Son elli yılda üretilen tüm plastiklerin sadece %9’u gerçekten geri dönüştürüldü. Dünya genelinde her dakika bir milyon plastik şişe satılıyor. Ve uzmanlar diyor ki, 2050’ye kadar plastik üretimi üç katına çıkacak. Bu sadece bir başarısızlık hikayesi değil. Bu, dünyanın en büyük şirketlerinin elli yıldır sürdürdüğü milyarlarca dolarlık bir aldatmacının hikayesi.
EPA – Plastics: Material-Specific Data
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data
Science Advances – Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700782
OECD – Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly
https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/plastics.html
World Economic Forum – The New Plastics Economy
https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-new-plastics-economy-rethinking-the-future-of-plastics/
UN Environment Programme – Single-Use Plastics
https://www.unep.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/
Syracuse University Archives – Industry Documents (1974)
https://digitalcollections.syr.edu/
(Plastik endüstrisi belgeleri)
NPR Röportaj – Larry Thomas
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-land
(Planet Money podcast bölümü)
Mashable – The carbon footprint sham
https://mashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-sham
The Guardian – Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions
MIT News – Leaving our mark
https://news.mit.edu/2008/footprint-tt0416
Carbon Disclosure Project – Carbon Majors Report 2017
https://cdn.cdp.net/cdp-production/cms/reports/documents/000/002/327/original/Carbon-Majors-Report-2017.pdf
BBC – Volkswagen: The scandal explained
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772
Changing Markets Foundation – Synthetics Anonymous
https://changingmarkets.org/report/synthetics-anonymous-fashion-brands-addiction-to-fossil-fuels/
Ellen MacArthur Foundation – Towards a Circular Economy
https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/towards-the-circular-economy-vol-1-an-economic-and-business-rationale-for-an
Zero Waste Europe – Circular Economy Reports
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/
The Story of Stuff Project
https://storyofstuff.org/
PBS Frontline – Plastic Wars (Belgesel)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/
NPR Planet Money – Waste Land (Ses)
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-land
How Big Oil Misled the Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled
Reuters – Special Report: How the plastics industry is fighting the single-use backlash
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/environment-plastic-oil-recycling/
The Guardian – Plastic recycling myth
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/21/us-plastic-recycling-landfills
Associated Press – Advanced recycling: Plastic crisis solution or distraction?
https://apnews.com/article/science-united-states-providence-business-climate-and-environment-b9f202a703ea7fa4231053d544b3266e