"Stop, in the name of plastic"

After reading the first few chapters of this book, I think I want to go live in the middle of a forrest and hide from all of this harm. The sad thing is if I did live in a forrest, I would probably have to relocate in a few years because someone would probably cut down the trees surrounding me to make paper. I never realized how much we're destroying the environment and everything around us. I also didn't realize that recycling isn't even that much more helpful either. I feel guilty that our society is doing this to the environment and I also feel guilty that I was so oblivious to all of this. Are we too deep in this mess to fix it? Or can we change in time to help protect the environment? If we do change, how long will it take to fix everything? After reading about how many products have harmful chemicals in them, no wonder so many people have cancer or rare diseases every year. We're shooting ourselves in the foot everyday and I bet there are a lot more people just like me who don't realize how much better it could be if we are willing to take a step in the right direction.