Reading an interview with author and scientist Mark Miodownik, Stalker was struck by his take on the plastics debate.
“We have got to wean ourselves off oil. The answer is not to get rid of plastics - plastics are so important to our lives: they bring water into our homes, they bring electricity into our homes, they make our electronics work, they reduce food waste by huge proportions.”
The man talks some sense.
His new book Liquid is published by Viking and available in shops now.