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The microplastics leeching into the food we eat is scarier to me honestly, not to mention the animals.

I think "no ethical consumption under capitalism" is also a call to consume less!!! Reuse and upcycle what you already have, swap and trade with friends, connect with your community in non-commercial ways!!! The root of anti-capitalism, imo, is global community and that means asserting yourself as more, SO MUCH MORE, than a consumer. It's such a perverse interpretation to claim that it means "i deny that i have any responsibility to myself and others." I also completely agree with your ideas on thrift resellers. Just the work that they do to match me with a specific item that I love is worth it. My local thift stores literally mark up popular/good quality brands, so they are doing it THEMSELVES. Why would i blame someone for treasure hunting as a side hustle?

Buying products will never be the answer!!!!

I really appreciated this video and the search for evidence-based solutions. But as many people pointed out below, the issue with plastic isn't just climate change-related-some of the hazards of plastics have little to do with climate change. Ex. I personally know two young people (30s, 40s), who are athletic and healthy, who are coming down with colon cancer, and I have heard of several others in my town. We don't fully understand the effects of microplastics on the human body but some experts believe MPs may be implicated, see pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10340669/. And glass, even when it ends up in a landfill, is inert and does not break down into potential poison. So glass in a landfill isn't much of a high-priority issue for me.

I did the math once because vegans say “simply going vegan will save us from climate change!” If you replace 400 miles of driving every year with public transit (diesel bus or train) you save more carbon dioxide than the average American diet generates. Only 10% of American carbon emissions are related to agriculture. Over 1/3 is from transportation. And vegan food isn’t even carbon neutral.

I wonder how many items those government members who signed up to Paris accord wear their clothes. Let’s be honest their flights to these conferences certainly impacts on “climate change”, let alone their dinners, the food waste and socialising.

My bug bear is packaged meat and fruit and vegetables. Here in Western Australia these items cannot be placed in our recycling bin. It goes into the Red household bin that goes into landfill.

Finally someone is commonsense. Thank you.

i have a reusable canvas tote collecting problem 😂

YOU ARE PAID BY MOSSAD! >:O

because the "climate scientists" are ALSO paid by mossad you psycho :P

I personally try not to use plastic because it has hormone disrupters and I have PCOS but I like your point about the production of glass and paper manufacturing! Thanks for an informative video :)

here's something unhinged...YOU!! >:O JESUS HOW MUCH DID MOSSAD PAY YOU?! >:O

Literally don’t understand having something you have to attach to your toilet and get dirty when you can use one of those peri bottles women often get after childbirth to do the exact same thing AND it’s portable. I used them in my children’s diaper bag because we used cloth (the same set) with all of them. BAM-extremely cheap and so easy. Anyone can do it! And you control the spray exactly if that’s your issue.

Totes/bags... how many do you have because you forgot them at home and you're at the store so you buy another one. ;)

I commend you (and anyone) for researching and being willing to challenge your own beliefs. And while I'm all for the facts about plastic being more environmentally friendly, what has me wanting to ditch plastics is finding out about leeching and microplastics found in a majority of tested people, and the potential health risks associated with this. I wish there was an option that was good for both the environment and our bodies.

What worries me about plastic is NOT carbon footprint - I've never been under any illusion that a lighter, lower-production-energy option like plastic is bad in that respect. But I'm deeply concerned about microplastics and the effects they are beginning to habe on human and ecosystem health...and the effects we don't even know about yet. Where I live, glass is crushed and used as road fill, so it's a very low end use value...but at least I know it has no risk of escaping into nature and becoming a toxin-magnet microplastic. It IS complex, and I'm super glad you looked at primary sources to discover that!

I don’t like using a lot of plastic but it’s because a lot of plastic is ending up in our water systems. And it’s mostly because of clothing. Clothing that is ultra cheap that you have to replace near weekly-that type of temu stuff. I’m all for clothing that is cheap and if you learn how to: you can take care of and keep forever but I’m not a fan of what fast fashion has degraded clothing into. Thankfully people are already turning away from such clothing because it breaks down in a week or heck after wearing it once and is really annoying to try to replace it every week. Also: I have four reusable totes. They are plastic. And one bag that I use as a tote because it’s not a purse anymore. I got them from other people and have not given back lmaooooooo

You have free public transportation? 😮

Climate change and carbon footprint aside, have you considered the health issues with consuming micro and nano plastics, including PFAS chemicals (like Teflon lined packages), not only leaching from plastic food packaging but also that's polluting our produce, meat, and seafood havests?

What about the plastic islands in the ocean? Most glass doesn’t get recycled. Reducing all packaging is the best way to go.

