Plastic unlimited: how corporations are fuelling the ecological crisis and what we can do about it
Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand. Single-use plastics – deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19 – have been given a new lease of life. In a world beset with crisis fatigue, what can we do to curb the escalating plastics crisis? In this book, Alice Mah reveals how petrochemical and plastics corporations have fought relentlessly to protect and expand plastics markets in the face of existential threats to business. From denying the toxic health effects of plastics to co-opting circular economy solutions to plastic waste and exploiting the opportunities offered up by the global pandemic, industry has deflected attention from the key problem: plastics production. The consequences of unfettered plastics growth are pernicious and highly unequal. We all have a part to play in reducing plastics consumption but we must tackle the problem at its root: the capitalist imperative for limitless growth.
Main Author: | 1423211784898 Mah, A. |
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
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Cambridge (Unite Kingdom) Polity Press
2022
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Subjects: | plastics, pollution, waste management, waste reduction, circular economy, Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 12 Responsible production and consumption, |
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