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Plastic Wars (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE PBS | Official1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2020-2023
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A FRONTLINE documentary on whether efforts to fix plastic pollution made it worse. It looks at the battle over plastics and recycling and how little plastic is actually recycled.

HN recommends it as an eye-opener on how recycling was promoted by the plastics industry despite not working.

Environment, agriculture & food systemsDocumentaries & storytelling#plasticpollution#recycling#plasticsindustry#frontline#environment

3 comments from Hacker News

@gghffguhvc2023 · in “Scientists Say Recycling Has Backfired Spectacularly”

Recycling turned out just the way the plastic producers wanted it. Source - Frontline Documentary “Plastic Wars”. Full documentary at ▶ this video .

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@echopurity2021 · in “California aims to ban recycling symbols on things that aren’t recyclable”

The whole movement to recycle plastic was an industry scam to knowingly profit from destroying the planet. ▶ this video

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@kbos872020 · in “Pringles tube tries to wake from 'recycling nightmare'”

If you want to have your eyes opened about just how little of the material you probably think you are recycling actually gets recycled, watch the recent Frontline episode called “Plastic Wars”. The sad truth is that while recycling is worthwhile, it’s also a woefully insufficient solution that has been held up by the petroleum industry as a cure all to prevent a backlash against plastic. Even products that are labeled recyclable often aren’t once they are processed. One thing that sticks with me (and this is just one representative example) is that almost none of those plastic salad containers that have overtaken supermarkets are ever recycled. ▶ this video

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