by Katie Conlon | Jan 19, 2021 | Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic
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by Katie Conlon | Oct 9, 2019 | Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Recycling is a misunderstood word. People often associate it as a positive action, with beneficial results for society. However, race-to-the bottom globalization of the waste trade has resulted in a situation where recycling is often not a service actually provided by...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 1, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
What if we had ‘Packaging Facts’ similarly to how we have ‘Ingredients Facts’ mandated for products today? We know what is inside our food, but what about on the outside? These ‘Packaging Facts’ labels would be justified not only for the health of the...
by Katie Conlon | Sep 1, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” -Jung. Even at the end of the day, if the waste management system works seamlessly, efficiently, it is still destroying and wasting resources at a faster and...
by Katie Conlon | Aug 28, 2019 | Climate, Consumption, EcoJustice, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
The global recycling markets effectively collapsed in January 2018. It was not a slow decline, but a sudden jolt due to an abrupt shift in Chinese policy. China up until this point had been the ‘golden egg-laying goose’ of US, Australia, Japan, Europe, and basically...
by Katie Conlon | Aug 27, 2019 | Consumption, Enviro-Consciousness, Localization, Plastic, Pollution, Waste
Trying to understand waste issues is like pulling a string and unraveling a whole sweater. Processes that are more ‘masked’ or ‘hidden’ in the US or Europe or Japan, are laid bare in places like India. A lot of people complain about...