Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Chapter 317

Greenwashed

July 6, 2022 Comments (0) journal

Beach Babies

There are a lot of things that can wash ashore, plastic items of all shapes and sizes that float around for a few months, years or decades, then make landfall somewhere. Most of them are unremarkable, just litter of one kind or another, but there are exceptions, and some of those exceptions are downright disturbing.

Here’s John Oliver’s take on the doll collection washing up these days along the Texas coast. (Content warning: John is quite disturbed by the current situation and the language used may not be suitable for sensitive viewers.)