Cookies and Conundrums

Sources:

Planned Obsolescence and Smartphones

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/planned-obsolescence-

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-will-pay-up-to-500-million-us-to-settle-slow-iphone-lawsuit-1.5482313

• https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/are-software-updates-really-slowing-down-your-phone-story-RFlPISqAk85MyFfkJ9mgyN.html

• https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/22/technology/apple-iphone-slowdown/index.html

Plastic, Paper, and Cotton Bags

• https://plastics.americanchemistry.com/Life-Cycle-Assessment-for-Three-Types-of-Grocery-Bags.pdf

• https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/04/30/plastic-paper-cotton-bags/

• https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/06/do-plastic-bags-really-take-500-years-to-break-down-in-a-landfill.html

• https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-do-we-know-that-plastic-bags-take-500-years-to-decompose/

• Broken, Season 1, Episode 4: “Recycling Sham” (Available on Netflix. Watch the series trailer here)

Plant-Based and Biodegradable Plastics

• https://pelacase.ca/

• https://pelavision.com/

• https://academictimes.com/new-plant-based-plastics-can-be-chemically-recycled-with-near-perfect-efficiency/

Environmentalism in a Pandemic

• https://www.chatelaine.com/living/environmentalism-restarted/

Plastic and the World

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/

• A Plastic Ocean (Documentary - also available on Netflix)

• Dirty Money, Season 2, Episode 5: “Point Comfort” (Available on Netflix. Watch the series’ second season trailer here)