The packaging
for a microwavable "microwave" dinner is programmed
for a shelf life of maybe six months, a cook time of two minutes
and a landfill dead-time of centuries.
David Wann, Buzzworm, November 1990<
The earth we abuse and the living things we
kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting
their presence we are diminishing our future.
Marya Mannes,
More in Anger, 1958
Man created the plastic bag and the tin and
aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate,
and this was good because Man could then take his automobile
and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which
was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which
had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic
bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles
and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his
head and cried: "Look at this Godawful mess."
Art
Buchwald, 1970
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