 It's time to talk about this, Amazon's unassuming plastic packages. Now, Amazon has tried very hard to make customers think its packaging is recyclable, but a recent investigation has found that nearly all of it is buried or burned. But Amazon's plastic bags, bubble line mailers, and air pillows have this infamous recycling symbol, along with the words store drop-off. This is because most curbside recycling programs don't accept this type of plastic. Amazon knows this is no solution to its plastic problem, so it passes the burden to consumers, asking them to leave the plastic packages at retail stores across the country. An investigation by nonprofits, Environment America, and US Public Interest Research Group, found that only a small fraction of the store drop-off plastic waste makes it to a material-recovered facility, which stores glass, metal, plastic, and other items for recycling. The packaging is far more likely to end up in a landfill, incinerator, or in the hands of a company that down cycles plastic film into things like benches. Just as Amazon tries to hide its growing contribution to climate change and environmental racism, the company also doesn't want you to know that it's building a kingdom of plastics. Store drop-off programs are a seriously ineffective solution, only encouraging more single-use plastic production. This also helps retailers like Amazon evade accountability while putting the guilt on you, the consumers. Stand-in-art partners are campaigning to change the way Amazon does business, and we need your help to make it happen. Tag Amazon in the comments and let them know how you feel after tuning in with me, Negative Nancy. Till next time.