"So what about the water bottles that we buy in the store?"
"But I can't pick up a piece of package recycling that is going to exist in the universe for thousands of years to come and find out how much PFAS is in it, or phthalates are in it, because that disclo..."
"Plastic recycling is essentially phony."
"We need to move from being laggards to leaders."
"We need to make sure that it is very lucrative for a fisherman, when they get near ghost gear, to haul it out of the water."
"Senator Merkley's bill, the Break Free from Plastics Act, includes several policies that are designed to help reduce plastic pollution."
"Everything you just described falls into two categories. One is demand, and the other is supply."
"We will continue to work on it."
"I think the point you are making is that the landfills that you are shipping to are because you can't open similar landfills in Alaska."
"If we can keep the PFAS out of products, that would be helpful as well."
"Isn't the answer none?"
"If you go down to the cafeteria down below here, you will find that every piece of plastic that touches food is directed to be put into the waste stream, not into the recycling stream."