Review
"Transforming Plastic unpacks the mystery of our pervasive polymers and dives into real-time strategies and solutions for building a better path forward." --Richard Freudenberger, author Alcohol Fuel
Plastic is such a commonplace material in our life that we forget it exists. Albert Bates does a masterful job in explaining the intricacies and the subtleties of what is really an ecosystem of different varieties of plastics, each one a pest in its own way. The book will tell you about many possibilities for how to deal with this predicament, but in the end, it is a systemic problem that can't be solved without finding a viable alternative. --Ugo Bardi, professor of physical chemistry, University of Florence
In his latest book, Transforming Plastic: from Pollution to EvolutionDo, Farm visionary Albert Bates lays it out for us once again. Albert provides a much needed wake up call, and it has made me a lot more aware of the degree that petrochemical plastic is in the clothes I wear, the food I eat, and all too often, used once and then sent to the landfill, into the water supply, and eventually the oceans. We have become numb and driven to accept what we call modern life, in spite of its very evident consequences. The book does offer a glimmer of hope. The transformation starts with campaigns to end plastic straws, grows to encompass the elimination of single use, and ultimately leads us to the development of truly renewable, bio-degradable bio-plastics. We begin by becoming informed, aware, and finding our place in a growing force demanding change. --Douglas Stevenson, Farm Fresh News
About the Author
Albert Bates is author of 18 books on climate, history, and ecology, including Carbon Cascades,The Paris Agreement, and The Biochar Solution . His book Climate in Crisis was among the first to call attention to global warming. He is founder and director of the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology.
