1 00:00:00,009 --> 00:00:02,569 Speaker 1: This episode of Earth Care Mini is a little bit 2 00:00:02,579 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: about greenwashing. A little bit about not believing everything you 3 00:00:06,329 --> 00:00:08,408 Speaker 1: see and just a kick in the pants reminder to 4 00:00:08,420 --> 00:00:11,109 Speaker 1: ask for what you want. And it's all thanks to 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,090 Speaker 1: a recycling bin at a very popular and very massive 6 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:16,670 Speaker 1: concert venue in Toronto. 7 00:00:17,829 --> 00:00:21,189 Speaker 1: Hello, welcome to Earth Care. Mi. I'm your host, Sarah 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,808 Speaker 1: Christie and I'm on a mission to make climate change 9 00:00:23,819 --> 00:00:28,299 Speaker 1: an approachable and not so overwhelming conversation for everyone. Now, 10 00:00:28,309 --> 00:00:33,990 Speaker 1: normally this is the podcast where we meet climate heroes, activists, experts, 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,449 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs and get their take on how we can help 12 00:00:37,459 --> 00:00:40,369 Speaker 1: save the planet and that's still the case. But since 13 00:00:40,380 --> 00:00:42,930 Speaker 1: we all need to be involved with climate action and 14 00:00:43,150 --> 00:00:46,979 Speaker 1: the climate crisis is happening as we speak. I wanted 15 00:00:46,990 --> 00:00:50,769 Speaker 1: to share some of the lessons that I'm learning unlearning 16 00:00:50,779 --> 00:00:53,528 Speaker 1: and I'm still learning with respect to this planet and 17 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:56,090 Speaker 1: the people on it. The lessons are big, but the 18 00:00:56,099 --> 00:00:58,590 Speaker 1: episodes are many think of them as two bite brownie 19 00:00:58,599 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: sized episodes for the planet. So why am I gonna 20 00:01:01,209 --> 00:01:04,129 Speaker 1: ask you to start gathering video footage of recycling bins 21 00:01:04,139 --> 00:01:06,870 Speaker 1: in public places who doesn't want that on their phone. Right. 22 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:11,449 Speaker 1: Scrolling through cute pictures of your dogs, your cats, your family, bam, 23 00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:12,410 Speaker 1: just trash. 24 00:01:12,879 --> 00:01:15,410 Speaker 1: I'll paint the picture for you. Have you ever been 25 00:01:15,419 --> 00:01:17,050 Speaker 1: out for a walk? And you see a bin that 26 00:01:17,059 --> 00:01:19,910 Speaker 1: has an opening for trash and an opening for recycling 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,870 Speaker 1: and it all filters down into one single bag. Maybe 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,610 Speaker 1: the bags were in fact separated. Positive step. Yay. But 29 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:29,269 Speaker 1: then you see the cleaning staff throw it all into 30 00:01:29,279 --> 00:01:31,279 Speaker 1: the same bag at the end of the night. What 31 00:01:31,290 --> 00:01:34,789 Speaker 1: the heck? Maybe just, maybe the intention is for the 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,550 Speaker 1: cleaning crew to separate it. But we humans are in 33 00:01:37,559 --> 00:01:37,830 Speaker 1: too much 34 00:01:37,943 --> 00:01:39,633 Speaker 1: a hurry that we didn't take a second to see 35 00:01:39,642 --> 00:01:42,013 Speaker 1: which bin is for what. And we just threw our 36 00:01:42,023 --> 00:01:46,133 Speaker 1: trash into the recycling and contaminated everything. If we're using 37 00:01:46,142 --> 00:01:48,133 Speaker 1: a flow chart to see what the solution is here, 38 00:01:48,172 --> 00:01:50,962 Speaker 1: it all leads us to waste reduction, right? Let's just 39 00:01:50,972 --> 00:01:54,093 Speaker 1: eliminate the waste and this wouldn't be a problem. Recycling 40 00:01:54,102 --> 00:01:57,953 Speaker 1: is obviously better than throwing everything into a landfill, but 41 00:01:57,962 --> 00:02:00,133 Speaker 1: it's not the be all, end all and through conversations 42 00:02:00,142 --> 00:02:02,523 Speaker 1: that we've had on earth care, you know, emails that 43 00:02:02,532 --> 00:02:02,883 Speaker 1: I've 44 00:02:03,115 --> 00:02:05,835 Speaker 1: personally sent to city staff in places that I've lived 45 00:02:05,846 --> 00:02:09,055 Speaker 1: for clarity accounts that I now follow on social media. 