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The Story of Plastic

Once we said we would accept it And we would start sorting it and packing it for export,...

Once we said we would accept it And we would start sorting it and packing it for export, It was just like the floodgates were open

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Once we said we would accept it
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And we would start sorting it and packing it for export,
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It was just like the floodgates were open.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:06
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

We only know the end of the story...and that's just the beginning.
I mean, the tons went up and up and up and up and up. - The Story of Plastic 00:06
I mean, the tons went up and up and up and up and up.
Because china was buying it, - The Story of Plastic 00:15
Because china was buying it,
Morawski: The united states was shipping over 50% - The Story of Plastic 00:05
Morawski: The united states was shipping over 50%
And we built up these big recycling programs - The Story of Plastic 00:10
And we built up these big recycling programs
We're sick of being a dumping ground - The Story of Plastic 00:05
We're sick of being a dumping ground
Many of them are single-use containers, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Many of them are single-use containers,
This gives a chance to upgrade our recycling industry. - The Story of Plastic 00:06
This gives a chance to upgrade our recycling industry.
The chinese waste ban has really been - The Story of Plastic 00:07
The chinese waste ban has really been
People didn't know that their recycled plastic - The Story of Plastic 00:07
People didn't know that their recycled plasti...
The waste that used to be shipped elsewhere - The Story of Plastic 00:12
The waste that used to be shipped elsewhere
Morawski: I see the china thing as a reckoning - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Morawski: I see the china thing as a reckoning
Bourque: It starts backing up. It's not getting exported, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Bourque: It starts backing up. It's not getting exp...
When the ban happened in china, businessmen went to thailand, - The Story of Plastic 00:10
When the ban happened in china, businessmen went to thail...
Bourque: A year ago, china was taking 10 times - The Story of Plastic 00:06
Bourque: A year ago, china was taking 10 times
And that is a massive amount of plastic. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
And that is a massive amount of plastic.
So if you think we're just going to take it from china - The Story of Plastic 00:12
So if you think we're just going to take it from ...
So whatever kind of infrastructure - The Story of Plastic 00:08
So whatever kind of infrastructure
You know, could range from somebody's backyard - The Story of Plastic 00:10
You know, could range from somebody's backyar...
From U.S. It's texas. - The Story of Plastic 00:07
From U.S. It's texas.
It's from toronto. Toronto. - The Story of Plastic 00:06
It's from toronto. Toronto.