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Spinning The Plastics
The BIG, FAT, but ever so SUCCESSFUL, LIE
For decades we’d been urged to do our bit for the environment.
The planet is groaning under our waste products, plastics in particular, exacerbated by our throwaway culture, and needs our collective help.
Everywhere you look, plastics are there, supermarkets where vegetables are encased in plastic, a plastic casing containing seven apples,( one for each day of the week, for those who failed basic arithmetic!), plastic stickers, plastic for dairy products…it’s difficult not to worry.
And we have plastic clothes, plastic carpets, and plastic car parts. The list is endless.
On the news yesterday I learned that Woolworth’s is bringing back their little plastic toys. What a transparent marketing ploy to encourage us to buy more, the plastics a thank you for your patronage! I mean…!
Way back on 2017 Four Corners, a weekly program on ABC (Australia),revealed that, ‘much of Australia’s recycling operations have been effectively a sham with mountains of waste being stockpiled with nowhere to go.’
But in this most recent program, ‘the actions of the American plastics industry’ are brought to light, and it’s concerning, to say the least.
