ttbn,

Lead by example old chap.

Steeley, I care not for the small INSIGNIFICANT number of wildlife that happen upon these things and die.
Put some relativity into your premise.
If you want to give an example of 'real' mass murder of the the worlds marine life, tell us about the millions of tons of fish killed every year.
Oh, wait, no that's for us to eat.
I know, we can all go vegetarian.
No wait, that's not going to work because as carnivores we need a balanced intake and mix of such things as proteins, which a 'grass' only diet will not supply in the quantities needed to fend off many illnesses and diseases.
Look as an industrial designer, I am wired to look at a problem and fix it, but in such a way that does not compromise people, and that includes cost, because if you make things too expensive, you are compromising people.
There is a propensity of immaturity on a very large scale in todays thinking by too many people.
We must stop thinking like children and 'grow up'.
As the saying goes 'shithappens, get over it or get used to it'.
The marshmellows of the world are a nuisance and just another encumbrance on the rest of us.
I wish people would stop quoting this person or that expert.
I don't care.
We have a responsibility to staying alive and healthy.
Over the life of the earth many living things have died for one reason or another.
Mostly as food, but much as folly.
For example all this hoo haa over dead sheep.
These tree hugging morons have obviously never even driven past a farm or sheep station.
If you want the truth about something, go to the source, track down the truth, then and only then will you speak with authority not the excrement the tree hugging greens and the marshmellows spew.

It is the people who stand firmly in the way of change or improvement that get to me, seen here some refuse to see a truth Islands of plastic in the sea exist, our beaches are dirty, plastic we are told daily is killing sea life,yet some claim it is not true even a plot by the left, mind you being left of some of them is humanitys default position,thankfully most know we need to improve in many areas and most try to do just that

Steely, like all those marine researchers in Townsville, your end of the earth vet was probably looking for a research grant.

He also failed to mention Sydney is way out of turtle living range. Any weak enough to have been swept down the coast by the east coast current were not likely to survive, & may have grabbed at anything to get something in its stomach.

I'm sure there are lots of plastic bags in Sydney harbour, what would you expect with all the greenies living there.

Is Mise plastic packaging is public driven. I used to manufacture/market water/energy saving showers. We sold them in a cardboard box. In the country people asked for what they wanted from an assistant, & they sold well. No so in the city.

We changed to clear clamshell plastic packaging, which hung on a display stand, & even in cities they walked out the door. Manufacturers & retailers are forced to market their products in display packaging, as it is what the public want. If you don't cater to the public desire, you aren't going to sell stuff.

Then bathrooms became a fashion statement. We had to enclose our solid brass, last forever, shower head in a coloured or chrome plated plastic housing, to sell them in the city.

Dear Belly,

I'll repeat the old joke - trying to argue with some
people is like playing chess
with a pigeon. There's no point to it. The pigeon will
knock over the pieces, crap all over the board, and
then fly off and join the flock, claiming victory.

But Kudos to you for trying.

I read the results of a study recently and uunfortunately forgot where but the message was that single use plastic bags are actually the least damaging to the environment.
Paper bags require massive investment in either trees, or hemp or whatever material you wish to use. This means more land clearing which is worse for the environment, then there is the environmental cost of manufacturing.
Reusable plastic bags and reusable non plastic bags have to be used something like 50-100 times to gain an environmental advantage over single use bags.
As has been mentioned, hygiene and public health are also an issue with reusable bags.
And no one ever talks about the one area that can be improved by removing plastic and that is disposable nappies. Billions of these things are used every day and I don’t know about down south but up here they litter all the best fishing and camping spots, even in the most remote areas. It’s worse on aboriginal land, nappies are everywhere people live or camp.
Yes they are convenient but they are expensive both financially and environmentaly.