1. Credit Cards

2. Credit Cards & Sustainability (DQ1)
Facilitates overconsumption
Lose sight of ‘value’
Eco-conscious CCs as oxymoron
Materially unsustainable
Disposability
‘Inflationary culture’ ☼

3. ‘Green’ Plastic? (DQ2) What it’s made of Life-cycle of plastic waste
Bioplastics v. petro-plastics
Non/renewable resources
Using crop space?
Petro- from fossil fuel processing waste
Chemicals
Life-cycle of plastic waste
Cost factor
What does ‘biodegradable’ really mean?
Need new infrastructure for bioplastics
Production, disposal ☼

4. MNCs- ‘Sustainability’ =‘Efficiency” (DQ3)
Diverse schemes
Unilever
Actual env., social impact
Cost saving, compliance  Higher profits and stock valuation
Good PR ☼

5. You & the Planet (DQ Q4) Fast fashion Stuff Food Waste
Water, land, labor, pollution, waste
Stuff
Food
Waste ☼

11. Meet Beth Terry: Plastic Purger
Plastic Waste for 2011

12. Recap Consumption Commodity fetishism
Plastic’s contributions
The credit card’s role
…Then the debit card follows
Commodity fetishism
Issues with sustainability practices ☼