Green plastic, if the dominant narrative is to be believed, is an oxymoron. After all, have we not been confronted with consumer products wrapped in plastic upon plastic, the pictures of turtles caught in six-pack rings, the mountains of debris sitting in landfills, the eye-watering 14 million tons of microplastic sitting on our ocean floors, according to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)?Independent scientist Dr. Chris DeArmitt begs to differ, with an abundance of peer-reviewed evidence to make his case. A Fellow and Chartered Chemist of the Royal Society of Chemistry, as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, DeArmitt has dedicated his career to polymer science. He has held positions as Manager in Polymers & Coatings for LKAB Minerals, Chief Scientist at Hybrid Plastics, Inc., and Global Product Development Manager at BASF prior to setting up the consultancy Phantom Plastics in 2009.He published The Plastics Paradox in March 2020, which is available as a free PDF online in several languages for any interested parties. His desire to make this information accessible for all continued with the upload of “The Great Plastics Distraction Talk” to YouTube, a two-part dive into debunking all the current myths and misunderstandings surrounding the material’s impact on the environment, alongside another talk on the best environmental options for our future based on present data. For those with only a few minutes to spare, he published a 5-minute-read overview of the most vital stats.For The Plastics Paradox, DeArmitt spent 1,500 unpaid hours combing through 3,000 peer-reviewed articles.