Plastics
Your organization is "highly compromised
by ... ​ plastics producers on the board of
​
Keep America Beautiful."
​
For more on Keep America Beautiful,
see: PR/Marketing
​ Petro-chemical processes are "poisoning our bodies,
reducing ... fertility rates, and destroying wildlife."
​​​
Microplastics are in "lungs, blood, and brains."
Despite their pledge, "Unilever’s plastic footprint has not decreased." ​​
​​
​
​ "Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades." ​​​
​​
​
"Plastics manufacturing ... is set to increase."
“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 see how Big Oil, the petro-chemical industry, big banks, and our government promote plastics, watch:
​
​
youtube.com/watch?v=PJnJ8mK3Q3g Plastic Recycling is a ... Scam - Climate Town (8:45)
​
youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E Plastics - Last Week Tonight (22:23)
​
youtube.com/watch?v=izn7-FrlmhI This Is NOT A Recycling Symbol - Answers With Joe (31:40)
​​
youtube.com/watch?v=-dk3NOEgX7o Plastic Wars - FRONTLINE (53:15)
​
youtube.com/watch?v=1RDc2opwg0I The Plastic Problem - PBS (54:08)
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 this scam. 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."
.png)
Countries that profit from selling oil (to plastic producers) also resist international restrictions.
​​
"Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia ... oppose production cuts."
​​
​​
​​
Meanwhile, poor people end up with our plastic refuse.
​​
"China banned plastic waste imports in ... 2017."
​​
After the ban, "plastic waste imports into ... Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, shot up ... dramatically."
​
"The U.S. is the world’s leading generator of plastic waste, at 287 pounds per capita."
​​
​
"Petrochemical companies [send tons] of pollutants into waterways … due to weak ... regulations." ​
​​
"Facilities ... violated Clean Water Act permits, and few were punished."
​​​
​​
​ Billions in USA "government subsidies went to 32 [new] plants."
For plastic-free-living ideas, go to Beyond Plastics, The Wildlife Trusts, or the Plastic Pollution Coalition.