Shelly Miller

And so we know for a fact that plastics cause environmental impact. And sometimes other materials are even worse.

We need to take a broader look of saying, all right, well, it's not plastics, then what? And are those materials actually better than plastic?

We need to take a broader look of saying, all right, well, it's not plastics, then what? And are those materials actually better than plastic?

We need to take a broader look of saying, all right, well, it's not plastics, then what? And are those materials actually better than plastic?

Yeah, so what we do is we really look at the entire supply chain of a material. And so when it comes to plastic, one of the things that, you know, plastic is really good technically because it has some pretty fantastic technical characteristics that other materials don't have.

Yeah, so what we do is we really look at the entire supply chain of a material. And so when it comes to plastic, one of the things that, you know, plastic is really good technically because it has some pretty fantastic technical characteristics that other materials don't have.

Yeah, so what we do is we really look at the entire supply chain of a material. And so when it comes to plastic, one of the things that, you know, plastic is really good technically because it has some pretty fantastic technical characteristics that other materials don't have.

You know, so I will say that there are social scientists who can answer this question far better than I can as far as the psychology of perception and how people understand and perceive risk and impact.

You know, so I will say that there are social scientists who can answer this question far better than I can as far as the psychology of perception and how people understand and perceive risk and impact.

You know, so I will say that there are social scientists who can answer this question far better than I can as far as the psychology of perception and how people understand and perceive risk and impact.

I think one of the things that is largely driving the conversation with plastic is that we can really see the impact of plastic in a way that we can't see the environmental impact of other materials.

I think one of the things that is largely driving the conversation with plastic is that we can really see the impact of plastic in a way that we can't see the environmental impact of other materials.

I think one of the things that is largely driving the conversation with plastic is that we can really see the impact of plastic in a way that we can't see the environmental impact of other materials.

And so if we are able to take a picture of a beach that's strewn in microplastics, if we can take a picture of an animal that's entangled in some sort of plastic, or we see the carcass of a dead seabird whose stomach is filled with plastic, those are all heart-wrenching images.

And so if we are able to take a picture of a beach that's strewn in microplastics, if we can take a picture of an animal that's entangled in some sort of plastic, or we see the carcass of a dead seabird whose stomach is filled with plastic, those are all heart-wrenching images.

And so if we are able to take a picture of a beach that's strewn in microplastics, if we can take a picture of an animal that's entangled in some sort of plastic, or we see the carcass of a dead seabird whose stomach is filled with plastic, those are all heart-wrenching images.

And not only that, we can make the direct connection between what we see in those environmental damaging photographs and our lifestyles. we can see our own little consumption in those environmental impacts.

And not only that, we can make the direct connection between what we see in those environmental damaging photographs and our lifestyles. we can see our own little consumption in those environmental impacts.

And not only that, we can make the direct connection between what we see in those environmental damaging photographs and our lifestyles. we can see our own little consumption in those environmental impacts.

It's really hard to capture climate change in a picture. We have many, many photos of a polar bear on an ice shelf, but that doesn't give us the same connection as the stuff we see in our recycling bin every day.