Mark Rath says all of the plastics in this packaging center become some kind of container in their next lives.
“That’ll end up being a fresh-cut-salad base. Not sure where it goes, but it’ll end up some place with celery and carrots and tomatoes.”
It has taken several days, but a plastic bottle like the one we bought in Washington, DC has now become a salad tray in North Carolina.
Many workers, hundreds of kilometers, and tons of plastic: all pieces of a waste industry that seems to waste as little as possible.
Countless things affect the health of our environment. What we take from nature may not harm it as much as what we add to it. For years, many people have harmed the environment by throwing away plastic grocery bags. But in Washington, a “bag tax” has changed the behavior of many people, and the way business affects the environment.
The Anacostia River flows through southeast Washington into the better-known Potomac River. The Anacostia is often called the city’s “other river.” Tommy Wells is a member of the Washington, DC city council. He is worried about the health of river. He notes that some people have called the Anacostia, one of the 10 most polluted rivers in the country.
Mr. Wells says he was tired of seeing so many plastic bags in or near the river.
“I wanted something that got into people’s heads; not their pockets, which is why we came up with a nickel.”
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