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A Beck's avatar

What a list! What about soil? Despite saying our food comes from these resources, they forgot one of the most essential. Seems with just a little thought they could have collapsed the fossil fuels into a single item and added sun and soil.

Robert A Mosher (he/him)'s avatar

I stream a lot of my viewing these days so YouTube (basic) is my primary glimpse into adworld but there Iโ€™m seeing a good number of ads pushing the petro industries with a major thread being a ra, ra, ra, recycling is great!

coj1's avatar

And I will try to remind people that the environmentalist were the main instigators in the push for plastic. Remember, paper bags and glass bottles?

Kinder World ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ's avatar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_bag_bans_in_the_United_States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Goodwill Keystone Area enhanced its green footprint by discontinuing the use of plastic bags in all retail stores beginning Earth๐ŸŒDay April 22, 2021

coj1's avatar

So how long did it take to realize that plastic bags was wrong?

Kinder World ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ's avatar

Too long ๐Ÿ˜ฃ At least we are trying to better things now we need more states and counties etc to follow โ€” should be a global action initiative ๐ŸŒŽ And Sea Turtles canโ€™t distinguish between a plastic bag, a balloon or a jellyfish.. check out balloonsblow.org

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Wayne Teel's avatar

Design is key. How about design to allow repair? I find the hardest part to repair is access to the interior of the product. Often, once you get inside, repair is comparatively easy. Why do companies install triangular screws when no one has a triangle screw driver? Rhetorical question. The answer is that planned obsolescence makes more money. Thank the billionaires for coming up with this idea. If a product is not designed to repair, then we refuse to buy.

Mark Hambridge's avatar

"Why do companies install triangular screws when no one has a triangle screw driver? Rhetorical question."

Rhetorical answer - many are listed on Amazon.ca, probably more on A~.com. Good hunting!