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Greenwashing & Gaslighting

How to Recognize Project Greenwashing: A Case Study

Greenwashing involves making false or misleading environmental claims to create the illusion of sustainability. This can range from exaggerated marketing language to selective reporting, or even outright lies. A case study from Selangor, Malaysia, is provided as an illustration of how greenwashing works.  A short video of Dr. Carboni is also included.

YouTube video: Tracking Devices Reveal Where Recycling Really Goes

Bloomberg placed trackers in three plastic bags and dropped them in Tesco supermarket recycling bins around London. Their journey revealed a netherworld of contractors, brokers and exporters that looks less like the circular economy and more like a game of pass-the-buck.

YouTube video:  The Truth About Plastic Recycling ... It’s Complicated

The 3R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle has been drilled into our heads as the way forward towards a sustainable future. Most of the plastic we’ve produced so far has ended up in landfills, or worse, in the food we eat every day. This video presents interesting innovations that may help solve some of the problem.