I thought this movie was going to be all about plastic and how it is clogging up our environment, and in part it was, but actually it was also much more. I enjoyed the scene where they showed the desert where Lawrence from Arabia was filmed, or the one where they worked to clean the beach of Nature Island, knowing that next year they would have to come back and do the same, and of course the bit with the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but what really surprised me was the fact that we all have plastic in our blood! I mean I know plastic is everywhere, but even inside of us! That was a surprise.
The most surprising of all however, was not all the information about plastic, but how LITTLE information the plastics industry is willing to share! I understand that they want to keep their "secret recipes" safe from their competitors, but come on every bit of food I buy has a list of ingredients on it too. Even if I know all the ingredients for a cake it still doesn't mean I can bake it myself. So what is the big deal? Is there something they do not want us to know? The government has passed so many regulations to protect us from what we consume, so why is it impossible for the EU to get any such a regulations passed for the plastics industry? I mean sure we don't eat it, but we certainly do put enough of it in our mouths almost every day. Just think, how many plastic bottles have you drunk from in the past week? Not to mention babies and baby bottles and pacifiers What is all this plastic doing to our children, and why can't we as the consumers even find out what it is we are consuming?
I think this film does its job well and succeeds in doing exactly what I would expect from this type of documentary. It has opened my eyes and motivated me to start asking more questions. Who knows, if enough of us start asking we might get some answers and even bring about a change! If you have not seen this film yet, then you should!
The most surprising of all however, was not all the information about plastic, but how LITTLE information the plastics industry is willing to share! I understand that they want to keep their "secret recipes" safe from their competitors, but come on every bit of food I buy has a list of ingredients on it too. Even if I know all the ingredients for a cake it still doesn't mean I can bake it myself. So what is the big deal? Is there something they do not want us to know? The government has passed so many regulations to protect us from what we consume, so why is it impossible for the EU to get any such a regulations passed for the plastics industry? I mean sure we don't eat it, but we certainly do put enough of it in our mouths almost every day. Just think, how many plastic bottles have you drunk from in the past week? Not to mention babies and baby bottles and pacifiers What is all this plastic doing to our children, and why can't we as the consumers even find out what it is we are consuming?
I think this film does its job well and succeeds in doing exactly what I would expect from this type of documentary. It has opened my eyes and motivated me to start asking more questions. Who knows, if enough of us start asking we might get some answers and even bring about a change! If you have not seen this film yet, then you should!