Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do about It Mah Alice
Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do about It Mah Alice Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to…
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Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do about It Mah Alice
Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. Single-use plastics - deemed essential in the fight against Covid-19 - have been given a new lease of life. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand.
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. In a world beset with crisis fatigue, what can we do to curb the escalating plastics crisis?In this incisive book, sociologist Alice Mah reveals how petrochemical and plastics corporations have fought relentlessly to protect and expand plastic markets in the face of existential threats to business. We all have a part to play in reducing plastic consumption but we must tackle the problem at its root - the capitalist imperative for limitless growth.