Plastic Inc - Beth Gardiner - English Book

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Big Oil, Big Money and the Plan to Trash Our Future.

Plastic is everywhere, but few know the real story behind its origins. Award-winning journalist Beth Gardiner dives deep into the powerful oil and petrochemical companies driving the plastic boom.

An eye-opening investigation into the plastic industry's secretive rise and its impact on our planet.

Plastic is a constant presence in our lives, yet the giants behind its production-oil and petrochemical companies like ExxonMobil and INEOS-remain largely hidden from view. While there’s plenty of attention on where plastic waste ends up, the source of this flood is rarely discussed. In this gripping investigative journey, Beth Gardiner reveals the truth about the massive industry pumping plastic into the world at an unprecedented scale.

From the Gulf Coast of Texas to the bustling streets of Antwerp and the flashy scenes of Dubai, Gardiner offers a close-up look at the plastic industry’s unstoppable expansion, its huge profits, toxic pollution, and its key role in worsening climate change. Despite growing public concern and efforts to cut back on plastic use, the industry is investing billions to double, even triple, plastic production.

As fossil fuel demand declines, plastic has become Big Oil’s financial lifeline. Plastic Inc uncovers shocking truths, including:

• How Big Oil pushed plastic into everyday life and created recycling myths to ease public fears.
• How companies funded litter campaigns to shift blame onto consumers for the waste problem.
• The massive political and financial efforts to block single-use plastic bans.

Gardiner also exposes a hidden health crisis from chemicals in everyday plastic items and growing scientific concerns over microplastics’ potential dangers. This powerful exposé reveals an industry relentlessly chasing profit at the planet’s expense.

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