Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report.
“The companies lied,” said Richard Wiles, president of fossil-fuel accountability advocacy group the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), which published the report. “It’s time to hold them accountable for the damage they’ve caused.”
I’m going to be pedantic, but there is one R missing, the one with the most impact : Refuse.
So it’s Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
If you can, buy products that don’t have plastic in them at all. This is the biggest impact you can have as an individual.
That’s just reduce
At this point, it’s a bit philosophical. I like refuse because it is clear that if you can not buy thing, it is better than simply reducing that same thing.