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Marketing the ecological revolution through plastic
Plastic bag charges have merely shifted around ecological waste while doing little to lower overall pollution levels, writes JULIAN VIGO
A mountain of plastic at a recycling plant
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FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ introduces the background to a conference on defending Latin America’s sovereignty
The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG
Nick Blair is set to benefit from a hugely lucrative contract to ‘virtually’ train the British army for its next war. Like father, like son, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Even when tragedy strikes, Western media cannot resist the opportunity to turn it into a sordid propaganda opportunity, as the Nepal-China border tragedy shows, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Trade unions should be at the heart of the anti-racist push for reparations for the historic legacy and continuing impact of slavery, writes ROGER McKENZIE
LAST week it was announced that scientists found a 30 per cent drop in plastic bags on the sea floor in European countries where charges were introduced for plastic bags in shops.
And now there are plans for this charge to extend to small shops in England, taking the larger retail model to new heights. There is money to be made from this new “green” trend in reducing plastic bag waste, but digging a little deeper shows that this is merely more of a capitalist venture with very little ecological ethos within these measures.
If anything, these plastic bag charges have merely shifted around ecological waste while creating even more capital for those who produce these bags as the ecological damage to the Earth and its atmosphere has been as devastating as it has been profitable.
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