46 00:02:09,305 --> 00:02:12,815 Speaker 1: I'm learning that it's actually quite complicated. I'll give you 47 00:02:12,826 --> 00:02:16,666 Speaker 1: some examples. Ok. So currently in Ontario, we have a 48 00:02:16,675 --> 00:02:19,585 Speaker 1: province wide waste management system in place, right? We have 49 00:02:19,595 --> 00:02:22,065 Speaker 1: a blue and green bin system. So what we do 50 00:02:22,076 --> 00:02:24,645 Speaker 1: is we recycle and compost at home and then we 51 00:02:24,656 --> 00:02:26,535 Speaker 1: put the bins out front for the city to collect 52 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:28,175 Speaker 1: them once a week. But 53 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:31,809 Speaker 1: it's up to bylaw to collect and sort which means 54 00:02:31,820 --> 00:02:34,690 Speaker 1: that waste management systems are different from region to region. 55 00:02:34,699 --> 00:02:38,339 Speaker 1: So when I lived in Waterloo region, according to the 56 00:02:38,350 --> 00:02:41,850 Speaker 1: province wide recycling practices that we have in place, I 57 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:45,279 Speaker 1: can throw glass into a recycling bin. However, through chatting 58 00:02:45,288 --> 00:02:47,710 Speaker 1: with locals, I learned that glass hadn't been recycled there 59 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: since 2000 60 00:02:48,494 --> 00:02:52,304 Speaker 1: 1011. Now I moved there 2016. So it was definitely 61 00:02:52,315 --> 00:02:55,913 Speaker 1: sometime after then. Now I searched everywhere on the city's 62 00:02:55,925 --> 00:02:58,845 Speaker 1: website for this information. And even after spending some time 63 00:02:58,854 --> 00:03:01,794 Speaker 1: on the website, everything that I could find all told 64 00:03:01,804 --> 00:03:04,975 Speaker 1: me to put glass in the blue bin. Now, if 65 00:03:04,985 --> 00:03:07,695 Speaker 1: the city is telling me to do that, why would 66 00:03:07,705 --> 00:03:08,315 Speaker 1: I question it? 67 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:11,979 Speaker 1: I as someone who cares about the environment have done 68 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:14,449 Speaker 1: my due diligence, I took time out of my busy 69 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: day to sit down, go online thoroughly, search through the 70 00:03:18,008 --> 00:03:21,300 Speaker 1: website to see how to properly recycle. According to the 71 00:03:21,309 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: region's bylaws, why would that not be enough? Something didn't 72 00:03:25,970 --> 00:03:28,110 Speaker 1: make sense though. Why on earth would the manager from 73 00:03:28,119 --> 00:03:31,509 Speaker 1: my favorite local beauty shop just randomly tell me that 74 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,550 Speaker 1: glass can't be recycled there if it isn't true. 75 00:03:33,729 --> 00:03:36,270 Speaker 1: Well, in fact, the reason it was brought up is 76 00:03:36,279 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: because she ethically sources all of the products she would 77 00:03:39,130 --> 00:03:41,339 Speaker 1: use in her store. And she would run into this 78 00:03:41,350 --> 00:03:43,789 Speaker 1: constant dilemma because the products that she would wanna bring 79 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,330 Speaker 1: in were shipped there in glass. So how does she 80 00:03:46,339 --> 00:03:49,610 Speaker 1: get rid of them? So I decided to do what 81 00:03:49,619 --> 00:03:52,759 Speaker 1: this episode is all about. I asked, I just asked 82 00:03:52,770 --> 00:03:54,820 Speaker 1: the city, I sent them a tweet saying, hey, is 83 00:03:54,830 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: it true that glass hasn't been recycled in the region 84 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: since 2011. 