Seeing that garbage recycling associations in various countries were sending waste plastics, international environmental protection organizations were instantly excited.
In recent years, Dongfang has done so well in environmental protection that international environmental organizations have nothing to say and cannot find any points of attack.
Whether it is the widespread application of photovoltaic electricity, or afforestation, or shelterbelt projects that convert sand into soil.
They have all made great contributions to global environmental protection and received countless praises.
These points are completely innocuous, so they can only say that others eat too much meat every day, which affects global carbon emissions.
But this is not convincing. Anyone with a discerning eye will know it is nonsense at a glance, and it is difficult to cause any substantial blow.
Now, they finally caught a huge black spot.
What? Environmental protection agencies went back on their word, issuing bans and secretly allowing companies to accept waste plastic waste.
This is really not environmentally friendly!
It's just like a sieve, full of holes.
It is completely possible to set up a target for attack.
Tear off its hypocritical mask and let people around the world see the true face of environmental protection here.
I don’t know what to do with all the garbage after receiving it.
Burn? Or landfill?
No matter which treatment method is used, it is a huge pollution to the environment and is an unforgivable crime.
You can completely seize this point to make a fuss and dig out a big news!
As soon as this idea came up, it took root firmly in their minds like a maggot attached to their bones.
So, with the idea of conspiracy theory in mind, global environmental organizations quietly started to act.
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On this day, a well-known UP owner suddenly released a popular science video.
"Where did the plastic go?" 》
This is a top-level self-media with many fans. The number of fans on various major platforms has exceeded 10 million.
The videos he posted were either telling people about the disappearance of tropical rainforests, or conveying the landscape of wildfires around the world, and by the way, he put together some videos of melting icebergs in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Therefore, fans will understand at a glance that the video released this time must be about environmental protection again, and it is also about the topic of plastic pollution.
Sure enough, after clicking play, mountains of garbage trapped together appeared in the video.
"'I have tons of garbage here, how about I sell it to you cheaper?' If I ask you this, your first reaction will definitely be to curse, thinking that I am crazy and crazy about money, and I actually sell garbage? "
"In fact, a few years ago, this garbage traveled across the ocean and came to our land. It was turned into treasure, feeding countless people and providing valuable industrial resources."
"Today, let me take you to review the past and present life of plastic."
The deep sound of the paper clip sounded, telling stories about plastic one after another.
"Plastic was once called one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, but it only took a few decades from invention to disaster."
"Today, in our lives, including toothbrushes, water bottles, tires, packaging, headphones, clothes, etc., plastics are everywhere and omnipotent. They have completely engulfed our food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and every aspect of our lives."
“However, humans often ignore the other side of plastic. This crystallization of human wisdom is the most difficult thing to degrade in the world. When it is abandoned in nature, the environmental pollution caused often takes hundreds of years to be completely degraded. "
“When plastics are not used much, it’s nothing. But when plastics are overwhelming and completely submerge you, it’s a huge disaster.”
"The world produces hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste every year, of which only 9% is recycled and 12% is incinerated. So where does the remaining huge plastic waste go?"
“Let’s follow the video and explore them one by one.”
Shocking scenes appeared on the screen.
There are courier stations with foam cartons on the floor, waste processing centers with mountains of garbage, and endless mountains of garbage larger than icebergs floating on the sea. In short, there are all kinds of giant garbage piles for those in front of the screen. People had a huge visual impact.
Kuta Beach, which once had the most beautiful coastline, has turned into an island of plastic garbage. Tons of plastic garbage are densely packed and endless, completely submerging the entire coastline.
The giant sperm whale, the overlord of the ocean, died on the beach with no scars on the outside. After cutting open its belly, there were hundreds of plastic bags and even a large oil drum inside.
The bustling city is surrounded by large and small garbage dumps, almost forming a circle. People seem to be living in a huge garbage dump.
"As we can see, garbage besieges cities, garbage oceans, garbage continents, and mountains of plastic completely surround people, forming isolated islands, and plastic garbage has become the biggest white terror at the moment."
Just when people were watching with heavy hearts and fear, Paperclip suddenly changed the subject and returned to the original question.
"Then people may ask, human beings' technology has been so advanced, why can't they deal with just a piece of plastic waste?"
