PLASTICS!

 

The horticulture  industry uses plastics across all portions of its production and supply chain. Agriculture:   Disposal of degrading plastic sheets is a continuing and increasing problem. Waterways and eventually oceans probably receive some of that waste.   From the early 1950s, plastic sheeting is used as mulches, tunnels and crop netting have become major parts of landscaping technologies.         In fresh-produce supply chains , plastic packaging is almo st universal. It allows branding, unitized selling, chill-chain handling and modified-atmosphere marketing. This is convenience delivery for growers, simplified selling for supermarkets and easy purchasing for consumers. Changing from manufacturing non-degradable plastics to convenient biodegradable sheeting requires investment in research and development. That R&D is outside horticulture’s remit. Here's a short list of facts I'm researching today:  History of plastics in the horticultural industr

plas·tic ˈplastik/' I began wondering - as we realized the inevitability of this project really happening -  what is plastic anyway?  This article references aspects of my research - the culmination and reduction of a ton of reading that went into quite a bit of detail about what seemed like a simple query! Here are the highlights:  Beyond Belief ... Whether or not you realize it practically everything you use on a daily basis is entirely or partly made of plastic material. Besides the obvious use of 'single-use' products such as straws, cups, plastic bags, to-go containers, packaging that we use daily, add to this   televisions, computers, cars and car parts, tires, house, refrigerator, and many other products that utilize plastic materials.  This just scratches the surface as this does not even broach the topic of microplastics in our shampoos, soaps and even some of our food products. We will cover that in a later blogpost.   For now s ee a

What are you seeing in this image?                                                                 Check out link below:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/plastic-islands-interactive-mobile-app-art-apps-water/x/17350672#/