Re-Gain

The plastics industry for years promoted that plastic was fantastic. Yes, it's a fantastic environmental crime. Contamination in the U.S. is high since many unrecyclable forms of plastic are mismanaged. Seven percent is recovered while 3/4 is lost or buried. The lack of smarter packaging has resulted in today's horrific plastic pollution. For more than 45 years, I have championed marketing secondary materials. I have helped recycle a wide variety of reused products, from tennis balls to motor oil. I have worn many hats to promote secondary end markets. Without finding new economic opportunities for recyclables, it will be discarded. People's plastic waste exemplifies the cost of our foolishness. Tragically, we're seeing this in all aspects of our lives. For example, in the healthcare industry, a third to half is mismanaged. My dad's congressional health care expertise allowed me to observe this tragic waste our ecology determines are well-being.  Remembe...

Forty-four years ago, I was both a national and Washington D.C. area Earth Day coordinator. So below I share some verse to celebrate our beloved planet It is Earth Day, not Earth Decay. Plant seeds of hope make it OK Are you consuming or conserving? Are you presuming or preserving Recycled back, follow nature's way Bless this place no more dismay Take h off heart place at the end It spells earth let’s save and gain Reclaim, regain don’t be insane Plant a tree to ease your pain Don’t be the fool yet be cool A gift of thrift is the best tool Deal with a full deck save the joker Get wilds cards and win in poker Wake up to the sound of the bugle Saving resources shows your frugal Venture outside and see the signs Cultivate virtue enact reuse designs If you pay attention to prevention You’re creating the greatest intention Treat the world with great respect Remember, our children, please protect Take h off heart place at the end It spells earth let’s save and gain It is Eart...

Recently my insurance renewal went up. All around the country insurance coverage is being increased by our human made natural catastrophes Today, increased climate-altering incidents lack coverage because there's a limit amount of funds. All you have to do is look at what's happening in Florida after the last hurricane or what's going on in Texas and California with their wildfires. Factoring the full and long-term cost of climate events change. Today, the insurance industry can not cover the impacts of our catastrophic weather events. Underwriters have done the math, and it just doesn't work. Unless we mend an unfavorable end of well- being may result. Environmental and health care costs are interconnected. Unfortunately, we have not created a market system that accounts for clean air, water, and land. America's history of resource mismanagement and limited pollution prevention impacts our grandchildren's lives. My late father was a legislative lawyer who helpe...