How Corporations Convinced America that Litter is Our Fault
HomeCurrent Affairs › Episode

How Corporations Convinced America that Litter is Our Fault

12:47 Jan 23, 2026
About this episode
The "Keep America Beautiful" campaign urged Americans to pick up their trash—so that companies could keep producing it.?? Read the full article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sinister-origins-of-americas-anti-litter-movement?SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership? PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/CurrentAffairs?THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/
Select an episode
0:00 0:00