20-04-19, 08:50 PM
(19-04-19, 08:43 PM)celticdog link Wrote: [size=1em]Government (and the EU) claim they are cutting plastic to save the environment. If you believe that you'll believe anything. Neither governments nor the EU give a toss about the environment. Most of the plastic in the ocean is there because it's been dumped after being collected for recycling. (Recycling is a massive con, almost everything collected is burnt or dumped.) Did you really think that individuals threw all those plastic bottles into the sea? So why do governments and the EU demonise plastic? Easy, the oil is running out and plastic is made from oil. We passed peak oil some time ago. When the oil does run out we'll be back in the horse and buggy age.[/size]
I always understood that plastics came about as a bye product of the fuel production. Ie, sooner than chuck it away, lets make something from it. Bit like pies, pasties, and burgers, making something from the bits left over :lol