Plastic Demands Land. That's a Function of Colonialism

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Plastic Demands Land. That's a Function of Colonialism
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Waste colonialism is a real problem — so why aren't we talking about it?

. They also happen to be places where waste systems do not mimic American curb-to-landfill systems. These regions are framed in scientific articles, the media, and policy papers as “mismanaging” their waste. This is a perpetuation of colonialist mindset, discourses that have long associated some uses of land as civilized and moral and other uses as savage and deficient.

. One of the core recommendations was for countries in Southeast Asia to work with foreign-funded industries to build incinerators to burn plastic waste.

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