Plastics
Here's a list of the some of the world's biggest plastics profiteers:
- Dow
- Nestle
- BP
- Chevron
- Unilever
"You and your organization are highly compromised by...
plastics producers on the board of
Keep America Beautiful."
For more on Keep America Beautiful,
go to the PR/Marketing page.
"Humans invented plastic, and animals are harmed by it.
They eat it, they get caught in it, or get sick because of it."
“Exxon is...deeply involved with undermining efforts to rein in plastics pollution.”
“Plastics Are Still in Demand.”
“Exxon’s plastics business is turning record profits.”
To learn about how Big Oil, the petro-chemical industry, big banks,
and our political representatives perpetuate plastic pollution, watch one of these videos:
youtube.com/watch?v=PJnJ8mK3Q3g Plastic Recycling is a...Scam - Climate Town (8:45)
youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (22:23)
youtube.com/watch?v=-dk3NOEgX7o Plastic Wars - FRONTLINE (53:15)
youtube.com/watch?v=1RDc2opwg0I The Plastic Problem - PBS (54:08)
As Rollie Williams explains in his Climate Town video,
plastics companies are trying to pull off a double scam:
1) to get people to purchase more plastic AND
2) to get people to believe in fraudulent "plastic recycling".
Reuters produced a lengthy expose on how this scam has played out in different localities.
The following quotations are from their special report:
“More than 90% gets dumped or incinerated because there’s no cheap way to repurpose it.”
“Plastic production...will be the biggest growth market for oil demand over the next decade.”
“The American Chemistry Council (ACC)...is urging U.S. lawmakers...to ease regulations.”
“The ACC, the chemicals trade group...spent $14 million lobbying members of Congress."
"The U.S. is the world’s leading generator of plastic waste, at 287 pounds per capita.
It’s clogging the oceans, and poisoning plankton and whales."
To explore how to live plastic-free, go to Beyond Plastics or The Wildlife Trusts.
