The Problem with Plastic Quotes

“even if every single person in the United States recycled perfectly, it still wouldn’t solve the problem—because the problem was never about us as individuals. Plastics recycling was built as a public relations strategy, not a real solution. That doesn’t mean we should stop recycling altogether, but it does mean we need to shift our focus. Recycling what we can, where we can, still matters. Real change will happen only when we recognize that recycling alone isn’t enough and push for”
― Judith Enck, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late

“These solutions must begin with dismantling the false assumption that when we throw something “away,” there is truly an “away.”
― Judith Enck, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late