Do we have Ocean-friendly restaurants in the Villages?
 

Too many pictures of our ocean abuse. What can we do to in courage this locally.

I don't know.

Let me ask a rhetorical question that is close to MY heart.

Do we do all we can to encourage vaccination?

Well I use the restrooms on shore and do not pee in the sea.

Never seen the Ocean in any of the local restaurants, so not sure if they are received in a friendly manner.
The fish is very nice, and there was no plastic on the plates.:icon_wink:

I would think the local steak places are mostly "ocean friendly". Cow friendly, not so much.

Good one, you get 5 points for that one, giggle! Just wondering about plastic found on our shores.
Would love return to bio-degradables again!

Ok, I'll bite.
What exactly is a restaurant in TV going to do to harm the ocean?

I agree, it's disgusting to see pictures of our ocean abuse.
People justify the use of water bottles by saying that they are recycled.
I like to think that all recycled bottles are made into carryalls.
I'm not sure about that; a lot of plastic seems to end up in the ocean. :shrug:
If water bottles aren't recycled, would discontinuing their use be a good start?

Keep in mind that, as with CO2 emissions, most of the ocean trash we see comes from other countries.

Very true. Turners in Leesburg doesn’t offer straws.

It is a people problem....too lazy to use the trash receptacles. If they ban plastic bottles, then you will have glass bottles getting broken all over the beaches, etc. No more going barefoot, Barefoot.:duck:

Never underestimate the ingenuity of people to come up with some kind of solution especially if there is a huge demand for one. Ooho: The Eco-Friendly Substitute to Plastic Bottles -Prescouter - Custom Intelligence, On-Demand

The real problem is "to go" orders
 

Doggie bags and fast food are killers. My dog would miss his snacks for sure. Capt. D's uses a lot of paper products in their dine-in, can't think of any others. We never use straws at home, so we decline any straws when out.

There isn't a huge effort in TV to recycle. Drive around on recycle days and notice the number of driveways that only have one garbage bag. Sit a postal station and watch the people sort their mail in their car and throw what they don't want in the trash instead of taking home and recycling, count how many people take reusable bags to the grocery store and how many take their groceries home in plastic. While it may make us feel good to go after the popular issue of the day, it seems many can preach but not practice. For those that recycle at home, use reusable bags at the grocery and throw their junk mail in recycle bins at home thank you for your contribution. For those that don't, please consider the options.

Why the concern about restaurants in TV specifically? I would imagine the 100,000+ people living here would be a much bigger issue. We personally recycle more than we throw away every week. Perhaps you would like to start a local awareness campaign, since this is what concerns you the most?

It has a happy ending.

Since the OP didn't answer the question, I'll assume that the original post was only intended to drag up the greenie debate for the 2nd or 3rd time this week.

And let’s not forget about all the golfers hitting plastic balls into all of the ponds, when will it stop, please do it for the children 😂

Not really sure what this thread is even about? I am about the biggest lover of the ocean you will ever find. Scuba dive, deep sea fish, swim daily, and eat a very dominant seafood diet. My friends tell me that I should have been born a fish instead of a human? How does the OP blame the restaurants in the Villages for not being Ocean friendly? The restaurants in the Villages are about 1 1/2 hour form either coast of Florida and there are very few that even serve seafood (at least decent seafood). Is this another plastic straw rant?

Ocean Friendly Restaurants
 

What you can do as a consumer is to copy down the requirements for an Ocean Friendly Restaurant, and then ask your waiter if the restaurant complies with any of the criteria. Tell them you want to support places of business who care about the environment. For yourself, do not take straws or to-go boxes. Bring your own container to restaurants for left over food. Never use a plastic water bottle. Don't ask for water at a restaurant and then not drink it. Look for ways to reduce waste. There are hundreds of things you as an individual and a person can do. The biggest thing would be to quit using pesticides on your lawn and replace turf with groundcover and plants which are native to FLorida.

Not ranting, just suggesting that it's time for everyone, including restaurants to limit the use of plastic. Hope you watched 60 minutes last night, summarizes my concerns for what we are passing on to our children. You've got to start somewhere, EVEN if it starts with a straw!

But then...
 

they'll be whining about killing trees and decimating forests...

Don't want places like california and St. Pete.

When I was down at one of Mexico 's most beautiful beaches, near a very expensive resort, my wife and I walked a stretch of vacant beach. The entire shore of the beach was littered with all sorts of waste. Medical, garbage etc. When I mentioned this to our hotel manager, he told me to stay away form that beach. He said the waste comes from cruise ships. They pay Mexicans in boats to cart the garbage away for them when they are near the area, but instead the garbage is thrown into the sea by the carters. The locals don't give a s--- about their own country or ocean pollution. I don't blame the cruise lines.

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The problem with avoiding the use of straws is that the glasses may not be entirely clean. The straw allow you to drink your drink without your lips touching a possibly dirty glass.

Come on! The US took its trash out in barges and dumped it in the ocean. America is light years behind most of the western world in recycling and polution. Just above the third world countries who know no better.

Could you please supply some substantial, factual backup for your claim ? Thanks.

"The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities in the United States is from burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation."


Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions | US EPA

We will probably quit cruising. OK the cruise ship comes into port, 6 semi trucks come in and unload all of it. Then when the ship returns, nothing is taken off, nothing, no trash, guess where all the tons of stuff went? On the Fukushima Nuclear plant explosion on the Japanese coast, where do the millions of tons of radioactive trash and water go? Guess.

Returned to Port Canaveral last Friday morning and witnessed several compressed bundles of trash being off-loaded by Royal Caribbean.

Good luck!!!

I agree. My trash is a small bag. My recycling is three 13-gallon bags.

So, why do they only pick up the recycling once per week, but they pick up the trash twice per week?

Please re read my post. I never said the US didn't produce CO2 ( that's a natural event of all living creatures). What I said is that the BIGGEST producers of CO2 emissions are other countries, NOT the US.

Aside from that, It is established fact that CO2 emissions on a global basis are currently below levels identified by paleoclimatologists . Not to side track, but historically the earth has generally been warmer than it is today.

Yes recycling should be good but yes there are problems as well. It needs to be done correctly. This is another example about how we need to learn to not just accept everything at face value and look at both sides before we jump to conclusions.

Recycling is in trouble — and it might be your fault

Bluefin in Brownwood...very good restaurant.

Lots of trash come from ships disposing their trash while at sea.

Every generation from the year Dot, has had to clear up the mess left behind from previous generations.

I hearby bequeath, and leave all my mess in the capable hands of my children and their children, and their cildren and..................!!
W.W.
:)

Science is studying Bovine defecation.
 

Which contains Methane, a contributor to greenhouse gases.

Methane gas from cows: The proof is in the feces -- ScienceDaily

But Disney had the answer many years ago; This animal cannot defecate.

Let your trash and recyclables sit in your garage for a week and let us know which one smells. [emoji13]

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