"That's a good question. In fact, people can indeed deal with plastic waste through recycling, incineration, landfill, etc., but the economic and environmental costs are relatively high, so this burden falls on poor countries."
"In the past, the East also imported a large amount of plastic waste and disposed it through recycling, landfill and other methods, thus obtaining relatively cheap industrial resources."
"At this point, everyone may stand up and proudly say that I am rich and prosperous, and I no longer want garbage."
"Is this really the case?"
“If we stop trashing, will the trash disappear?”
"No, that's not the case. We don't want garbage. This garbage will go to other places, to places that are poorer than us."
"But don't be too happy too early, thinking that if someone takes over, you won't have to be a trash guy, and the environment will become better."
"This is not the case, because even poor countries no longer want to be garbage collectors. They have refused to accept foreign garbage, especially plastic waste that cannot be recycled, cannot be degraded, and will only pollute the environment."
"So, I want to ask you a question again, do you know where these rejected plastic wastes go?"
“Where does all the plastic waste in the world go?”
"Next, let me reveal the mystery for everyone."
A scene of a port appeared in the camera. Giant ships were docked densely on the shore, and countless containers were stacked on top of each other. The scene was extremely spectacular.
"Haha, this is our Yangshan Port. Cargo ships full of plastic garbage shuttle back and forth endlessly, pouring garbage into our land."
The camera zoomed in, and a container appeared in front of it. Two uniformed staff were opening the door to inspect it.
When the cabinet door was opened, it was filled with neatly tied plastic garbage.
The staff looked at it, closed the cabinet door, and continued walking to the next container.
Containers were opened one after another, and they were all filled with the same plastic waste.
"When everyone sees this scene, they must have many questions in their minds. Don't worry, let us interview the staff at the scene."
Soon a mosaic figure appeared on the screen. It seemed to be one of the staff who had just checked the cabinet.
“Excuse me, are there many waste plastic containers like this?”
"There are a lot of them. The plastic waste business is very popular now. Several ships come every day. We have to check them one by one. We only accept waste plastics and not other garbage." The staff explained cheerfully.
“Why only accept waste plastic?”
"Because there are recycled plastic companies coming to collect the goods, and they have import licenses. This is a good business. Not only does it provide free garbage, but it also charges a processing fee of US$300 for a container. It is very popular now."
"Why do these ships pay $300 per container to dispose of plastic waste?"
"Because no one else will accept it. Only we accept it——"
The interview came to an abrupt end, and the entire scene stayed on one waste plastic container after another.
"As you can see, our ports and containers are full of plastic waste that even Southeast Asia is unwilling to accept."
"Where has the world's plastic waste gone? I think everyone should have an answer in their mind at this moment."
"The import of any plastic waste has been banned many years ago. I don't know why these companies will get permission to import plastic waste again."
"Is it just for the $300 garbage disposal fee per container?"
"This is too unacceptable."
"The water, sky, forest, land, all the environment and resources here should be far more valuable than these three hundred dollars."
"The road to environmental protection is long and difficult. We are not born garbage people. No one wants to turn their green mountains and green waters into a ghost place inferior to a pig pen."
“I would like to give you a piece of advice, but don’t lose the hard-earned natural environment for a small gain.”
"It's not scary to be poor. As long as you work hard, you will get rich sooner or later."
"But if you are heartbroken, there is really no cure."
Wow!
Everyone who watched this video felt their scalp numb and felt an extreme anger.
I wish I could grab the people inside and yell at them.
Just for the sake of a few thousand dollars, you just don’t care?
Are you still collecting discarded plastic waste?
Are they all unwanted by others?
Everyone turned into a key fairy, vomited fragrance, and began to criticize and criticize, pushing this video to the top of the hot search.
In an instant, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and this video sparked heated discussions across the Internet.
After watching the video, netizens became angry and complained.
"This is nothing, it's not environmentally friendly!"
"Let's just say, now that everyone is not short of money, why can't some companies get rid of the stinky habit of picking up garbage? They charge everything."
"This video was well shot and revealed the truth of the matter. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known there was such a shady story behind it."
"I'm really sad for his misfortune and angry that he won't fight for it. Just for some money, his conscience will be eaten by dogs."
