Is Plastic the Problem, or Recycling? - Lynda Resnick

[savvysearch]

Fiji water is awesome.

[proudpapa2004]

* The problem is NOT recycling, as Ms. Resnick states, but rather the LACK of recycling! It's astounding to me that this filthy, corporate bimbo (for lack of a juicier term) is allowed to speak in public. What a moron!

* No WONDER so many people make fun of Americans. I was born here and I am ashamed of someone like her. Absolutely pathetic... All of that money and only cotton candy upstairs?? Just. Plain. Sad.

[cu29640]

Resnicks drove Franklin Mint to the mass market with low end trendy and some tacky product. They abandoned their long time affluent collectors who bought the higher end stuff. That is what ran them in the ground. I hope the new owners can rebuild it.

[cu29640]

Lynda Resnick is a visionary and self made billionaire. She owned the Franklin Mint and put herself in charge of all creative development. They came up with some brilliant products that used hundreds of thousands in development dollars.

[VAWiner]

@cu29640 and sent 100's of people to the unemployment lines by sending everything overseas.  Greedy and money hungry !!

[six2112]

lying juden!

[swickotine]

Sounds like a fraud huckster....cocky, indignant, pseudo cavalier and botoxed everywhere. This woman screams "stay away" from top to bottom.

[protonstudio65]

Lynda Resnick is a fraud and a snake-oil saleswoman. She claims in an interview with Jared Diamond ( a crony friend ) that "The Los Angeles water supply is quite compromised with arsenic and pharmaceuticals. If somebody has a compromised immune system—from HIV or cancer, perhaps—they cant drink tap water. I can taste the chlorine."

Really? Absurd ranting from a greedy woman. Bottled water is a sham! Dont buy into this lie, get a filter for tap water if you dont like the taste.

[MysteryManoLove]

Recycling's a farce and does more environmental damage than a landfill.

[planetdarwin]

Lame excuses lazy people use to defend plastic bags:

1. I like the convenience of carrying stuff to my car in a bag even if it's only 1 or 2 things.

2. The cashier put it in a bag; it's not my fault.

3. Who cares, I don't live by a landfill.

4. Reusable bags cost too much.

5. I don't like using the bags as trash liners cause I like the big black ones.

6. It's too hard to remember to bring a reusable bag to the store

7. So what... there's more plastic in the packaging than the bag anyways.

[tuttt99]

I tell them "no bag" if it's one or two things.

And I have never bought a bottle of water in my life. Despite the hype, it is NO better than tap.

[planetdarwin]

Some places are stubborn about plastic bags. Subway has some kind of policy against giving you the sammy without the bag. Some cashiers are stubborn or don't realize not everyone wants a bag. Sometimes I'll say "no bag please" and they just throw it in one anyways: "Oh I'll give you one anyways!" like it's some kind of gift. Stores should train their cashiers to understand that some people actively avoid over-consumption of disposable waste.

[planetdarwin]

Good choice on the no bottled water. It turns out bottled water is actually less healthy. There are fewer regulations on quality, and the plastic contains BPA which is toxic if it leaches into the water, which it does if the plastic gets too warm or the bottle is crinkled. Tap water is superior. If it must be carried somewhere, use an approved reusable container made of glass, aluminum, etc. As stratvic points out below, the "hose to your mouth" IS the tap water infrastructure.

[planetdarwin]

Excuses lazy people use to defend bottled water and pop:

1. It's so convenient!

2. It's too hard to remember to fill my own bottles.

3. I've been throwing them away for so long I never think to reuse them

4. I don't like the idea of reusing old stuff... it's dirty! icky!

5. What's the problem? I don't live next to a landfill!

6. Who cares if the ocean is full of garbage... the beach is still nice.

7. I don't like the "taste" of tap water.

8. It's my right to choose.

[stratvic]

The hose into you your mouth is called a tap.

[FkyGGGG]

Jackboot thugs....just like all commies!

Greed is Great...Let Freedom Ring!

[bryansteeksma]

the problem in America is greed, not recycling or lack thereof. Is there a way to bring metaphorical hose to the publics mouth? Yes, there is. Discontinue the production of bottled water. According to this video, she promises that she would take action towards the solution if there was one....... but we all know its not about public health or the environment.

[AsSomedayItMayHappen]

Oh my god, thank you! That's exactly the point. Recycling is not the issue at all. It's this pursuit of socially-constructed luxuries that even people fifty years ago living in the United States would have objected to. I would agreee with those here who have said that the wool is being pulled over our eyes, but we need to acknowledge that we are a part of it as much as those who are producing products like bottled water.

[bryansteeksma]

"if i could bring the hose right into your mouth I would do it, i promise you."

Well, there is a way. People buy bottled water for two main reasons: (1) fear (2) because they think they're getting a better quality water. Western civilization does not need bottled water. It is superfluous. Tap water is perfectly drinkable 99% of the time. One could even argue that the chemicals from the plastic seeping into your bottled water are much worse than any contaminant in tap water........

[brentpieczynski]

The goals of making laws is for the primary-motive, of grabbing power. Those which are power-grabbers desire big-government for, personal-benefit.

[7tCinema]

"...I could just bring the hose right into your mouth, I would do it, I promise you." Snap, Go Girl !

[truthadvocate]

People don't need more laws. In Chicago, from a citizen's perspective, the reason people don't recycle is because they don't trust the city's recycling program. "Put it in a different colored bag and throw it in with the rest of the garbage" Are you kidding? People need a guarantee that their valuable time won't be wasted. Plus global warming has made recycling less trendy. All that gas and energy used to gather and process recyclables. The global warming scam has undermined environmentalism.