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Adam Ruins Everything - The Corporate Conspiracy to Blame You for Their Trash

truTV · 1.9M views · 2016-12-21 · 2:16

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Overview

A short Adam Ruins Everything clip arguing that corporations shift blame for litter and waste onto consumers. It touches on the packaging industry's anti-litter campaigns.

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Cited in recycling and plastic-waste threads as an entertaining take on corporate blame-shifting.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2017–2019

Topics

Environment, agriculture & food systemsSatire & parody
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recyclinglitteradam conoverpackaging industryplastic waste

What people said

vincnetas · 2019-11 · Reference

"The Keep America Beautiful narrow focus on litter, and indeed construction of the modern concept of litter, is seen as an attempt to divert responsibility from industries that manufacture and sell disposable products to the consumer that improperly disposes of the related non-returnable wrappers, filters, and beverage containers.[2]" [LINK] also more entertaining media [VIDEO]

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dbg31415 · 2019-03 · Reference

I thought these were just depressing... but yeah, likely more truthful. Pick one, they're all just as depressing as the next. * Adam Ruins Everything - The Corporate Conspiracy to Blame You for Their Trash - YouTube || [VIDEO] * Penn & Teller - Recycling - YouTube || [LINK] * Debunking recycling paper (P&T segment) - YouTube || [LINK] * The shocking scale of our waste - and the myth of recycling | Irene Rompa | TEDxMidAtlantic - YouTube || [LINK]

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djsumdog · 2018-06 · Reference

You know that famous Indian crying from litter on the highway campaign? It was funded by the packaging industry. It was part of a propaganda campaign (a.k.a public relations) by packaging company to place the blame on litter and non-reusable packaging on the consumer instead of the industry. [VIDEO]

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