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Andy Keller was the founder of ChicoBag, a startup based around a reusable grocery bag that represented one of the earliest efforts in the U.S. to push back against the proliferation of plastic bags. Keller started as a software engineer, and he developed ChicoBag after his desire to live outside the big city led to him being forced out of his old job. Later, Keller invented the “Bag Monster,” a supervillain costume made up of plastic bags that he used to teach schools about waste. Keller’s success was sometimes met with hostility, particularly from the multibillion-dollar plastic bag industry, but the lawsuits aimed at him actually ended up raising his business’s profile in the long run. Keller represents how with some persistence, ingenuity, and luck, one person can make a difference in the trash crisis.
Andy Keller Quotes in Garbology
The Garbology quotes below are all either spoken by Andy Keller or refer to Andy Keller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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Prior to that moment, he had not thought of those handy-dandy filmy white grocery bags as any sort of problem. They were so thin, so light, he hadn’t really given them a thought. But their footprint seemed magnified now by their dramatic presence in the landfill.
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TerraCycle, a New Jersey company that has become a leader in “upcycling,” faced a similar, potentially fatal attack from a larger, richer, established rival just as it was getting traction in the marketplace. Its experience would provide a model for Keller as he struggled to survive what he now calls “The Plastic Bag Wars.”
Chapter 12
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Johnson and her zero-waste crusade are a whole different animal. She has identified a problem not on a campus or a beach but inside everyone’s home and lifestyle. And her family has responded by transforming itself in a dramatic way, becoming happier and more prosperous by rejecting the consumer economy and lifestyle most Americans live and breathe. Is there any wonder why this angers so many people? Agreeing with the Johnsons’ views means you either have to accept living a wasteful life, or change.
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Andy Keller Quotes in Garbology
The Garbology quotes below are all either spoken by Andy Keller or refer to Andy Keller. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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Prior to that moment, he had not thought of those handy-dandy filmy white grocery bags as any sort of problem. They were so thin, so light, he hadn’t really given them a thought. But their footprint seemed magnified now by their dramatic presence in the landfill.
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TerraCycle, a New Jersey company that has become a leader in “upcycling,” faced a similar, potentially fatal attack from a larger, richer, established rival just as it was getting traction in the marketplace. Its experience would provide a model for Keller as he struggled to survive what he now calls “The Plastic Bag Wars.”
Chapter 12
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Johnson and her zero-waste crusade are a whole different animal. She has identified a problem not on a campus or a beach but inside everyone’s home and lifestyle. And her family has responded by transforming itself in a dramatic way, becoming happier and more prosperous by rejecting the consumer economy and lifestyle most Americans live and breathe. Is there any wonder why this angers so many people? Agreeing with the Johnsons’ views means you either have to accept living a wasteful life, or change.
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