This musing is a double entendre in my mind - is it about my thoughts being disposable? Or is it thoughts about disposables? Or is it both?
What does the word disposable mean to you? Something to throw away, right? Defined as "an article designed to be thrown away after use." Something easily tossed, and forgotten, often after a single use ...
Disposables save us the hassle of having to wash things before using them again. They're easily discarded because we have no connection to them, and therefore we use way more of them than we would if we were washing and reusing them, be it rags, gloves, cups, etc.
But where do disposables go when they're thrown away, out of sight? They transfer from being OUR minor hassle to the planet's insurmountable problem. When they're out of sight, we don't think about them any longer, but all this so-called 'disposable' waste is accumulating in our landfills. Disposable only means we toss it, not that it goes away or vaporizes.
Everything's got to BE somewhere, it consists of matter, of materials, so when we dispose of it, it doesn't disappear.
Disposable - what a conveniently deceptive word for things of convenience ...