85 00:03:58,889 --> 00:04:01,369 Speaker 1: And they got back to me, they replied with what 86 00:04:01,380 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: looks like a press release from 11 years ago explaining 87 00:04:05,330 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: that there wasn't enough demand for glass and it's actually 88 00:04:07,529 --> 00:04:10,479 Speaker 1: quite expensive to recycle. So when they can, they do 89 00:04:10,490 --> 00:04:14,009 Speaker 1: repurpose it into gravel for roads, but otherwise it's off 90 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:17,219 Speaker 1: to a landfill. Now, it's very possible that the press 91 00:04:17,230 --> 00:04:20,109 Speaker 1: release is somewhere on this website and I just wasn't 92 00:04:20,119 --> 00:04:23,109 Speaker 1: searching the right buzzwords. But the bigger issue is that 93 00:04:23,119 --> 00:04:26,450 Speaker 1: the most accessible information still says that glass is a 94 00:04:26,459 --> 00:04:27,329 Speaker 1: recyclable and 95 00:04:27,428 --> 00:04:30,589 Speaker 1: who has time to do investigative journalism every time they 96 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,369 Speaker 1: finish a jar salsa now, I don't have kids. I'm 97 00:04:33,380 --> 00:04:35,470 Speaker 1: not part of a weekly activity. I'm assuming that I 98 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,450 Speaker 1: have a bit more time than some to actually dedicate 99 00:04:38,459 --> 00:04:41,190 Speaker 1: to finding this information. There's just no way that you 100 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,260 Speaker 1: can inconvenience people like that and expect them to find 101 00:04:44,269 --> 00:04:47,350 Speaker 1: the right information. Think of how many times you've watched 102 00:04:47,359 --> 00:04:49,790 Speaker 1: the same show just because it's easier to put that 103 00:04:49,799 --> 00:04:50,169 Speaker 1: on 104 00:04:50,380 --> 00:04:52,558 Speaker 1: than to spend time trying to find a new one. Right? 105 00:04:52,570 --> 00:04:57,190 Speaker 1: Inconvenience is a recipe for failure. So sometimes you just 106 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,089 Speaker 1: have to ask, I shared that press release on all 107 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: of my social media pages and received so many replies 108 00:05:03,609 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: from flustered friends explaining how they've been recycling glass forever. 109 00:05:07,410 --> 00:05:10,209 Speaker 1: They even properly clean it. They've been trying their best 110 00:05:10,220 --> 00:05:12,429 Speaker 1: in doing what we as individuals are being told to 111 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,329 Speaker 1: do and somehow that still isn't enough, which is 112 00:05:15,424 --> 00:05:17,625 Speaker 1: frustrating and depending on what climate tragedy is in the 113 00:05:17,635 --> 00:05:20,964 Speaker 1: news that day can be crippling. But if we've met, 114 00:05:21,174 --> 00:05:23,664 Speaker 1: if you've been following Earth care, you know, I'm all 115 00:05:23,674 --> 00:05:26,325 Speaker 1: about finding the positivity. So this is the beautiful thing 116 00:05:26,334 --> 00:05:29,924 Speaker 1: about social media when used properly. It brings us together 117 00:05:29,934 --> 00:05:32,684 Speaker 1: on a larger scale, right? It connects us with people 118 00:05:32,695 --> 00:05:35,565 Speaker 1: we would have otherwise never connected with and can hold 119 00:05:35,575 --> 00:05:39,354 Speaker 1: large industries accountable. This is no longer a private email 120 00:05:39,363 --> 00:05:40,404 Speaker 1: that you can ignore. 