Plastics

One of the best and most memorable lines in The Graduate is when Mr. McGuire tells Ben (Dustin Hoffman's character) 'there's a great future in plastics'. The film's still fantastic because of: 1) the young Dustin Hoffmam; 2) Katharine Ross; 3) Benjamin's car; 4) Mrs. Robinson's coat.


Hooray for China for banning plastic bags. Booooo for China for human rights abuse, but nobody these days can claim a clean record (even Canadians are getting unjustifiably tasered in airports...). In Italy they charge you 5 cents for every plastic bag you get from the grocery stores; at the Whole Foods in LA they used to give you something like 3 cents back for every bag you brought with you; in American Beauty the most beautiful thing the kid next door ever films is a plastic bag in the wind (loser); in the UK there is no mandatory recycling of any kind and you often can't even get proper recycling bins (uber-lame). Note to self: take photo of ridiculous paper recycling bins near home... Anyway, good for China for cutting down on plastic bags, now let's see if they can manage to do something about the poisonous air.