"Structural problems don’t have individual solutions. The problem isn’t that you have chosen single-use plastics — it’s that in our world everything for sale is packaged in single-use plastics."
A long time ago, perhaps nearly 2 decades at this point, a friend told me recycling was pointless. In retrospect, I'm thinking the industry he worked in gave him insight I didn't (or didn't *want* to?) have.
What a depressing but absolutely necessary read from @pluralistic
doctorow.medium.com/dow-promis…
Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia
Next Thu (Mar 2) I’ll be in Brussels for Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy, along with a who’s-who of European and US trustbusters. It’s livestreamed, and both in-person and virtual…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
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