121 00:05:40,619 --> 00:05:43,428 Speaker 1: I actually can't tell you how many times I politely 122 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,220 Speaker 1: emailed companies with questions or concerns and it was crickets 123 00:05:47,230 --> 00:05:49,820 Speaker 1: took it to Twitter, got a response the next day. 124 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: So now I'm in the GT A the Toronto area 125 00:05:53,049 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: where as far as I can tell glass is recycled 126 00:05:55,928 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: until I receive a message after this is released telling 127 00:05:58,488 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: me it's not 128 00:05:59,105 --> 00:06:02,174 Speaker 1: and I'll just stress eat spoonfuls of peanut butter. So 129 00:06:02,184 --> 00:06:04,915 Speaker 1: here's where some of that greenwashing comes into play and 130 00:06:04,924 --> 00:06:08,934 Speaker 1: that whole talk about videotaping recycling bins. This Scotia Bank 131 00:06:08,945 --> 00:06:11,863 Speaker 1: Arena is our big arena event venue in Toronto. And 132 00:06:11,875 --> 00:06:16,493 Speaker 1: according to Google, it seats 19,800 people. Now, before I 133 00:06:16,505 --> 00:06:17,524 Speaker 1: go to a concert, 134 00:06:17,829 --> 00:06:19,739 Speaker 1: I always check their website to see if I'm allowed 135 00:06:19,750 --> 00:06:22,399 Speaker 1: to bring a reusable water bottle. Not only does that 136 00:06:22,410 --> 00:06:23,940 Speaker 1: sea of plastic at the end of a show, Kill 137 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:26,469 Speaker 1: My soul, but inflation is wild. You have to win 138 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,140 Speaker 1: the lottery to comfortably afford drinks at a concert now. 139 00:06:29,359 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: So I checked the Scotia Bank Arenas website and water 140 00:06:32,450 --> 00:06:36,010 Speaker 1: bottles were listed under prohibited items. But what was frustrating 141 00:06:36,019 --> 00:06:38,450 Speaker 1: about that was they have a green section on 142 00:06:38,524 --> 00:06:42,183 Speaker 1: website that lists all of their neat sustainable initiatives that 143 00:06:42,195 --> 00:06:44,644 Speaker 1: they currently have in place. And one of them was 144 00:06:44,654 --> 00:06:48,545 Speaker 1: to divert 100% of their waste materials from landfills and 145 00:06:48,553 --> 00:06:52,505 Speaker 1: to maximize organic and recycling streams. Ok. So if I 146 00:06:52,515 --> 00:06:54,225 Speaker 1: can't bring in my own bottle, at least I know 147 00:06:54,234 --> 00:06:57,743 Speaker 1: if I buy one, it's then being sorted and recycled, right? 148 00:06:57,795 --> 00:06:59,065 Speaker 1: That's what we're going with. 149 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: So when I got to the concert venue, I like 150 00:07:01,890 --> 00:07:04,309 Speaker 1: you do at concerts, especially a harry styles. One just 151 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,078 Speaker 1: bee lined for the waste bins. I wanted to check 152 00:07:07,089 --> 00:07:09,609 Speaker 1: out this revolutionary set up that I was reading about 153 00:07:09,619 --> 00:07:12,079 Speaker 1: on their website. Now they do have new bins that 154 00:07:12,089 --> 00:07:16,489 Speaker 1: are labeled landfill and recycling. However, when I looked into 155 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:18,970 Speaker 1: the recycling, I had a moment of silence for my joy. 156 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:22,579 Speaker 1: There was p pe in there, gloves, pizza crust, napkins, 157 00:07:22,589 --> 00:07:25,420 Speaker 1: literally everything that can't be recycled. 158 00:07:25,709 --> 00:07:28,399 Speaker 1: And then right beside it in the trash, so many 159 00:07:28,410 --> 00:07:31,690 Speaker 1: water bottles, just so many water bottles. So I decided 160 00:07:31,700 --> 00:07:32,489 Speaker 1: to videotape it. 161 00:07:33,029 --> 00:07:36,170 Speaker 1: I thought this can't be a revolutionary idea to minimize waste. 162 00:07:36,179 --> 00:07:38,630 Speaker 1: There's just no way that this is the final solution. 