19/01/2022
On Saturday January 15th we took some pictures and interviews of the first action of the year about the plastics campaign, in Lækjartorg. We brought with us a box filled with plastic waste to highlight the Icelandic government's massive shortcomings in waste management.
The statistics released by the Icelandic Recycling Fund are far from real, since they present incinerated plastic as recycled plastic. Nevertheless, even recycling is far from effective, since less than 10% of plastic that has ever been produced, has been recycled. The remainder has been landfilled, burned or is polluting our waterways.
We have three goals: We want the Icelandic government to assume responsibility and tell the truth about the massive shortcomings in waste management and to disambiguate the effectiveness of recycling. We want the government to stop funding corrupt liars who fail to deliver their promises. We want to hear how everyone wants to deal with this phenomenon, with plastic waste.
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