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[news reporter] America is suddenly facing a recycling crisis

America is suddenly facinga recycling crisis. We're seeing recyclers across California...

Broken • S01E04 • 2019

[news reporter] America is suddenly facing
a recycling crisis. We're seeing recyclers across California struggling to find a place
to put their recycled materials. [news reporter] Already huge bundles
of recycling turned down by China are piling up in Hong Kong. [narrator] The impact of China's ban
was felt almost immediately in cities and towns all over the US,
Europe, and around the globe. [news reporter] There's now a rush to try to sell the stuff to India
and other countries. [narrator] Plastic waste began piling up. [news reporter]
There are piles and piles of recycling, taller than anyone you've ever met,
and as long as a football field. [narrator] What was the world going to do
with all of this plastic? [woman]
The waste has to go somewhere

Full Transcript

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[news reporter] America is suddenly facing a recycling crisis.

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We're seeing recyclers across California

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struggling to find a place to put their recycled materials.

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[news reporter] Already huge bundles of recycling turned down by China

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are piling up in Hong Kong.

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[narrator] The impact of China's ban was felt almost immediately

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in cities and towns all over the US, Europe, and around the globe.

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[news reporter] There's now a rush

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to try to sell the stuff to India and other countries.

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[narrator] Plastic waste began piling up.

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[news reporter] There are piles and piles of recycling,

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taller than anyone you've ever met, and as long as a football field.

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[narrator] What was the world going to do with all of this plastic?

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[woman] The waste has to go somewhere.

Duration

48 seconds

Views

29

Timestamp in Movie

00:17:55

Uploaded

Jun 17, 2025

Season

1

Episode

4

Genres

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.