Excellent video and excellent channel! I'm new here but I'm OBSESSED

Insane. Plastic is pollution, all of it full stop. Not using plastic and refusing to buy it is how the masses get it out of industry. Climate scientists say go vegan for the sake of the environment. This is a massive web to untangle, and micro focusing on skewed information is harmful for everyone. It sounds like you stopped looking for ways for YOU to be better and now just want to throw away environmentalism because it stopped being easy for you instead of advocating for glass recycling or BEING the glass recycler that your area needs. Washing your wax wrappers is bad!?! did you not think that the water for washing can be used again? Do you even water your plants? You can keep that water out of the toxic sewage system. Driving out of the way for alternatives?!? When people choose those options then the alternative gets stronger and the polluters get weaker. Bulk buy with your friends or get together and start a buying club. Places like Azure Standard are great for that. If you can’t be bothered to change your life, why would anyone else. Hopefully you are not a narcissist who thinks that I am shaming you. This video implies the effort to stop the tide of plastic is wasted and that we should just give up and use greenwashed plastic instead of helping each other to find bigger solutions.

I understand there is alot of info out there. I use Google scholar to filter out all crap and only see the primary source information.

"there's no ethical consumption under capitalism" is the equivalent of "C's get degrees" which is a statement I hate

I know this is about environmentalism, but I personally worry about the effects of plastic on our bodies (especially microplastics).

Lmao, not the kitchen wasp 😭

if you want to use a natural skin care product, use yogurt. the probiotics are very good for the skin, the lactic acid is really exfoliating and you can eat it before it goes bad.

I agree on the homemade toothpaste, to a degree. I used it for two years and destroyed my enamel. I use commercial toothpaste now, but without fluoride. It not only doesn't do anything for your teeth, it's a neurotoxin. A certain Austrian man and his cronies were using it to keep their prisoners docile. As for sunscreen - melanoma didn't exist until people started putting sunscreen and various chemical lotions on their skin. We need UV rays for a proper functioning of our bodies and brains. You need to do way more research pet as you are really mislead.

Im definitely going to recuce my second hand clothing purchases. Because im reusing them i justify buying more!

Reduce first. Interesting chanel. Thank you.

Amazon is useful and somewhat necessary for some. But it doesn't take a degree to figure out that they use a lot more packaging than what is necessary.

Five garments a year is insane. But I lost everything in 2018. I've been slowly rebuilding my life. Maybe in a few years I'll meet the five in a year.

Poison ivy is natural too, lol. It's crazy.

It’s really hard to build muscle when cutting out meat and dairy. That’s why I don’t! But I would definitely

You should read the uninhabitable earth. Don’t be thrown off by the title.

Reuse glass bottles you already have don’t go out and buy more!

If there are fewer fish in the oceans there is less food it’s not going to reduce greenhouse gasses but if we don’t get our act together by killing fish in the ocean we could also have a food shortage.

I think the goal should be should be to use the least amount of plastic and be as zero waste as you can not 100%

You can just clean your teeth with water and a good rinse.

OMG I miss Hey Humans, they made the best deodorant ever and it just magically disappeared :(

Thank you for inspiring me to do better ❤

Why is emissions worse that micro plastics everywhere?

You were only talking about the concern avout climate change, while that is by far the smallest offender of plastik. Plastic's biggest problem is the poisoning it does to us, both by the chemicals it gives off to the food it directly touches and even more so by the plastic that lands in the oceans from where it returns to us inside the packaged fish we buy. It's not about the emmissions, it' s about the direct negative effect of plastic simply flying around everywhere. Or did I miss that point in your video?

BS, plastic is not only bad for health it is bad for the earth unless you are in the oil business of course.

Neurodivergent… you too :)

What concerns me most about plastic is its impact on ocean and waterway health. It also breaks down (and down, and down, and down) until it gets stuck in our blood (and men's balls and semen), potentially causing who knows what health consequences. Environmentalism is hard because it's multifaceted. It depends on societal norms, as well as economic and political policy. It's a constant trade-off between convenience, what's available, the biodegradability of materials and CO2 emissions. It's hard. I've dedicated myself to only buying second-hand fabrics with plastic in them, but I don't even know if that makes a difference. And now we have the existential nightmare of AI. Not only is it terrifying to artists, but its environmental impact is a nightmare.

Unfortunately you have to ALSO look to who paid for the scientific research

I feel that reducing plastic is less about climate change because that's what buying less and reusing more is about. The plastic portion is about minimizing how much bigger you're making landfills which helps the 3rd world countries the US sends trash to and the environments surrounding landfills.

What about the ingestion of micro plastics...........pretty sure glass won't leach endocrine disruptors. This complicates the discussion regarding saving food in plastic as it sheds onto the food its wrapped in. I haven't found a way to always avoid this yet either but I don't believe plastic is a better option until we require confirmation that all chemicals leached are proven to be safe for the ecosystem as whole; plants and animals. PFAS.........for example. I do very much appreciate the importance of critical thinking if our beliefs of something are true or if we are living in an echo chamber.