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[narrator] By 2017, China was buying nearly three-quarters
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Broken

By 2017, China was buyingnearly three-quarters of the world's plastic scrap

Broken • S01E04 • 2019
[narrator] By 2017, China was buying
nearly three-quarters of the world's plastic scrap

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[narrator] By 2017, China was buying nearly three-quarters
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of the world's plastic scrap.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:30
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
Zero Point Zero

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Movie Summary

Influencer hype and marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, teens become addicted to vaping, disposable furniture kills, and corporations use of single use plastics are the stories told in this 4 part series.
S01 • E03 They make us pick a bag, a blue and yellow bag, - Broken 00:06
They make us pick a bag, a blue and yellow bag,
S01 • E03 [Johan] Once you've started to put your first piece of merchandise in them, - Broken 00:06
[Johan] Once you've started to put your first piece of ...
S01 • E02 [passenger laughs] - Broken 00:04
[passenger laughs]
S01 • E04 I have worked in the plastic industry for 20 years. - Broken 00:05
I have worked in the plastic industry for 20 years.
S01 • E03 [Johan] If your goal is to buy maybe a stool or a low energy bulb, - Broken 00:10
[Johan] If your goal is to buy maybe a stool or a low energy...
S01 • E02 [narrator] Kurt Sonderegger has been in the business for over a decade. - Broken 00:12
[narrator] Kurt Sonderegger has been in the business for ove...
S01 • E04 In this sorting workshop, - Broken 00:12
In this sorting workshop,
S01 • E03 [narrator] For many customers, - Broken 00:09
[narrator] For many customers,
S01 • E04 Here they are packing the sorted materials. - Broken 00:05
Here they are packing the sorted materials.
S01 • E02 It was actually tinkerers in their garage - Broken 00:07
It was actually tinkerers in their garage
S01 • E03 Consumers also love the imagined connection - Broken 00:13
Consumers also love the imagined connection
S01 • E04 [Steve] For lots of recyclers, - Broken 00:08
[Steve] For lots of recyclers,
S01 • E02 I think once they replicated the ritual - Broken 00:10
I think once they replicated the ritual
S01 • E03 And by narratives, I mean that they also fabricate stories - Broken 00:14
And by narratives, I mean that they also fabricate stories
S01 • E04 But this most efficient way doesn't mean this is the most environmental way. - Broken 00:05
But this most efficient way doesn't mean this is the mo...
S01 • E04 [narrator] Many Chinese recyclers - Broken 00:22
[narrator] Many Chinese recyclers
S01 • E02 [Kurt laughs] - Broken 00:05
[Kurt laughs]
S01 • E02 [Kurt] The early devices were just a simple tube. - Broken 00:10
[Kurt] The early devices were just a simple tube.
S01 • E03 It's a smart thing because it looks more Swedish - Broken 00:07
It's a smart thing because it looks more Swedish
S01 • E02 [narrator] They were known as ciga-likes - Broken 00:11
[narrator] They were known as ciga-likes