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Alvarés: We are really making the connection
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The Story of Plastic

We are really making the connection Between the plastics issue And what's happening with...

Alvarés: We are really making the connection Between the plastics issue And what's happening with the climate movement Because all of their efforts can be completely offset By the fact that the fossil fuel That we're not using anymore for transport and energy Is now being used to produce cheap plastics, And it's going to be burnt and is going to release Co2 in the atmosphere

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Alvarés: We are really making the connection
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Between the plastics issue
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And what's happening with the climate movement
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Because all of their efforts can be completely offset
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By the fact that the fossil fuel
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That we're not using anymore for transport and energy
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Is now being used to produce cheap plastics,
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And it's going to be burnt and is going to release
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Co2 in the atmosphere.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:20
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

We only know the end of the story...and that's just the beginning.
Simon: If we don't do things right, - The Story of Plastic 00:06
Simon: If we don't do things right,
More and more community leaders, - The Story of Plastic 00:09
More and more community leaders,
It's called energy recovery, and simply put, - The Story of Plastic 00:09
It's called energy recovery, and simply put,
Sounds good, maybe, - The Story of Plastic 00:11
Sounds good, maybe,
The first thing we do when we get up is - The Story of Plastic 00:07
The first thing we do when we get up is
It's like living next to a volcano, actually. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
It's like living next to a volcano, actually.
Sometimes large copious amounts of smoke - The Story of Plastic 00:05
Sometimes large copious amounts of smoke
They can be seen for miles around. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
They can be seen for miles around.
It burns 2,000 tons of unsegregated waste per day. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
It burns 2,000 tons of unsegregated waste per day.
A large component of that is just plastic. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
A large component of that is just plastic.
It's a cocktail of every kind of dangerous thing - The Story of Plastic 00:11
It's a cocktail of every kind of dangerous thi...
They send samples of the flash to a lab in london, - The Story of Plastic 00:10
They send samples of the flash to a lab in london,
Misra: We have seen a lot of changes since the incident at cayman. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
Misra: We have seen a lot of changes since ...
You find a lot of people who never ever had - The Story of Plastic 00:09
You find a lot of people who never ever had
Then there's severe dermatitis - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Then there's severe dermatitis
These dioxins cause infertility and even long-term effects - The Story of Plastic 00:06
These dioxins cause infertility and even long-term effec...
They are hormone disrupters, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
They are hormone disrupters,
It started so gradually that we did not notice the process. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
It started so gradually that we did not notice the proces...
But now that we look back, it's so clear. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
But now that we look back, it's so clear.
I grew up here, so I have a lot of memories - The Story of Plastic 00:05
I grew up here, so I have a lot of memories