Comments on: Bring your own cup and mug: An eco-stylish money-making habit

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:40:57 +0000

With office mugs you don’t even need to worry about portability — Get him a cute one he’ll reuse just to show off :)

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:54:29 +0000

I love my Klean Kanteen bottle for my water! I think that I am going to buy one each for my parents so they always have one. I bought one for each of my staff members last Christmas, and they seemed to really appreciate them.

I also need to find a good reusable mug for my dad to drink his coffee. I think they use styrofoam cups at his work, eek!

By: Siel

Siel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:56:27 +0000

Thanks Anna! Hope you had a fun JunkRide :)

Beth — We shall clink stainless steel cups at BlogHer ‘09 :)

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:52:33 +0000

Speaking of what we don’t know about plastics, what we don’t know is a lot. Because while the polymer itself might be relatively inert (polyethylene, for example, or polypropylene), it’s the mystery additives that are responsible for so much trouble. And those additives are never disclosed on labels.

This is my rant of the month. We insist that food labels disclose all the ingredients in the food, and we want dairy companies to be able to let us know if their products contain rBHT. But we have no idea what chemicals have been added to the plastic in which those products have been packaged — chemicals that could be leaching hormone disruptors back into our food!

I really feel a campaign coming on, but I have no idea how to proceed with it yet. I think that packaging should be part of organic certification. And I think the ingredients in plastic packaging should be disclosed like food ingredients are. It’s a huge issue and bigger than me. But I think it’s really important.

(I’ve even heard recently that some companies add chemicals to their plastic packaging specifically so they don’t have to list them in the ingredients. Like preservatives for cereal, for example.)

Anyway, this has nothing to do with reusable mugs and water bottles, but your comment about plastic just got me started up again.

Totally agree with you about stainless steel!

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish’s last blog post..Plastic Sea Monster crashes Marin’s Green County Fair

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:48:55 +0000

Nice to see you still have your BYO mug! I'll have to give you a few produce bags, now that I'm back from my ride and getting back to byo....Cheers Anna’s last blog post..JUNKride update - meeting mayors and spreading the gyre word