Fanplastic

For decades, the chemicals industry has been telling us how fantastic plastic is. In recent years, this has included PR about how plastic can save energy and be recycled. There is truth to both arguments. But this still fails to resolve the bigger problems of ocean plastic, microplastics, leaching of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and propping up the fossil fuel industry. They want their sustainability claims to be taken seriously, yet they are already lobbying against the newly proposed Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act in the US. They can’t have it both ways. Either make plastic safe and sustainable or get rid of it.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 5. Buy on Lulu ↗