Reading “The Problem with Plastic”

The word litterbug came from the plastic industry trying to deflect blame onto consumers.

“Refilling bottles and jars is another form of source reduction. In Oregon, Canada, and parts of Europe, wine, beer, and other beverages are packaged in sturdy glass bottles that can be refilled, able to withstand multiple washings. At the consumer level, "refilleries" and grocery stores can stock food, personal care products, and cleaning products in bulk, and allow customers to bring their own containers back to refill.”

@shafik Wait, are single-use trays a thing?

“In Cancer Alley— an eighty-five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where residents have some of the highest cancer rates in the country—a single petrochemical complex can consume more than 1,500 football fields of land.”

“Plastics recycling was built as a public relations strategy, not a real solution. That doesn't mean we should stop recycling altogether, but it does mean we need to shift our focus.”

@shafik is there much detail of the petroleum industry's involvement in all of this?

🤯 they use it to de-ice?!