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Wow. Got the audio & print from the library. Thought I would mostly do audio, but am so in to this book I will mostly read so I can absorb it. Only 25 pages in but the history and how plastics changed our society is absolutely fascinating. Plastic made billiards/pool a “common man” game when the balls no longer needed to be made of plastic. And shellac was once made@from beetles. It took 15,000 beetles 6 months to make a pound of shellac!

#thankfulthursday
Plastic Free is a very good book on getting started with eliminating plastic from your life.
1. Parents named me. Popular 70s name - Jennifer
2. We have heat in the house! I‘m definitely thankful for that as there have been many times we had no heat.

The breadth of products made from petroleum is mind boggling. This was an interesting read, and the Mauritius oil spill was in the back of my mind as I finished this up. Enlightening, educational, and at times scary. Lots of scientific information packed into this one, but presented in a manner that was easy to read and very understandable.

Love the fact that a #British book on plastic pollution can‘t help referencing #Shakespeare:
“Honestly, if MacBeth‘s witches had got together to create a system that would cause maximum bother, I don‘t think they could have magicked up anything more pernicious”

#theplaysthething #plastics #turningthetide #brits