Theo James Quotes

The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.

One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.

Plastic waste is undeniably a big issue, and Europeans need to act together to tackle this problem because plastic waste ends up in our air, our soil, our oceans, and in our food.

We've become a plastic society.

I'll tell you what me scares me is plastic. Plastic bags and plastic bottles and these things. Why does my water have to be in a bloody plastic bottle? The landfill and the ocean. And I don't know, I'm just terrified with the proliferation of plastic.

To me, I think people who don't think it's a big deal to toss a plastic bottle in the garbage are not only being irresponsible, but I think they're being disrespectful of all the other humans on earth.

Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, then forgotten, and they leave a terrible legacy.

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.

I'm scared by the enormous amount of bottled water being consumed today, instead of people drinking filtered tap water. Did you know that nearly 90 percent of those plastic bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose?

Cut down on your use of plastic shopping bags because many end up in the ocean.

I'm mad keen on recycling because I'm worried about the next generation and where all this waste we're producing is going. It has to stop. I wash out my plastic containers and recycle envelopes, everything I possibly can.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

It's nice there is a cleanup system, but if it doesn't collect any plastic, it's not very useful.

The worst is yet to come, because all the plastic that is already out there is going to become more hazardous if we don't clean it up.

Plastic doesn't have to be ocean plastic pollution.

It does seem really hard to get consumers to do the right thing. It is stupid that we use two tons of steel, glass, and plastic to haul our sorry selves to the shopping mall. It's stupid that we put water in plastic bottles in Fiji and ship it here.

We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.

Recycling is an area where jobs could be created at low cost. Green collar workers. That's not very sexy.

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control.

There are a lot of irritating aspects about large supermarkets for the wannabe eco-warrior, but the one that gets most of us hottest under the collar is packaging.

The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.

Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.

Sometimes I worry about the amount of paper I waste.

Everything's plastic, we're all gonna die.