Beware the great green deception: ‘perceptionware’ is being used to hoodwink us
Beware the great green deception: ‘perceptionware’ is being used to hoodwink us
Grand schemes, many backed by government, masquerade as taking action on the environment. They should be disowned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13254852
Theres none so blind as those who don't want to see.
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A good example of this scam that sticks out to me is plastics recycling. The marketed goal is a circular, sustainableTM plastic economy. The real goals are uninterrupted plastics manufacturing and the maintenance of tax receipts from plastic goods consumption. Industry and government simply do not want less plastic in the world.
And straws. My plastic straw isn't the problem.
If your don't recycle your aluminum and other cans though, you're a bad person and you should feel bad about it.