Since 1999 Richard and Judith Lang have focused their attention on just 1000 yards of tide line where they have collected plastic washing ashore on Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore. Although the news about plastic pollution is dire, they bring the excitement of scouting for treasures and the pleasure of the creative life to an otherwise difficult topic.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Imagine
Imagine a handful of pull tabs from plastic drink bottles. Now imagine an overflowing bushel basket full of pull tabs. This is what we've picked up on Kehoe Beach. Now imagine choosing glass bottles when you go to the superette. Glass recycles 100's of times. Plastic almost never but sometimes once. What is the true cost of cheap plastic? Let's sharpen our pencils and do some figgerin'…