The Economic Injustice of plastic

This is an excellent TED talk from 2010, exploring the impact of the production of plastics and the disposal of plastics on the poor. Of particular note, is the realization that when we often think we are doing something good for the environment, such as recycling a plastic bottle, most of us are unaware of what “recycling” often really means. It could mean a long ocean journey for that bottle, ending up in an incinerator in poor country, releasing toxic chemicals into the air…probably not what most of us have in mind when we think of recycling!