{"id":322,"date":"2022-09-16T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T07:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=322"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:58:56","slug":"4-22-the-myth-of-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/what-weve-done-about-it\/4-22-the-myth-of-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"4.22 The Myth of Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nina Schrank<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \nThe big food and drink companies are rightly held responsible<\/q> Dunaway, F., \u2018The \u201cCrying Indian\u201d ad that fooled the environmental movement\u2019<\/cite>, Chicago Tribune<\/span>, 21 November 2017, https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/opinion\/commentary\/ct-perspec-indian-crying-environment-ads-pollution-1123-20171113-story.html<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \npassed all the costs of dealing with single-use plastic bottles on<\/q> Mulholland, L., and Stern, M., \u2018Coca Cola\u2019s 100 billion bottle problem\u2019<\/cite>, Panorama<\/span>, BBC1, 30 October 2021, https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m0010zxs<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe \u2018Crying Indian\u2019 TV advert<\/q> \u2018Keep America beautiful: the crying Indian (1970)\u2019<\/cite>, YouTube, uploaded 4 July 2020, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h0sxwGlTLWw<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nactively opposing legislation \u2026 to switch back to reusable bottles<\/q> Dunaway, \u2018The \u201cCrying Indian\u201d ad\u2019<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe Coca-Cola Company produces 100 billion single-use plastic bottles<\/q> Mulholland and Stern, \u2018Coca Cola\u2019s 100 billion bottle problem\u2019<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\u2018It is not the packaging manufacturer\u2019<\/q> Boscia, S., \u2018Tory MP moonlighting as packaging lobby chair tried to soften environmental laws on plastic\u2019<\/cite>, City A.M.<\/span>., 10 November 2021, https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/tory-mp-moonlighting-as-packaging-lobby-chair-tried-to-soften-environmental-laws-on-plastic\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe world would see only a 7 per cent reduction<\/q> Pew Charitable Trusts and SystemIQ, Breaking the Plastic Wave: A Comprehensive Assessment of Pathways towards Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution<\/span><\/cite>, 2020, https:\/\/www.systemiq.earth\/breakingtheplasticwave\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nThe 9 per cent of plastic \u2026 to have made it a recycling plant<\/q> Geyer, R., et al., \u2018Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made\u2019<\/cite>, Science Advances<\/span>, 3 (7), 2017: Article e1700782, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.1700782<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nThe 2021 audit saw Coca-Cola \u2026 come out on top<\/q> Break Free from Plastic, Branded: Brand Audit Report 2021<\/span><\/cite>, 2021, https:\/\/www.breakfreefromplastic.org\/brandaudit2021\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nEven when plastic waste is not dumped<\/q> He, P., et al., \u2018Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill: a source of microplastics? Evidence of microplastics in landfill leachate\u2019<\/cite>, Water Research<\/span>, 159, 2019: 38\u201345, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2019.04.060<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nburning plastic in \u2018energy from waste\u2019 incinerators<\/q> Ballinger, A., et al., Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Impacts of Incineration and Landfill<\/span><\/cite>, Eunomia, 9 March 2021, https:\/\/www.eunomia.co.uk\/reports-tools\/greenhouse-gas-and-air-quality-impacts-of-incineration-and-landfill\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe myth of recycling is kept alive<\/q> Environmental Investigation Agency, The Truth behind Trash: The Scale and Impact of the International Trade in Plastic Waste<\/span><\/cite>, September 2021, https:\/\/eia-international.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/EIA-The-Truth-Behind-Trash-FINAL.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nIn 2018, Greenpeace investigators went to Malaysia<\/q> Greenpeace Malaysia, The Recycling Myth: Malaysia and the Broken Global Recycling System<\/span><\/cite>, 27 November 2018, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/publication\/549\/the-recycling-myth\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nThis doesn\u2019t stop the industry<\/q> Disley, E., et al., eds., Mapping the Risk of Serious and Organized Crime Infiltrating Legitimate Businesses: Final Report<\/span><\/cite>, European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, 2021, https:\/\/data.europa.eu\/doi\/10.2837\/64101<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nThe UK is the second-highest producer of plastic waste per person<\/q> Carrington, D., \u2018US and UK citizens are world\u2019s biggest sources of plastic waste: study\u2019<\/cite>, Guardian<\/span>, 30 October 2020, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/oct\/30\/us-and-uk-citizens-are-worlds-biggest-sources-of-plastic-waste-study<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nIn 2020, the minister in charge of waste claimed<\/q> \u2018Plastics: pollution control. Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs\u2019<\/cite>, Written Questions, Answers and Statements UIN 113020, tabled on 9 November 2020, UK Parliament, https:\/\/questions-statements.parliament.uk\/written-questions\/detail\/2020-11-09\/113020<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nIn the same year, Greenpeace found<\/q> Greenpeace, Trashed: How the UK Is Still Dumping Waste on the Rest of the World<\/span><\/cite>, 17 May 2021, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trashed-Greenpeace-plastics-report-final.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nAt ten sites around the outskirts of Adana<\/q> Ibid.\n<\/p>\n

    \nNinety-nine per cent of plastic is made from petrochemical feedstocks<\/q> Greenpeace, The Climate Emergency Unpacked: How Consumer Goods Companies Are Fueling Big Oil\u2019s Plastic Expansion<\/span><\/cite>, September 2021, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1001_GP_Unpacked_Report_ENG_FINAL.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nPlastic produces greenhouse gases at every stage<\/q> Vallette, J., et al., The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change<\/cite>, Beyond Plastics, October 2021, https:\/\/www.beyondplastics.org\/s\/REPORT_The_New-Coal_Plastics_and_Climate-Change_10-21-2021.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \ninvesting billions in petrochemical factories<\/q> Ambrose, J., \u2018\u201cWar on plastic\u201d could strand oil industry\u2019s \u00a3300bn investment\u2019<\/cite>, Guardian<\/span>, 4 September 2020, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/sep\/04\/war-on-plastic-could-strand-oil-industrys-300bn-investment<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nThe International Energy Agency has predicted<\/q> Fernandez Pales, A., et al., The Future of Petrochemicals: Towards More Sustainable Plastics and Fertilisers<\/span><\/cite>, International Energy Agency, October 2018, https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/the-future-of-petrochemicals<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nplastics are rarely mentioned when climate change policies are debated<\/q> Vallette et al., The New Coal<\/span><\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nby 2040 plastic production is expected to double<\/q> Pew Charitable Trusts and SystemIQ, Breaking the Plastic Wave<\/span><\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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