163 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:41,790 Speaker 1: Imagine if you allowed and encourage guests to bring in 164 00:07:41,799 --> 00:07:45,910 Speaker 1: their own reasonable water bottle, you advertised your green initiatives 165 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,290 Speaker 1: and got people on board with it. Maybe, ok, benefit 166 00:07:49,299 --> 00:07:52,339 Speaker 1: of the doubt, maybe they do have a groundbreaking system 167 00:07:52,350 --> 00:07:55,839 Speaker 1: in place that properly sorts those bags puts the pizza 168 00:07:55,850 --> 00:07:56,929 Speaker 1: crust where it needs to go. 169 00:07:57,015 --> 00:07:59,114 Speaker 1: But I mean, come on, that's and I'll believe it 170 00:07:59,125 --> 00:08:02,135 Speaker 1: when I see it situation for sure. After the Harry 171 00:08:02,144 --> 00:08:05,154 Speaker 1: Styles concert, I did what thousands of other screaming fans 172 00:08:05,165 --> 00:08:07,515 Speaker 1: were doing and I shared my videos on social media 173 00:08:07,595 --> 00:08:11,054 Speaker 1: except mine was of gross trash bins. I tweeted the 174 00:08:11,065 --> 00:08:13,834 Speaker 1: video and tagged Scotia Bank Arena and asked them, hey, 175 00:08:13,845 --> 00:08:15,855 Speaker 1: when will you start allowing guests to bring in their 176 00:08:15,864 --> 00:08:18,855 Speaker 1: own reusable water bottles? Now, I got a response almost 177 00:08:18,864 --> 00:08:22,404 Speaker 1: immediately which was very much appreciated saying that we are 178 00:08:22,415 --> 00:08:24,635 Speaker 1: in fact allowed to bring one in. What 179 00:08:25,179 --> 00:08:27,070 Speaker 1: I've tried though and I was told to get rid 180 00:08:27,079 --> 00:08:29,149 Speaker 1: of it. So I asked a follow up. I said, 181 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,369 Speaker 1: is this information on your website. I looked and I 182 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:34,409 Speaker 1: couldn't locate it. They informed me then that they'll be 183 00:08:34,419 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: updating their Fa Qs to make sure it's on there. Fun. Nito. 184 00:08:38,530 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: That was super easy. But about a week went by 185 00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: and I kept looking and I didn't see it on there. 186 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:45,419 Speaker 1: So I followed up, I said, hey, do you know 187 00:08:45,429 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: when your Fa Qs are gonna be updated? Drum roll, please. 188 00:08:48,690 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: Their Fa Qs now include a blurb about reusable water bottles. Now, 189 00:08:54,090 --> 00:08:56,289 Speaker 1: this means a couple of things. First of all, it 190 00:08:56,299 --> 00:08:59,590 Speaker 1: means saving money inflation. It's nuts. Why do you want 191 00:08:59,599 --> 00:09:02,789 Speaker 1: to pay $8.04 dollars even for a water bottle? It 192 00:09:02,799 --> 00:09:06,630 Speaker 1: means alleviating some of the plastic pollution that would otherwise 193 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,710 Speaker 1: take place because you couldn't bring in your own water bottle, 194 00:09:10,030 --> 00:09:12,929 Speaker 1: that's huge. And if a security guard now tells me 195 00:09:12,940 --> 00:09:15,380 Speaker 1: to ditch my bottle because they aren't caught up to speed, 196 00:09:15,710 --> 00:09:17,989 Speaker 1: I can now just pull up the website and show 197 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,460 Speaker 1: them that official blurb. Cheers to that sometimes all you 198 00:09:22,469 --> 00:09:25,210 Speaker 1: have to do is ask right now. So many major 199 00:09:25,219 --> 00:09:28,130 Speaker 1: companies are heading back to the drawing board to implement 200 00:09:28,219 --> 00:09:31,809 Speaker 1: sustainable initiatives into their business plans, right? Great, better late 201 00:09:31,820 --> 00:09:35,450 Speaker 1: than never. So asking about a reusable water bottle kind 202 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:37,449 Speaker 1: of seems like we're all fighting the same fight here. 203 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:40,210 Speaker 1: Let's work together on it. I showed you a problem. 