Information Is BeautifulGuess what % of plastics have been #recycled? No prizes :(
Metafrastis@infobeautiful @kathrinpassig In Switzerland more than 80% of plastic bottles are recycled. Why can‘t other countries do this?
Degrowth or Extinction@dgavin @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig because not all places in the world live from speculating with money to buy drugs and weapons. 
@dgavin @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig no. i meant switzerland. 
and we all known that most of columbian traffickers have houses and bank accounts in swiss. 
and we all known that most of columbian traffickers have houses and bank accounts in swiss. @ecosurrealism @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig OK, then I don‘t see the context to my post. At all. Because I live here and I never, not for a moment thought "Oh hey, someone in my country is doing something immoral, let‘s recycle PET for my karma."
@dgavin @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig hahahhahaha. i meant the wealth of swiss to be able to do that is stolen from the global south. plastic is unsustainable. and something like that makes it look as something sustainable, do you really believe what you are saying? how much do you trust your government? arent they just getting rid of plastic through dark routes? its all suppositions, we never studied this about swiss.
@ecosurrealism @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig I don‘t know where you are coming from, but if there is one country in the world where such things work it‘s Switzerland. There is no such thing as "our government". We *are* our government. I was 10 years in the local parliament and the amount of democratic control over anything the state does is probably unimaginable for most other countries.
@ecosurrealism @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig And it‘s not Switzerland that is stealing wealth from the global south, it‘s US companies making business here because of low taxes. We have many laws for fair trade and sustainability:
- Wood Trade Act
- Anti-Money Laundering Act
- Public Procurement Act
- Environmental Protection Act
- Fair Trade Town Movement
- Responsible Business Initiative
Of course laws are broken, but they are also enforced. These are head and shoulders above US regulation.
- Wood Trade Act
- Anti-Money Laundering Act
- Public Procurement Act
- Environmental Protection Act
- Fair Trade Town Movement
- Responsible Business Initiative
Of course laws are broken, but they are also enforced. These are head and shoulders above US regulation.
@dgavin @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig
"Credit Suisse has been found guilty and fined for involvement in money laundering related to a Bulgarian drugs ring.
Swiss criminal court found that the bank did not do enough to prevent members of the crime syndicate from profiting off the trafficking of cocaine in to Europe."
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61957774
@dgavin @infobeautiful @kathrinpassig
"Swiss largest financial institutions invest billions of dollars in the global weapons industry. In the US alone, Swiss central bank has invested more than $2 billion"
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/major-swiss-banks-invest-billions-in-weapons-manufacturers/46158438
"Swiss largest financial institutions invest billions of dollars in the global weapons industry. In the US alone, Swiss central bank has invested more than $2 billion"
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/major-swiss-banks-invest-billions-in-weapons-manufacturers/46158438
