Plastic free: DVDs
Oprah’s been letting fans in on ‘The Secret’ over the last 2 weeks. And since EnviroWoman has ‘SUCKER’ tatooed across her forehead she headed down to Banyen Books (the local mecca for all things New Age) to see if they had any copies so she too, like millions of Oprah-devotees, could become ‘enlightened’.
This was the first time since pledging to live plastic-free in 2007 that I was truly tempted to commit a MAJOR SIN not out of necessity, but just because the lure of the plastic-thingy was just too, too provocative.
In this case, the plastic thingy was a DVD...of 'The Secret'.
I mean, the answer to ‘wealth beyond your wildest dreams’ was on that DVD. How could I resist?
But DVDs, the little beggers, are made of plastic, so are off-limits for 2007. So, I held firm and opted for the more primitive, more earth-friendly, more user-friendly option – the book – hey, I can wield my pink highlighter to my heart’s content all over the pages of a book, and ya can’t do that with a DVD.
To be honest, I’ve never been a big DVD buyer anyway. I own exactly 1. They seem like such un-necessary consumerism. I mean why buy, when it’s so easy to rent. How many times are you gonna watch the same movie anyway. (Except for Pride and Prejudice, the Colin Firth version…I’d buy that on DVD any day, and watch it over and over and over again because that Mr. Darcy is a TOTAL hunk….I bet he’s a Scorpio, all broody, high-morals, and drop dead gorgeous in that wet shirt...). But, I digress.
Even though I’m not a big DVD buyer, I am a big DVD renter. And that’s why when I set out upon this little no-plastic repent I made one of my rules that I can borrow or rent products that have plastic. That way I can rent Pride and Prejudice and enjoy the warm glow of all that testosterone all year long.
Hey, does anybody know if DVDs are recyclable? They don't appear to have a plastic grade marked on them, so I assume not only are they plastic SINNERs, but they also aren’t readily recyclable (DOUBLE WHAMMY SINNERS). Oh hey, looky here, there's a little tiny label 'CAUTION: May cause Mr. Darcy excitability'.
