Plastic Inc

In Plastic Inc., Beth Gardiner has written my favorite kind of non-fiction: a readable, scrupulous, and fascinating book that strips away lies and obfuscation to show what's really happening in the world. -- Oliver Bullough * author of Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World *
Gripping and essential reading! A frightening insight into how Big Plastic rivals Big Food in becoming the new global threat to our health and our planet. -- TIM SPECTOR
A gripping narrative -- GARDINER HARRIS
Beth Gardiner offers a powerful account of how commercial interests have conspired to keep the world awash in waste. Plastic Inc. is deeply researched, sharply written, and totally compelling. -- ELIZABETH KOLBERT * Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction *
It is impossible not to compare Beth Gardiner's Plastic Inc. to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. This is a shocking and necessary book that unpacks the history, the science, the hazards, and the relentless marketing of the most pernicious and ubiquitous substance ever conceived-and sold-by modern industry. -- JOHN VAILLANT, Baillie Gifford Prize-winning author of Fire Weather
This is journalism at its finest. It's a breathtaking and revelatory expose about one of the world's most reckless industries -- and also a fascinating secret history of the modern world. After reading this urgent book, you'll never see things the same way again. -- Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of Kochland and The Lords of Easy Money
As solar and wind increasingly challenge fossil fuels, Big Oil is making a pivot towards producing plastics-as this book makes powerfully clear, that is terrible news for the planet. Read this to be empowered for a crucial fight! -- Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun
'A compelling true crime story' * THE NEW YORK TIMES *