Turning the tide on plastic : how humanity (and you) can make our globe clean again /
by Siegle, Lucy.
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BookPublisher: London : Trapeze, 2018Description: 304 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781409182993 (pbk.) :; 1409182991 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 363.7288 SIESubject(s): Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects | Plastic marine debris | Plastics -- Recycling | Environment and ecology | Environment and EcologySummary: Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times. Many of us had assumed that governments, brands, and waste authorities were dealing with plastic on our behalf. But the impact of shows such as Blue Planet along with national beach cleans and high-profile campaigns have resulted in a collective wake-up call. If there were plans and strategies, they have not worked as we imagined. It would be easy to feel despondent but instead we need to turn our anger and emotion into action, starting by making a big dent in our own enormous consumption. Journalist, broadcaster, and eco lifestyle expert Lucy Siegle provides a powerful call to arms to end the plastic pandemic along with the tools we need to make decisive change.
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| 363.4709 WEL Eating the Elephant | 363.5094 DOR All that is solid: the great housing disaster | 363.7 VIN Adventures in the Anthropocene: a journey to the heart of the planet we made | 363.7288 SIE Turning the tide on plastic : | 363.7387 BER The burning question: we can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas - so how do we quit? | 363.7387 KLE This changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate | 363.7387 PLI Heaven and earth: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times. Many of us had assumed that governments, brands, and waste authorities were dealing with plastic on our behalf. But the impact of shows such as Blue Planet along with national beach cleans and high-profile campaigns have resulted in a collective wake-up call. If there were plans and strategies, they have not worked as we imagined. It would be easy to feel despondent but instead we need to turn our anger and emotion into action, starting by making a big dent in our own enormous consumption. Journalist, broadcaster, and eco lifestyle expert Lucy Siegle provides a powerful call to arms to end the plastic pandemic along with the tools we need to make decisive change.
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