The problem with documentary like....

The problems with documentaries like: Plastic Planet

is the negative picture they paint about plastic. I mean Congratulations Werner Boote, on living an almost plastic-free and minimal newly discovered lifestyle. I mean, I have tried to go 100% plastic-free and to be completely honest, living on a student salary isn't going to cut it.
(P.S: I tried contacting you in order to have you involved with my project, which is very similar to what you are involved with, but I guess that's something we can discuss about some other time...)

ANYWAYS, where was I...
ahh ... yes,
Plastic is an amazing creation. We should not hate nor blame plastic companies because of our misuse of the product.  It's not their fault its a cheap good; in the sense that it doesn't cost much to produce.

The reason for the harmful effects it creates, is something we can only blame ourselves for.
We are the ones who choose to use so much quantity of it.
We are the ones who do not recycle it, or deliberately pollute it.

By blaming plastic industries, we are denying our direct involvement with the merchandise. And that is just too easy. Plastic is, once again, an amazing product. And like many amazing products, problems associate themselves with it, especially in the beginning, or what I like to call the "honeymoon phase".

I mean remember the iPhone when it first came out?

The Honeymoon Phase

From toothbrushes, to medical equipments, to credit cards, plastic is something no other type of material (as of today) could do. The reason for most of its associated problems, comes from the fact that it is so cheap and easy to fabricate in such a large quantity at a very fast pace.

Just imagine for one second....

That you are in another world...

 Where...

Plastic is no longer like the plastic we interact with today. 

Imagine its worth being the equivalence of gold. 

Plastic=gold. 

Now how different do you think this world would be?

No one would dare waste it. 

No one would pollute it. 

People would cherish its existence as an item that was worth something!

And we all know what we do with objects that are valuable, 

we protect and keep them. 

Do you see what I mean, now, by plastic being a cheap good and it being our fault?

By plastic having a low, almost worthless value to it, its importance is worth the equivalence. 

That's why people will throw their trash out the window, leave their "trash" behind, because they are not true belongings. 

The picture below is Key West early in the morning. After the "partiers" have gone home to sleep. 

Please, feel free to comment on what you see.