There is clearly a problem, but the remedies proposed in this article are absurd and completely ignore the cause of the problem.
Plastics are incredibly useful, fabulously performant, and astoundingly cheap. It is no wonder they are ubiquitous.
If you are poor anywhere in the developed world, you are surely wearing plastic cloths & shoes, eating food packaged in plastic, and drinking water provided via plastic pipes and vessels. What's more, you likely don't have a meaningful choice in the matter. If you are not poor, this probably still holds true.
It is frustrating that there is not a good and clear path forward to resolve this issue... and many other issues of the Anthropocene. We need to do better thinking about how we can help our ecosystems remain viable despite these upheavals.
Plastics are incredibly useful, fabulously performant, and astoundingly cheap. It is no wonder they are ubiquitous.
If you are poor anywhere in the developed world, you are surely wearing plastic cloths & shoes, eating food packaged in plastic, and drinking water provided via plastic pipes and vessels. What's more, you likely don't have a meaningful choice in the matter. If you are not poor, this probably still holds true.
It is frustrating that there is not a good and clear path forward to resolve this issue... and many other issues of the Anthropocene. We need to do better thinking about how we can help our ecosystems remain viable despite these upheavals.