Officials Urge Americans To Sort Plastics, Glass Into Separate Oceans

[humble3d]

Officials Urge Americans To Sort Plastics, Glass Into Separate Oceans

WASHINGTON—Calling it an important but often overlooked step of the process, Environmental Protection Agency officials issued a statement Friday once again advising Americans to sort their plastics and glass materials into separate oceans.

“We would like to remind Americans that clear, brown, and green glass should be placed in the Atlantic Ocean, and plastics classified as 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 belong in the Pacific,” said EPA spokesman Daniel Gray, adding that individuals should properly rinse out all containers before depositing them off the appropriate coastline.

“Also, lakes and rivers are reserved strictly for paper products. We simply ask that cardboard be flattened before it is left in any one of the thousands of designated freshwater bodies across the country.”

Gray also stressed that Americans should only place old computers, televisions, mobile phones, and other unwanted electronics in forests on their assigned day of the week.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/officials-urge-americans-to-sort-plastics-glass-in,38016/

[dMog]

i wonder if the onion news will next ask the Canadians to stop putting our elderly on the ice-flows in the artic ocean every spring

[stylemessiah]

I can see an immediate flaw in the proposal, a lot of Americans are so insulated from the reality of the world beyond their borders that they wouldnt know how to find either ocean :)

Please, dont make me post a link to youtube to prove it :)

[dMog]

I can see an immediate flaw in the proposal, a lot of Americans are so insulated from the reality of the world beyond their borders that they wouldnt know how to find either ocean :)

Please, dont make me post a link to youtube to prove it :)

i agree with you too..but have to add... america is not the only country polluting the oceans and they are also by far NOT anywhere near the worst offenders...and if you think they are...YOU belong in the dumbest of the dumbasses club no matter where you live

[CODYQX4]

I can see an immediate flaw in the proposal, a lot of Americans are so insulated from the reality of the world beyond their borders that they wouldnt know how to find either ocean :)

Please, dont make me post a link to youtube to prove it :)

i agree with you too..but have to add... america is not the only country polluting the oceans and they are also by far NOT anywhere near the worst offenders...and if you think they are...YOU belong in the dumbest of the dumbasses club no matter where you live

We can't allow China to be #1 polluter, can you please build that pipeline here so we can reclaim that spot? /s