I see a lot of hate here -- as if most are imagining 'evil' corporate factories with massive discharge pipes oozing onto the landscape. Let's spare some hate f

I see a lot of hate here -- as if most are imagining 'evil' corporate factories with massive discharge pipes oozing onto the landscape. Let's spare some hate for 'the little people' spread out geographically over large areas whose city and county municipalities have packed trash into landfills over the water table or near surface water sources, for decades. Styrofoam fast food containers and cups were the industry's 'smart answer' to the grease-stained paper bags and wrappers that were the staple of fast food packaging through the mid-1970s. This was in response to public sentiment that paper products were the death knells of trees. The plastic was forever but could be at least buried out of sight, right? Not so forever after all. But the latest eco-damage consumer outrage (with a touch of irony) is health-conscious peoples' mass refusal to drink from the tap to favor water globules encased in clear plastic. "As long as it looks clean, it IS clean!"