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#LeftyCartoons about #plastics #recycling

"The Myth of Plastic Recycling"

https://leftycartoons.com/2025/05/01/the-myth-of-plastic-recycling/
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. There’s also a tiny “kicker” panel under the strip. PANEL 1 A researcher wearing a white lab coat and carrying a thick bound report walks into an executive’s office. The executive is sitting with his feet on a big desk. RESEARCHER: Here’s my report on plastic recycling… I’m afraid it’s bad news. Recycling plastic just won’t work. PANEL 2 A close up of the researcher, who looks very nervous. RESEARCHER: Recycling plastic costs so much that recycled plastic will never compete with new plastic. The only thing it might do is deceive the public into thinking there’s no problem. PANEL 3 The executive is now holding the report. Behind the researcher, two toughs are creeping up, one raising a bludgeoning tool up to hit the researcher, the other holding out a sack big enough to hide a body. RESEARCHER: To avoid an ecological crisis, we have to stop making so much plastic. EXECUTIVE: I see. By the way, is this the only copy of the report? RESEARCHER: Yes, why? PANEL 4 CAPTION: And so, for the next fifty years… A spokesmodel woman stands in front of cameras, next to a table overflowing with plastic products. SPOKESMODEL: Use all the plastic you want! We’ll recycle! TINY KICKER PANEL The spokesmodel yells at Barry. SPOKESMODEL: Use somewhat less plastic? You want us to live like cavemen? CHICKEN FAT WATCH “Chicken fat” is obsolete cartoonists’ jargon for unimportant but fun details. PANEL 1 – A framed graph on the wall seems to show profits moving up. The caption under the graph says “Sales of profit/loss charts up 47%” PANEL 2 – One of the pens in the researcher’s breast pocket is actually a little test tube containing bubbling green liquid. PANEL 4 – The backdrop says “Plastic: It’s what’s for dinner.” A little toy plastic car is being driven by a plastic kitten and unicorn. A label of a large bottle says “5 GAL background details.”
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