Industry spent millions selling recycling, to sell more plastic
Plastics in general make me nervous. I watched a talk from an endocrinologist that many plastics and their byproducts can bind to chemical receptors, throwing off the production and ratios of various hormones and neurotransmitters. We made a big push against BPA-free plastic years ago, but there may be other varieties that are just as harmful: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe/" rel="nofollow">https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certi...</a><p>(I'm also very nervous about "biodegradable" plastic which appears to break down granularly, but persists microscopically in the environment.)<p>As much as I applaud the effort to use cloth bags at the grocery store, the vast majority of the products we place in them are still wrapped in <i>huge</i> quantities of single-use plastic. While metal cans and glass jars are at least somewhat more recyclable/reusable, I'm not even sure we <i>have</i> a good replacement for the necessary evil of food-safe containers.<p>If someone more knowledgable than myself had suggestions on how to look for safer/greener plastic varieties, or general strategies to reduce their use, I'd love to hear them.