Exposing Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Scam [plastic recycling] - Altinfinity
Exposing Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Scam [plastic recycling] - Altinfinity
Why are cardiac deaths skyrocketing in 25-44 year olds? Scientists found microplastics in human heart arteries - linked to heart attacks, strokes, and premature death. We're breathing, eating, and drinking plastic every day. But here's the real scandal - only 10% of plastic actually gets recycled. Big Oil has known this for decades.
Discover the explosive lawsuits against Exxon, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi that expose how plastic recycling was never a solution - just an excuse to produce more. Plus: what you can actually do about it featuring Judith Enck, from Beyond Plastics
I often say this, but the whole focus on "recycling" is on its own a big red herring. There are three R's, and they should be applied in order: reduce, reuse, recycle. But of course the industry "conveniently" forgets the first two, as they reduce consumption.
And this shit needs to be legislated across the world; there's no such thing as "let the customers choose lol" when customers have no options. Starting by spurious usage, where glass and others make a viable alternative.
The whole thing is also an example of "ackshyually" being weaponised - "achshyually plastic is recyclable lmao" is technically correct but as the video shows, in practice, it won't.