Spot The Irony: National Geographic Magazine Delivered Its 'Planet or Plastic?' Edition in Two Layers of Plastic
Nat Geo later clarified why its June edition wasn't delivered in a paper bag.
Image credits: @CoralReefFish / Twitter | National Geographic / Facebook
National Geographic magazine's cover for June 2018 featuring a plastic bag partially submerged in water had gone viral on social media after a senior editor shared the illustration on Twitter.
With many calling the cover "brilliant" and "thought-provoking", the illustration showed a plastic bag resembling an iceberg, suggesting that the world’s plastic pollution is “just the tip of the iceberg”.
Titled "Planet or Plastic?" the Nat Geo cover referred to the usage of plastic around the world and the threat it posed to our environment.
Image credits: National Geographic / Facebook
The magazine’s senior photo editor Vaughn Wallace tweeted the cover last month and called it “one for the ages”.
The illustration captured the attention of thousands online.
When a Twitter user-- @sammy7000 pointed out the irony in the packaging of the magazine-- that always comes with a plastic wrapper-- the Nat Geo editor Wallace, in an interview with Greenpeace Ocean's campaigner Lousie Edge, assured that the magazine will do away with the plastic wrapper and use paper for the purpose instead.
But when Luiz Rocha, who goes by the Twitter handle @CoralReefFish ordered the celebrated edition, nothing had changed in the packaging. The Twitter user shared a photo of the magazine delivered not in one but two layers of plastic wrapping.
"Humanity in a nutshell, the @NatGeo magazine about ocean plastic pollution comes wrapped in a plastic bag inside another plastic bag. Photo Roger Bassetto," Rocha wrote on his Twitter page.
In no time, Rocha's tweet went viral.
The brand, quick on its feet, replied to Rocha's tweet by stating that US, UK, and India have switched to the paper mode and other regions would soon be following the suit.
With many calling the cover "brilliant" and "thought-provoking", the illustration showed a plastic bag resembling an iceberg, suggesting that the world’s plastic pollution is “just the tip of the iceberg”.
Titled "Planet or Plastic?" the Nat Geo cover referred to the usage of plastic around the world and the threat it posed to our environment.
The magazine’s senior photo editor Vaughn Wallace tweeted the cover last month and called it “one for the ages”.
The illustration captured the attention of thousands online.
National Geographic outdoes itself with this brilliant cover and a dire warning. Planet, or plastic?@NatGeo
When a Twitter user-- @sammy7000 pointed out the irony in the packaging of the magazine-- that always comes with a plastic wrapper-- the Nat Geo editor Wallace, in an interview with Greenpeace Ocean's campaigner Lousie Edge, assured that the magazine will do away with the plastic wrapper and use paper for the purpose instead.
Just don't pack it like this please pic.twitter.com/LcohOneGNF
But when Luiz Rocha, who goes by the Twitter handle @CoralReefFish ordered the celebrated edition, nothing had changed in the packaging. The Twitter user shared a photo of the magazine delivered not in one but two layers of plastic wrapping.
"Humanity in a nutshell, the @NatGeo magazine about ocean plastic pollution comes wrapped in a plastic bag inside another plastic bag. Photo Roger Bassetto," Rocha wrote on his Twitter page.
Humanity in a nutshell, the @NatGeo magazine about ocean plastic pollution comes wrapped in a plastic bag inside another plastic bag. Photo Roger Bassetto.
In no time, Rocha's tweet went viral.
The @NatGeoUK
June family pack also comes wrapped in plastic. Along with the #PlanetOrPlastic edition and the @NGKids magazine come plastic toys each individually wrapped in plastic...
Mine, in the UK, came in plastic, but this is certainly representative of the problem. How do we go from intellectual awareness to actually doing things differently?
The brand, quick on its feet, replied to Rocha's tweet by stating that US, UK, and India have switched to the paper mode and other regions would soon be following the suit.
Appreciate your concern! The US, UK, and India editions have switched to paper wrapping and the rest of our global editions are on course to follow suit.
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