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That’s a wrap, another Halloween is over

November 1, 2007

Or should I say that’s a plastic wrap…

First off I have to go on record by stating that I am becoming increasingly disappointed by the commercial nature of our annual celebrations. I realize this isn’t a new phenomenon but my reaction is certainly changing. The individually plastic wrapped candies I came by last night got me thinking (and there aren’t that many around the house in the first place, I mean do I really want to try overly hard to make sure my three year old gets a pillow case full of sugar?…). I wish I had an accurate digital scale lying around so I could measure the packaging to product weight ratio.

So that was last night… and then this morning a comment was made on yesterday’s post about Ghost Loads. It addressed the plastic pollution that is aggregating in the North Pacific Gyre. This reminded me of a discussion I had while living in Toronto and covering sustainability initiatives for the Sounds Sustainable podcast.

A colleague introduced me to a filmmaker who was working on a documentary about the plastic pollution in the North Pacific. Long story short the Wikipedia entry provided a link to what I was looking for…

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Sustainability, Video, The Environment 

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2 Responses to “That’s a wrap, another Halloween is over”

  1. tommyboy Says:
    November 1st, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    I have the scale you need

  2. mrG Says:
    November 3rd, 2007 at 10:37 pm

    Now THAT is a scary movie. Thanks for this find, it deserves to be seen.

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