Comments on: Disposable Cups Protest Unfair Discrimination http://www.greenbuyguide.com/blog/2008/05/07/disposable-cups-protest-unfair-discrimination/ News and Information on the changing world of 'Green' Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Douglas Beagley http://www.greenbuyguide.com/blog/2008/05/07/disposable-cups-protest-unfair-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Douglas Beagley Mon, 12 May 2008 14:49:04 +0000 http://www.greenbuyguide.com/blog/?p=82#comment-44 Thanks for reading! For long term, big-picture, we definitely concur. I just found it interesting that in a culture of mass consumerism and disposable everything, however, using paper cups sometimes has less negative impact. I'd definitely like to see our disposable attitude towards everything fade away... perhaps in a hundred years we'll remember the second half of the 20th century in America as a strange blip of wastefulness. Here's hoping, d Thanks for reading! For long term, big-picture, we definitely concur. I just found it interesting that in a culture of mass consumerism and disposable everything, however, using paper cups sometimes has less negative impact.

I’d definitely like to see our disposable attitude towards everything fade away… perhaps in a hundred years we’ll remember the second half of the 20th century in America as a strange blip of wastefulness.

Here’s hoping,
d

]]> By: Jess http://www.greenbuyguide.com/blog/2008/05/07/disposable-cups-protest-unfair-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Jess Sat, 10 May 2008 16:58:49 +0000 http://www.greenbuyguide.com/blog/?p=82#comment-43 The whole point of buying mugs is that you keep and use them for years on end! My family has ceramic coffee mugs they've used for the past 30+ years! As for the argument that paper cups aren't necessarily better than Styrofoam cups, consider the source! Paper is a renewable resource, plastic is a non-renewable resource. It's crucial that we reduce our reliance on ALL non-renewable resources and start creating products in a more sustainable manner. The whole point of buying mugs is that you keep and use them for years on end! My family has ceramic coffee mugs they’ve used for the past 30+ years! As for the argument that paper cups aren’t necessarily better than Styrofoam cups, consider the source! Paper is a renewable resource, plastic is a non-renewable resource. It’s crucial that we reduce our reliance on ALL non-renewable resources and start creating products in a more sustainable manner.

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