Recycle & Waste Why do we have so much Plastic? Businesses and companies utilize plastic because it cost less money and their goal is to maximize profit. In the recent years the growing support to ban plastic straws have been successful do you think this accomplishment will alter the public perception and willingness to change? California banning straws has done more harm than good. Inconsequentia l/Feel good bill. Essentially meaningless. Solutions All plastics that are discarded are a problem Who’s to blame? The companies that make plastic that are not taking responsibility for their problem. Companies that manufacture plastic expecting you to recycle but don't recycle the plastic themselves. Companies are the problem. Not us nor our Behavior. The human system needs to copy the natural system. In the natural system waste becomes resources. The human system produces, consumes, and discards. Industry need to be responsible for closing the loop and needs to behave like an ecosystem. Dual System Deutschland ● ● ● Separation of types of plastic to be used and recycled through companies Made less of things to be thrown away No surprise packaging How do you feel about celebrities/people creating products being made out of recycled waste? ● ● ● ● Reuse and Recycle When things are made out of recycled material it doesn't necessarily mean that it is unsanitary. If the problem doesn't start you don't have a problem If the people who created that problem were to also be a part of the solution we would have no problem