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This week began with everyone's favorite festival of corporate greenwashing, Earth Day. Remember, the idea of individual actions reducing pollution is a creation of Big Single-Use Plastic. That's the topic of our sister quiz from Throughline, so go take it — it's not easy! — then come back and ace this one.
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