AurumPunzel
DIS Veteran
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- Aug 20, 2018
This is what often annoys me every time the 'oceanhuggers' keep saying "we must save the planet and get rid of all [single-use or often conflated to be single-use] plastics!" when they're conveniently ignoring other environmental issues such as VOCs, habitat destruction for paper and palm oil, and CO2 emissions. I bet they even forget that most alternatives have higher CO2 footprints than plastic, but would rather focus on waste than production footprint. What this world really needs is a solution that will please both sides, yet we should be focusing more on the regions where the real plastic waste problems occur, which the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research has clearly pointed out in their research.Maybe not. Big picture... until “they” stop putting carcinogens in our food and cleaning supplies, VOCs in many household items, reduce the damage caused by lightbulbs and cellular 5G, and so much more, plastic reduction is not really the issue. Sea life is important, but human beings should be priority. Progress should not be more valuable than humans. Additionally if you read articles about this you can get real stats from environmental scientists who discuss the minimal impact and that in many cases recycling causes more damage to the ozone and oceans that the actual plastic itself.