New Posts For Thread: sick to death of sky banging on about plastichttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plasticin our seas,riversit was on last week that of the 10 top polluting rivers for plastic in the world number 10 comes in at 8 million tonnes whilst the yangtsee at number one comes in at 1.8 billion tonnes,like china,s coal fired power stations,100,s of@pxb this is true, but... have you ever visited a country where the population uses bottled water as it's primary source of supply? The volume of plastic bottle litter is unreal. Surely in this day and age, pursuing the supply of clean (not bottled)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553253097#553253097@pxb this is true, but... have you ever visited a country where the population uses bottled water as it's primary source of supply? The volume of plastic bottle litter is unreal. Surely in this day and age, pursuing the supply of clean (not bottled)Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:39:18 -0600Litter louts are contemptible people.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553252457#553252457Litter louts are contemptible people.Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:00:23 -0600My local beach is regularly cleaned (by volunteers) and the plastic, i'm told, makes up for approximately 80% of the waste collected. Drinking straws are another pet hate of mine, used for seconds and then take 500years to degrade. Surely we can comehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553251375#553251375My local beach is regularly cleaned (by volunteers) and the plastic, i'm told, makes up for approximately 80% of the waste collected. Drinking straws are another pet hate of mine, used for seconds and then take 500years to degrade. Surely we can comeWed, 20 Dec 2017 02:53:52 -0600The plastic bottle has saved more lives than any other invention of my lifetime. Mostly children. Millions die every year from contaminated water. The biggest killer of children worldwide. The plastic bottle enabled cheap distribution of safe drinkinhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553251115#553251115The plastic bottle has saved more lives than any other invention of my lifetime. Mostly children. Millions die every year from contaminated water. The biggest killer of children worldwide. The plastic bottle enabled cheap distribution of safe drinkinTue, 19 Dec 2017 21:58:11 -06001.8 billion tonnes? Ohhhh Jayshus Chrisht! That's wrong, you've added a factor of 1000.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553250079#5532500791.8 billion tonnes? Ohhhh Jayshus Chrisht! That's wrong, you've added a factor of 1000.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:34:44 -0600The Chinese are indeed terrible when it comes to polluting the oceans, but I suspect that they mostly pollute the Pacific Ocean. Don't think they can be blamed for much of the rubbish that wash up on European beaches. I'm jogging at the beach (in Swehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553249893#553249893The Chinese are indeed terrible when it comes to polluting the oceans, but I suspect that they mostly pollute the Pacific Ocean. Don't think they can be blamed for much of the rubbish that wash up on European beaches. I'm jogging at the beach (in SweTue, 19 Dec 2017 12:17:32 -0600More virtue signalling in action, while ignoring and skirting around the real crux of problem.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553248863#553248863More virtue signalling in action, while ignoring and skirting around the real crux of problem.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:30:13 -0600think your missing the point sky despite spending hours and hours on this havnt mentioned the disparity between the Chinese and the rest of the worldhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553248851#553248851think your missing the point sky despite spending hours and hours on this havnt mentioned the disparity between the Chinese and the rest of the worldTue, 19 Dec 2017 07:28:22 -0600It's a global issue which is having serious impact on life in our oceans, which is/will impact humans.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553248841#553248841It's a global issue which is having serious impact on life in our oceans, which is/will impact humans.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:24:58 -0600It's polluting and killing life in our oceans. It's a serious global issue.Shame you feel ' sick to death of it 'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973603/sick-to-death-of-sky-banging-on-about-plastic?post_id=553248831#553248831It's polluting and killing life in our oceans. It's a serious global issue.Shame you feel ' sick to death of it 'Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:21:47 -0600