The Plastic Revolution

In the great global quest for more stuff from diamond earings to toilet paper, isn't it a great thing that these products are now Sustainable???





Though our houses will always carry a dollar value and sometimes represent the largest monetary investment many of us will make we still find the urge to fill it up with meaning less materialism.


The idea that retail therapy has become he order of the day for the global citizen enables the plastic revolution to continue its focus for buy and replace. The list of sustainable and green products is impressive and growing, but the truth of the matter is its still cheap crap that in the end you have to replace and by doing that you're using more energy and as far as I'm concerned that is not Sustainability, nor is it "Green".

As much as statistics show people are buying less and watching their pockets more these facts put a lot of how we as people are consiously "helping" our economy, homes and planet into perspective.

Number of people in the US who attend religious services every week:
55 million
Number of people in the US who shop at Walmart every week:
136 million

Number of colleges and universities in the US:
4,140
Number of Walmart owned stores in the US:
4,191

Number of trees needed to offset annual CO2 emissions from a high energy using American:
150
Number of trees Ikea plants each year to offset CO2 from customers and employees travelling to and from one store:
33,100

Percentage of eligible americans who voted in the last presidential elections:
60%
Percentage of Americans who will go to a Walmart this year:
90%

Now with just those facts alone it gives you a real perspective as to how powerful the Plastic Revolution is, and what we are doing to enable it.