First we find out that we haven't been recycling, we've been burying our waste because it's too expensive to reclaim the plastic. Then we find out that 80% of the plastic isn't even ever recyclable, and was a lie from the plastic companies to make us feel better about buying plastics.
Now we're shedding more of it into the oceans.
This is what happens when it's too cheap to pump oil out of the ground and put it in everything you consume.
First we find out that we haven't been recycling, we've been burying our waste because it's too expensive to reclaim the plastic. Then we find out that 80% of the plastic isn't even ever recyclable, and was a lie from the plastic companies to make us feel better about buying plastics.
Now we're shedding more of it into the oceans.
This is what happens when it's too cheap to pump oil out of the ground and put it in everything you consume.
What do we do about all this?
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