204 00:09:40,219 --> 00:09:40,819 Speaker 1: You helped me 205 00:09:40,916 --> 00:09:43,245 Speaker 1: with the solution. High five to that. What I found 206 00:09:43,255 --> 00:09:45,406 Speaker 1: so far is that most venues that allow bottles in, 207 00:09:45,416 --> 00:09:47,306 Speaker 1: want them to be small, they want them to be soft. 208 00:09:47,315 --> 00:09:50,276 Speaker 1: Which kind of sounds like a plastic water bottle to me. 209 00:09:50,346 --> 00:09:52,834 Speaker 1: But if you have one of these bottles or come 210 00:09:52,846 --> 00:09:55,375 Speaker 1: across one, I'm in no way affiliated with the company 211 00:09:55,385 --> 00:09:58,645 Speaker 1: that makes these, I just genuinely love mine. I bring 212 00:09:58,655 --> 00:10:01,976 Speaker 1: my collapsible coffee mug so it just collapses down into 213 00:10:01,986 --> 00:10:04,545 Speaker 1: what looks like a little mini tupperware that fits into 214 00:10:04,556 --> 00:10:05,954 Speaker 1: your purse that you can bring into 215 00:10:06,202 --> 00:10:09,231 Speaker 1: shows, right? Because now most venues don't allow big bags. 216 00:10:09,461 --> 00:10:11,761 Speaker 1: And in the event, you go to a concert venue 217 00:10:11,771 --> 00:10:14,801 Speaker 1: that doesn't let bottles in security doesn't really know what 218 00:10:14,812 --> 00:10:17,822 Speaker 1: it is. So knock on wood, it won't get taken away. 219 00:10:17,831 --> 00:10:20,351 Speaker 1: Climate change is happening and it will get worse if 220 00:10:20,361 --> 00:10:23,910 Speaker 1: we let it. So when big companies or people in 221 00:10:23,921 --> 00:10:26,981 Speaker 1: power come up with solutions, it's important for us as 222 00:10:26,992 --> 00:10:30,651 Speaker 1: individuals to hold them accountable, question everything. If a city 223 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:31,221 Speaker 1: tells you 224 00:10:31,570 --> 00:10:34,718 Speaker 1: that something can be recycled, but you still are unsure, 225 00:10:34,729 --> 00:10:36,929 Speaker 1: tweet them and ask if one of the biggest venues 226 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:39,719 Speaker 1: in your city has neat new recycling bins. Ask what 227 00:10:39,729 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: more they can do. Just ask, they can not answer 228 00:10:43,289 --> 00:10:45,809 Speaker 1: you but that's not great customer service or you get 229 00:10:45,820 --> 00:10:48,609 Speaker 1: the answers that you're trying to find. I totally understand 230 00:10:48,619 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: that spotting greenwashing isn't always easy, right? You might not 231 00:10:51,530 --> 00:10:53,909 Speaker 1: have time to question everything that you see, and 232 00:10:54,075 --> 00:10:57,574 Speaker 1: basically every company now has green buzzwords on their website 233 00:10:57,585 --> 00:11:01,534 Speaker 1: or includes words like plant based and sustainable in their commercials. 234 00:11:01,544 --> 00:11:05,854 Speaker 1: And I've now taken that it's greenwashing until proven otherwise approach. 235 00:11:05,864 --> 00:11:09,465 Speaker 1: So question everything and hey, videotape recycling bins in public 236 00:11:09,474 --> 00:11:13,354 Speaker 1: places because as we've heard so many times before we 237 00:11:13,364 --> 00:11:16,534 Speaker 1: can't recycle our way to sustainability, big company 238 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:20,549 Speaker 1: is have the money for bigger and better solutions in place. 239 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,239 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for letting Earth Care be a 240 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:24,718 Speaker 1: part of your day today. 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