Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam | Climate Town

If you were worried that the plastic industry was getting a little too trustworthy, worry no longer! PATREON PAGE: https://www.patreon.com/ClimateTown sUbScRiBe FoR mOrE ViDes: /c/climatetown First and foremost, go watch the Frontline documentary, 'Plastic Wars' on this subject. They did it WAAAY more professionally than me, although I feel like they used more swear words? I can't remember. Seriously though, it's a fantastic watch and it's available for exactly zero dollars right here on y'tube: /watch/o7XgEON3kd-3g Or this if you're in the UK: /watch/eb.utuoy=erutaef&ocZIt3eezXleu Also, the good people over at Wendover Productions have a video about why recycling doesn't work that's so insanely well-done that you should go back in time and watch that one first: /watch/g5ujUwNtRXKtj Plastic Legislation to get involved with: Depending on where you live, there's a lot you can do. NCSL Overview: https://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/plastic-bag-legislation.aspx Earth Day Plastic Action: https://www.earthday.org/act-on-plastic-pollution/ Cleveland Preemptive Ban: https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/05/ohio-lawmakers-again-seeking-to-pre-empt-cuyahoga-county-plastic-bag-ban.html Nat Geo breakdown: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/map-shows-the-complicated-landscape-of-plastic-bans/ CIF: https://www.clf.org/blog/the-truth-about-plastic-bag-bans/ WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/plastic-bans-what-you-need-to-know-11561195802 NRDC: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/single-use-plastics-101 Some reading to do: The Merchants of Doubt: https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/ All We Can Save: https://www.allwecansave.earth/ The Uninhabitable Earth: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586541/the-uninhabitable-earth-by-david-wallace-wells/ This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate: https://thischangeseverything.org/book/ Also, get the Heated newsletter by Emily Atkin. She's great. Also also, read stuff by Brian Kahn. He's great. Oh, what's that? We’re also on the larger Internet? Discord server: https://discord.gg/yPpfgSaZeQ Podcast: https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook Newsletter: https://www.climatetownproductions.com/newsletter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatetown/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ climatetown Website: https://www.climatetownproductions.com/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ClimateTown Make a tax-deductible donation to Climate Town: https://www.climatetownproductions.com/support Join and support some movements! 350.org (https://350.org/) Sunrise Movement (https://www.sunrisemovement.org/) NRDC (https://www.nrdc.org/) Climate Changemakers (https://www.climatechangemakers.org/)

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