#plastic diet

[hauntingpackart]

My entry for the Posters of Discontent contest. It’s about the Pacific Garbage Patch and how plastic makes up the majority of it. When the plastic degrades, animals can mistake it as plankton and eat it. The plastic builds up in their intestines, making them less hungry and unwilling to eat actual food, and they eventually starve to death. They essentially die from a “plastic diet”.

[nidhichimnani]

New project: Plastic Diet

Two things happened.

First, I stumbled upon this BBC podcast on Landfills and their impact on Wildlife Second, I started to clean my apartment after having a guest over for 2 weeks.

The amount of plastic bags, plastic bottles and plastic packaging I came across up is shocking.

I've been living here for only 2 months, and have spent a majority of my weekends being a tourist and away from Paris. And said guest and bff only really bought books, dessert and clothing (each of which came wrapped in plastic).

I don't live with family or roommates, and to have accumulated so much plastic waste on my own is pretty shocking. Literally - I am the only one buying things and bringing them into this flat. And, I live in Paris - a city that's way more environmentally conscious than Bombay or Boston (and definitely Guangzhou).

Now This all happened to coincide with my decision to go on a 14 day sugar diet (detox + lack of exercise due to Parisian wet autumns + lack of money due to being a prolific tourist). 

So, I've decided to go on a 14 Day Sugar AND Plastic diet.

My last project - to run a half marathon - was fantastically successful and I seem to have inspired a lot of people to run (seriously, A LOT of people are stunned that I did it, and realized that if I can, they can too).

Stay tuned for posts on 'What is a Plastic Diet' (do yourself a favour DON'T google it) and to learn more about plastic (there's really only so much you can google about sugar if you've been on/off/considering a diet since you were 18). 

Comments, tips and links are very welcome. I haven't really define what a plastic diet is just yet.