📈 Microplastics evidence pushes beverages out of PET

Chamath equities w=0.84 · n=160 · E162 (2024-01-19) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:26:36 SUPPORT

“And I think that it does alter the phenotype of the human body over time. And I think you would have to be insane to bet against that.”

Jason equities w=0.97 · n=105 · E162 (2024-01-19) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:31:24 SUPPORT

“There's no reason that we need to have plastic as a standard. It should be banned.”

Friedberg equities w=0.87 · n=120 · E162 (2024-01-19) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:27:49 OPPOSE

“There isn't conclusive evidence or science that shows these plastic microparticles or nanoparticles are causing these health effects.”

Chamath equities w=0.84 · n=160 · E169 (2024-03-08) · sentiment · strength 3 ▶ 1:31:49 SUPPORT

“It's been a disaster in the poker game in some ways. We got rid of it, and there's been way more broken glass. People knock over the, you know, the side tables. I get it. It's been a huge pain, but I will not go back.”

Jason equities w=0.97 · n=105 · E169 (2024-03-08) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:30:58 SUPPORT

“Honestly, all you have to do is have glass bottles or carry a water bottle with you.”

Friedberg equities w=0.87 · n=120 · E169 (2024-03-08) · explicit_prediction · strength 2 ▶ 1:30:28 OPPOSE

“the carbon footprint, the environmental cost, the cash cost is much higher with all these alternatives to plastic. So there are big challenges with respect to having some big, massive response to plastics used in our supply.”

Sacks equities w=0.89 · n=96 · E169 (2024-03-08) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 1:32:11 SUPPORT

“Okay, well, if Chamath is endorsing this, I guess I'm gonna take it seriously.”

Friedberg equities w=0.87 · n=120 · E180 (2024-05-24) · explicit_prediction · strength 3 ▶ 1:14:20 SUPPORT

“But I think that this is going to trigger and is the beginning of a wave. I'm noticing that a lot of folks are going to start to pay attention in the food industry and start to figure out ways to represent low plastic, low phthalate food products as a way to kind of sell a more premium solution. I think that's been the trend historically with the food industry, Chamath, is to respond to your ask right now and to then show up with solutions.”

Chamath equities w=0.84 · n=160 · E180 (2024-05-24) · sentiment · strength 3 ▶ 1:12:29 SUPPORT

“This is what I was going to say. I think our food supply, I think we should just say it out loud, is totally corrupted. And I think there's all of these other factors we look at, the rise in the use of SSRIs, the lack of sexual function in young men, the lack of sex, the low birth rate. I think these are all related and part of it is the food supply and part of the food supply problem is the fact that it is corrupted by these materials that should never be in our body.”

Jason equities w=0.97 · n=105 · E180 (2024-05-24) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:20:43 SUPPORT

“Like, just as a newsflash, a banana already has a wrapper. It's called the peel. And then people are wrapping plastics on this stuff. Like, I think consumers need to demand that, like, we have low packaging.”

Sacks equities w=0.89 · n=96 · E180 (2024-05-24) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:24:25 BRUSH_OFF

“I think this stuff is unavoidable. I really do.”

Chamath equities w=0.84 · n=160 · E194 (2024-08-30) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:46:23 SUPPORT

“But when I'm there, I'm consuming Italian produce that isn't packed in plastic. I go to a local fruit store, I go to the local fish vendor, and my body changes.”