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[narrator] In fact, most plastic isn't getting recycled at all
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In fact, most plasticisn't getting recycled at all. The calculations are today that 9%...

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[narrator] In fact, most plastic
isn't getting recycled at all. [Martin] The calculations are today that 9% of all the plastic
ever manufactured has been recycled

Full Transcript

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[narrator] In fact, most plastic isn't getting recycled at all.
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[Martin] The calculations are today
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that 9% of all the plastic ever manufactured has been recycled.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:53
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 [narrator] For many years, most furniture in the US - Broken 00:14
[narrator] For many years, most furniture in the US
S01 • E02 And here's what it looks like after 30 years of heavy smoking. - Broken 00:04
And here's what it looks like after 30 years of heavy s...
S01 • E04 The rest of it has been buried, burned, dumped in the environment, - Broken 00:07
The rest of it has been buried, burned, dumped in the enviro...
S01 • E02 [narrator] And well into the 1990s, they lied about what they knew. - Broken 00:13
[narrator] And well into the 1990s, they lied about what the...
S01 • E01 Well, no, not quite, but if I hadn't have been late, - Broken 00:07
Well, no, not quite, but if I hadn't have been late,
S01 • E04 In many other countries that don't have an adequate collection system, - Broken 00:08
In many other countries that don't have an adequate col...
S01 • E03 Later, after he died, - Broken 00:05
Later, after he died,
S01 • E04 They flood, that then flows into the rivers and the ocean. - Broken 00:04
They flood, that then flows into the rivers and the ocean.
S01 • E03 [narrator] Years later, John Bassett would branch off to run Vaughan-Bassett - Broken 00:23
[narrator] Years later, John Bassett would branch off to run...
S01 • E02 [attendee] The data that we have been able to see - Broken 00:10
[attendee] The data that we have been able to see
S01 • E01 - Why do people go to Mass, Father? - Lots of reasons. - Broken 00:04
- Why do people go to Mass, Father? - Lots of reasons.
S01 • E04 [Tricia] It's like one garbage truck of plastic - Broken 00:09
[Tricia] It's like one garbage truck of plastic
S01 • E01 Well, I got this and this, - Broken 00:04
Well, I got this and this,
S01 • E04 [narrator] Most people don't realize that plastic is made from fossil fuels, - Broken 00:18
[narrator] Most people don't realize that plastic is ma...
S01 • E02 Cigarettes clearly do not meet the classic definitions of addiction. - Broken 00:05
Cigarettes clearly do not meet the classic definitions of ad...
S01 • E02 [man 2] I don't believe that nicotine for our products are addictive. - Broken 00:04
[man 2] I don't believe that nicotine for our products ...
S01 • E03 [man] Furniture companies were pretty much the lifeblood - Broken 00:06
[man] Furniture companies were pretty much the lifeblood
S01 • E03 These companies employed thousands of people. - Broken 00:04
These companies employed thousands of people.
S01 • E03 The raw materials were there, and they also had cheaper labor. - Broken 00:05
The raw materials were there, and they also had cheaper labo...
S01 • E04 [narrator] Companies like Dow Chemical, Chevron, and Exxon Mobil, - Broken 00:19
[narrator] Companies like Dow Chemical, Chevron, and Exxon M...