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Land waste, the comic strip that sorts through "ecological" gestures

2021-04-11T18:37:46.435Z


Anne Belot, 29-year-old agricultural engineer, opens our eyes to the ecological illusion of recycling.


Whether it is businesses, individuals or communities, everyone is going there today with their green gesture.

There are, however, many approaches that seem “green” but are not, explains Anne Belot in

Déchets Land, the hidden face of our waste

, published by Éditions Thierry Soucar.

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Recycling a garment, a technical and economic puzzle

In this long (240 pages) humorous, lively and educational comic book, we consumers learn a lot about the long life of waste.

We discover the impact of landfills and incineration, still widely used in France, the shortcomings of recycling and the shortcomings of new energies.

Industrialists manipulate us or deceive themselves, illustrates the work of the 29-year-old agricultural engineer, when they resort to “greenwashing” by greening packaging, logos and speeches.

With this text explanation which makes fun of our consumer behavior, it becomes more difficult to be convinced that we are buying "responsible" products.

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Source: lefigaro

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