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We are trying to solve a very well-researched problem: plastic pollution.
We hope that by spreading more information about this problem, more people will be inspired to take action.
“If the public thinks that recycling is working, then they are not going to be as concerned about the environment.”
— Larry Thomas, former president of the Society of the Plastics Industry, known today as the Plastics Industry Association and one of the industry’s most powerful trade groups in Washington, D.C.
The Story of Plastic
Watch this 4-minute introduction into how plastic production and disposal harms our environment.
Plastic Wars
Dive in deeper by watching this PBS Frontline documentary about the complexities of the plastic industry and how difficult it is to actually recycle plastic. It turns out, recycling plastic is not sustainable or feasible— Big Oil portrayed recycling inaccurately to mislead the public into buying more plastic.
Learn how the plastic industry lied about recycling to sell more plastic
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