🎧 The plastic backlash: what’s behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference? (Guardian Podcast)

Listened The plastic backlash: what’s behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference? – podcast from the Guardian

Decades after it became part of the fabric of our lives, a worldwide revolt against plastic is under way

It is intriguing to think about plastic as being a part of the wider discussion of global warming. James Bridle refers to the notion of ‘hyperobjects’:

The philosopher Timothy Morton calls global warming a ‘hyperobject’: a thing that surrounds us, envelops and entangles us, but that is literally too big to see in its entirety.

Whether it be in the drinking water or the ocean tip, rubbish has become a part of our imaginary.

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