"Haha, how do you know it's the company's problem? You didn't see that everyone got the import license."
"How dare you say this? Hush! Keep your voice down."
"I can only say that the water is very deep here. It's better for everyone to say a few words if everything is alright."
"Rubbish companies only care about money, money, money, and they are obsessed with money."
"Nah, these recycled plastic recycling manufacturers, no matter what, they are all fucking rubbish."
Netizens cursed and cursed the recycled plastic manufacturers.
However, the video did not identify which company it was, so everyone could not find a target to vent their anger on, so they had no choice but to direct their anger at the environmental protection agency.
Soon, the official account of the environmental protection organization on Langbo fell.
Just when everyone was scolding, other Internet celebrities suddenly spoke up.
"After watching this video, I always feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity. I feel like something is deliberately misleading everyone."
"I ask everyone to calm down and not be blinded by anger. Whether environmental protection is done well or not, what matters is the results. In fact, over the years, our environment has become better and better. Not only has the desert turned into an oasis, More and more protective forests are being built, and the greening in various cities is becoming more and more beautiful.”
"Everyone might as well take a look around you. Is there any large-scale plastic pollution?"
"The rubbish scenes in the video are either scenes from abroad or documentaries from a few years ago. There are no current photos, so the convincingness is really limited."
“As the video says, the purpose of importing waste in the recycled plastics industry is to recycle and reuse waste plastics. Our country’s technical level in this area is very high. If it is really profitable and does not cause pollution to the environment, then what is the fault of the company? "
"This is obviously a win-win situation. Don't let people with good intentions set the pace."
The media and Internet celebrities retweeted it one after another, and it soon sparked a big discussion.
And netizens are gradually coming to their senses.
"Indeed, I was reckless. The city I live in has a very good environment. I walked around outside the city yesterday and I really didn't see any large-scale plastic pollution anywhere.
"In the town where I live, there used to be several waste plastic processing plants. They were all family workshops. Anyway, the sewage discharge was really hard to describe. I ran over there this morning to take a look. There was no thick smoke billowing from these plants, and there was no black water flowing across them. , although there is a lot of plastic waste piled up in the factory, it just smells a bit, and I don’t think it is harmful.”
This netizen also posted a lot of photos of the plastic processing factory. From the photos, although you can't enter the factory, the surroundings are green and green, the ground is clean, and there is no serious pollution to the environment.
These photos are very impactful and completely subvert people's traditional perception of plastic processing plants as dirty and messy.
Netizens also came back to their senses after watching it.
"Yes, somewhere in Southeast Asia, where there is zero industrialization, the technology for recycling plastics is definitely not comparable to ours."
"The case has been solved. In fact, our garbage collection technology is relatively strong, so we can accept other people's unwanted garbage. This is very reasonable."
"Indeed, I also think the video is a bit alarmist and false. People start making a fuss when they see a garbage ship. In fact, there is no environmental pollution at all."
"Importing scrap and waste is normal and a normal business. We also import scrap metal and waste. Why don't we say heavy metal pollution?"
"What kind of paper clip has the nerve to say that he is a popular science blogger? I think he is more like a civil science blogger. He doesn't even have basic field inspections. He just looks at pictures and talks nonsense. It makes me laugh to death."
"What do the staff at the dock know? They just talked about it casually and treated it like Shang Fang's sword to you."
"Tsk, you're wasting my feelings, you trash blogger, please cancel!"
The craze on the Internet comes and goes quickly. Although the paper clip video was very popular at first, if there is no subsequent real impact on environmental pollution, the popularity will not last forever, but will disappear soon.
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Haishi, a certain BBB office.
Several media reporters were sitting in the office, all of them looking ugly.
"Fake, why have these netizens suddenly become smarter?" A tall, thin middle-aged man muttered reluctantly to himself.
"It shouldn't be. Why did the heat disappear so quickly?" A woman in her early thirties wearing glasses pulled her hair with a confused look on her face.
Another young man looked at the screen with his eyes fixed, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Another 20,000 followers were lost."
The tall, thin, middle-aged man was silent for a while, then said: "This is indeed a lack of consideration on our part, and what they said makes sense. Without concrete measures, the popularity cannot be sustained, and it cannot have a real impact."
