Working for a petrochemical plant is a very fulfilling career as a chemical engineer, but as other people, even old friends, learn the nature of my job (that is making thermoplastic resin of various qualities and end-uses), they go nuts:
— So you’re making plastic! So you’re the number one contributor of environmental catastrophes brought about by the dreaded thing! Did you know our rivers are getting polluted? Our dumpsites are getting overfilled? Our city sewers are getting flooded? Our Mother Earth is nearing its impending doom? And now you’re a part of what makes all those disasters happen? —
Excuse me, like I don’t know all of that. If they are so worried about me being a part of their so-called secret society of environmental extremists, then they might as well stop using plastic for crying out loud, or even just dispose of it properly. Right there, you have someone to blame — yourselves as consumers. If no one’s going to use it, then no one’s going to make ‘em! This is one of those instances where the ‘cut-the-root-to-kill-the-plant’ plan doesn’t work.
Don’t blame me, the plastic guy. I only make a living - it’s my responsibility, even if it doesn’t sound good for you. And as far as I can remember, throwing your plastic trash in the wrong places doesn’t sound responsible either.
Yeah yeah, I know the cycle. I will continue being a part of making plastic, and you will continue using them. You will continue enjoying the benefits, and you will continue throwing it away carelessly after it had served it’s purpose. Then your sewers will flood, and then you blame the plastic and whoever made them. Yada yada..
Before blaming why plastic was ever made just to end up clogging the sewers, why not blame how it ended into the sewers in the first place?
Want a clue on how to end up this madness? Start from here: Plastics are recyclable, some people aren't. Their way of thinking makes them more disposable than the plastics themselves.
Source URL: http://jameellamellannyes.blogspot.com/2010/06/confessions-of-plastic-guy.htmlWant a clue on how to end up this madness? Start from here: Plastics are recyclable, some people aren't. Their way of thinking makes them more disposable than the plastics themselves.
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