Recycling is a toxic lie.

Big brands and petrochemical corporations keep selling the public a convenient and comforting story to hide the hard truth: they simply have to STOP PRODUCING SO MUCH PLASTIC.

#PlasticsTreaty #plasticpollution
#recycling

theguardian.com/environment/20…

I sometimes despair about over use of plastic, am fanatical about recycling, and shop in as plastic free a way as possible. This article reminds me to keep pestering the politicians and manufacturers. Sainsburys beware, another email is coming your way ...

#ChrisPackham #DavidAttenborough #PlasticPollution #Sainsburys #BBCRadio4Today #GreenParty

Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report

Pew Charitable Trusts finds plastic pollution will more than double globally by 2040 unless action taken

^{Sandra Laville (The Guardian)}

The “recycling crisis” wasn’t caused by consumers — it was engineered by the fossil fuel and packaging industries. For decades, they’ve told us it’s our fault while churning out mountains of single-use plastic made from oil and gas.

Real accountability starts upstream — with the corporations that profit from pollution.

#plasticpollution #fossilfuels #corporateaccountability #recycling #plastic

theconversation.com/how-the-pl…

How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer

Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.

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