence; 3. It can easily be replaced with eco-friendly, simpler means.
Remove these products from the face of the earth and there would be that much less plastic waste in our environment. These plastic doodads are made to look exactly like the produce they keep. This is the white onion saver. Do NOT put a red onion in it. That would cause too much confusion.
How can you do without these products? I use an unbleached wax paper bag (rather than a plastic bag). Sometimes I also use a small glass refrigerator dish. How do you keep leftover produce?
This month’s nominee is all the plastic produce savers/keepers. This includes the tomato saver, the pepper saver, the lemon/lime saver, the onion saver, and probably several others. Each one is brightly colored and shaped just like the produce it is designed to keep.
“The tomato saver looks great displayed on your counter and is fun for outdoor serving.”
In order to be “Plastic Crap of the Month, an item must meet these criteria” 1. If removed from the face of the earth, there would be no negative effects. In fact the earth would benefit; 2. There is no logical reason for its existence; 3. It can easily be replaced with eco-friendly, simpler means.
Remove these products from the face of the earth and there would be that much less plastic waste in our environment.
These plastic doodads are made to look exactly like the produce they keep. This is the white onion saver. Do NOT put a red onion in it. That would cause too much confusion.
How can you do without these products? I use an unbleached wax paper bag (rather than a plastic bag). Sometimes I also use a small glass refrigerator dish. How do you keep leftover produce?