Salt is and always has been an essential part of humanity for eating and preserving (then eating).
So what does it mean to discover that 90% of salts we eat have traces of plastic, jettisoned into oceans and lakes?
“Of 39 salt brands tested, 36 had microplastics in them, according to a new analysis by researchers in South Korea and Greenpeace East Asia.” says National Geographic.
That’s just gross and very disturbing.
The study reported that “The three brands that did not contain microplastics are from Taiwan (refined sea salt), China (refined rock salt), and France (unrefined sea salt produced by solar evaporation).”
So far I have not found any salt brands online for tips of what to buy.
However I will be loading up on salt when I go to France.
How could this happen?
Simple (and even more disgusting). The National Geographic says: “the astonishing growth of plastics production–half of the 7,800 million tons [of plastic] ever produced has been made since 2004, with 40 percent of it disposable–is outpacing almost all other manufactured materials as well as the ability of developing nations to deal with it.”
Plastics have got to stop.
The insistence on convenience — and all the plastic clamshells, bags, bottles, etc. — has got to take a new form.
Elkay water bottle refilling stations need to be everywhere.
Pepsi now owns SodaStream. They need to further SodaStream’s mission to stop the plastic cycle.
Compostable Plant Based Clamshell Containers Do Exist!
I’ll be able to sleep tonight thanks to WorldCentric®, provider of eco-friendly, biodegradable take out food packaging, serving ware and utensils.
They do have an alternative to the all-too ubiquitous plastic clamshell container. Check out the World Centric’s compostable clamshells, made from NatureWorks Ingeo™, which is derived from plants grown in the USA.
Sitting in a pile of clean recycled glass gravel. Did you know sand box sand usually has gross stuff in it? Andela Products makes clean, 100% glass sand from recycled glass.
p.s. Amazing Glass Recycling System Options
If you’re connected with your city’s recycling department, be sure they know about Andela Products which works with municipal recycling groups around the world to turn dirty glass of all colors into all types of new products from sand to glass gravel.
I visited them a few years ago and was very impressed!
One less thing buried in the land or floating in the sea.