"I don't believe it. How can there be no environmental pollution after receiving so much waste plastic? It must be somewhere, but we haven't found it yet."
He slapped the table and spoke fiercely: "Each of us must go out for on-the-spot inspections, infiltrate the recycled plastic manufacturers, conduct secret visits, we must get evidence of environmental pollution, and completely hammer the environmental protection agency to death!"
"There are also garbage treatment centers, which are also very suspicious. With so much plastic waste produced in big cities every day, there must be landfills. This is environmental pollution. We must take photos to prove it."
"In addition, there are some villages and rivers that used to be relatively polluted. We have to go and take a look. We will use drones to investigate and find out all the places with serious pollution."
"Do you understand? You, you, you, get up and act now!"
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Linshan Town is a well-known gathering place for waste plastic processing plants.
Reporter Xiao Li walked to the door of a waste plastic processing factory, looked at the simple factory building, and couldn't help but nod secretly.
"It's up to you. The worse the conditions of the factory, the better."
It is said that this factory was formerly a pig factory, with only the boss and his wife as employees. It can be said to be a typical family workshop, and it is also his ideal target for undercover investigation.
He arrived here yesterday, found an excuse to discuss business, and quickly gained the boss's trust.
Today is a door-to-door inspection.
The boss came out quickly and took Xiao Li around to 'inspect' the production site.
Xiao Li saw sewage flowing across the ground in the factory area, plastic garbage piles everywhere, and a foul smell assaulting his nostrils, and he immediately smiled with satisfaction.
"Well, the outside is a bit dirty, and the manpower is limited, so we can't take care of it, but the inside is very clean, don't worry."
The boss rubbed his hands in embarrassment and led Xiao Li into the factory.
After Xiao Li entered, he looked around and didn't see any familiar plastic recycling and granulating equipment, and he was immediately ecstatic.
He asked calmly: "Where is the equipment?"
The boss pointed to the large cement pools dug on the ground and explained: "That's the main thing. In addition, we also have some separation, dehydration, and drying equipment in the factory next door."
Xiao Li's eyes widened immediately. He saw that the pool was filled with water and densely packed with a lot of waste plastic garbage. A lot of the garbage was soaked into pieces and was still in it, but it was not fished out.
"Tsk, tsk, this is such a fool. This factory didn't buy a single piece of equipment that it should have. It just soaked the plastic in water and landfilled it. It's simply outrageous. It's absolutely polluting the environment."
Xiao Li thought to himself and almost laughed out loud.
He took out his mobile phone: "Boss, do you mind if I take some photos?"
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A landfill in the suburbs of Haishi.
It was after six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was already dark.
A tall, thin, middle-aged man drove a car nearby, wearing a mask, and walked in cautiously.
He had a flashlight in his left hand and a small shovel in his right hand. As he walked along, he discovered something was wrong.
"Hey, why is there so little garbage?"
The imagined scene of mountains of garbage did not appear. There were only a few piles of garbage piled on the ground. It felt like there was not as much domestic garbage as in large residential areas.
The entire ground is very flat, and some places are covered with black plastic film. This should be a special landfill geotextile, which is used to isolate garbage from the environment, isolate it from groundwater, keep it dry, and will not cause pollution.
He looked at this layer of black geotextile and suddenly became energetic. There must be landfill plastic waste underneath.
Just lift up the geotextile and take pictures of the landfill waste inside to prove that it is indeed plastic.
As for whether it is domestic waste in the city or imported plastic waste, who can tell?
The tall, thin man walked over in a hurry, and with great effort, he tore open a seal, revealing the garbage underneath.
A smile appeared on his face, and he picked up the shovel.
Then he turned on the flashlight and shined it.
I saw that the shovel was covered with domestic waste such as waste paper, glass, metal, and cloth. There was not a single piece of plastic waste.
He was stunned.
I quickly waved the shovel and shoveled a few more times, and took a closer look. There was still no plastic waste.
The tall and thin man's legs went weak and he sat on the ground, confused, and asked the sky without words.
There was only one question in his mind at the moment.
“Where does the plastic waste go?”
(End of chapter)
