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First and foremost, go watch the Frontline documentary, 'Plastic Wars' on this subject. They did it WAAAY more professionally than me, although I feel like they used more swear words? I can't remember. Seriously though, it's a fantastic watch and it's available for exactly zero dollars right here on y'tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dk3NOEgX7o Or this if you're in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXzee3tIZco&feature=youtu.be
Also, the good people over at Wendover Productions have a video about why recycling doesn't work that's so insanely well-done that you should go back in time and watch that one first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRtNwUju5g
Some other episodes you might be interested in: The Carbon Footprint: https://youtu.be/1J9LOqiXdpE Carbon Offsets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIezuL_doYw See how to check for yourself: https://youtu.be/mK5TbGvvluk
Plastic Legislation to get involved with: Depending on where you live, there's a lot you can do. NCSL Overview: https://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/plastic-bag-legislation.aspx Earth Day Plastic Action: https://www.earthday.org/act-on-plastic-pollution/ Cleveland Preemptive Ban: https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/05/ohio-lawmakers-again-seeking-to-pre-empt-cuyahoga-county-plastic-bag-ban.html Nat Geo breakdown: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/map-shows-the-complicated-landscape-of-plastic-bans/ CIF: https://www.clf.org/blog/the-truth-about-plastic-bag-bans/ WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/plastic-bans-what-you-need-to-know-11561195802 NRDC: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/single-use-plastics-101
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Some reading to do:
The Merchants of Doubt: https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/ All We Can Save: https://www.allwecansave.earth/ The Uninhabitable Earth: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586541/the-uninhabitable-earth-by-david-wallace-wells/ This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate: https://thischangeseverything.org/book/
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Would it surprise you to hear that the plastics industry came up with that symbol in order to make it confusing to the layperson to differentiate between recyclables and single-use plastics?
I'd normally post a 'start watching at' timestamp but this is really good right from the outset - one of the first things in the video is the 'recycling' symbol on plastic is a resin identifier code that just happens to look like the recycling symbol.
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