DailyMail: She has carved a name for herself in Hollywood, thanks to her roles in The Rose, For the Boys and The First Wives Club. But off-screen Bette Midler appears to be a strong environmental activist, so much so that the American star doesn’t have any plastic belongings in her home.
‘The whole world has become disposable,’ she confessed in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper. ‘People use things once, then they throw it away. I grew up really frugal,’ she added. ‘It was the end of the war and people didn’t have anything. They had to take care of what they had.’
The 68-year-old actress is well-known for her long-standing and passionate commitment to the environment. Earlier this year, Bette proposed a small fee on disposable plastic bags in the States.
According to the New York Observer, the actress’ restoration project asked Council members in New York City to support the bill in order to reduce the number of plastic bags.
The Hocus Pocus star has always been vocal about her opinions, last month she took to Twitter to write: ‘I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.’ ‘And the worst part is, 7 million tons of trash 80% of which is plastic, ends up on the oceans,’ she went on to say.
Meanwhile, the actress and singer recently announced she is set to return with a new album and live tour – her first one since over a decade. Bette will kick off her mega-tour in May 8 in Hollywood, before jetting off to the UK in July.
Eco-friendly? Why a tour that jets her around the US and the world, check!
Eco-friendly? How about a lavish tri-plex Manhattan residence, check!
Eco-friendly? A home in her native Hawaii in which the “environmental activist” cut down more than 230 trees around one of her properties on the island of Kauai without a permit. (The staff of the Board of Land and Natural Resources recommended $6,500 in fines for having the trees felled and for building a graded road without permits required for the land zoned for conservation use.)
Well, sounds like she’s committed to her own special kind of “frugality” and “eco-friendly lifestyle”.
DCG
