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These disparate struggles that seem unconnected
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The Story of Plastic

These disparate struggles that seem unconnected -- A neighborhood in the philippines...

These disparate struggles that seem unconnected -- A neighborhood in the philippines That's awash in plastic trash, A pipeline in pennsylvania, a single refinery in texas -- They're all part of this web of plastics infrastructure That is all working together to massively increase The amount of plastics out in the world

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These disparate struggles that seem unconnected --
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A neighborhood in the philippines
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That's awash in plastic trash,
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A pipeline in pennsylvania, a single refinery in texas --
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They're all part of this web of plastics infrastructure
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That is all working together to massively increase
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The amount of plastics out in the world.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:23
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.
Bourque: Why is it that we're seeing so much more plastics - The Story of Plastic 00:05
Bourque: Why is it that we're seeing ...
It's making natural gas cheaper than it's ever been. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
It's making natural gas cheaper than it's e...
We're talking about double digit gains in businesses - The Story of Plastic 00:07
We're talking about double digit gains in ...
We also built a lot of assets on the U.S. Gulf coast - The Story of Plastic 00:06
We also built a lot of assets on the U.S. Gulf coast
Bush: The energy policy act of 2005, provides incentives - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Bush: The energy policy act of 2005, provides incentive...
The bill includes tax incentives - The Story of Plastic 00:07
The bill includes tax incentives
The united states, north america sits on - The Story of Plastic 00:06
The united states, north america sits on
When we see the fact that we have low-priced natural gas, - The Story of Plastic 00:11
When we see the fact that we have low-priced natural ga...
If we have availability of cheap fossil fuel, - The Story of Plastic 00:08
If we have availability of cheap fossil fuel,
Maximizing the value of all the molecules - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Maximizing the value of all the molecules
And this is where the show - The Story of Plastic 00:09
And this is where the show
-It's plastic. -Is that a freaking straw? - The Story of Plastic 00:05
-It's plastic. -Is that a freaking straw?
Villa: Watt: I think people don't necessarily think about - The Story of Plastic 00:15
Villa: Watt: I think people don't necessarily thin...
But the reality is that the chemicals that are needed - The Story of Plastic 00:12
But the reality is that the chemicals that are needed
In these oil and gas pockets, - The Story of Plastic 00:12
In these oil and gas pockets,
Plastics doesn't just cause pollution in the ocean - The Story of Plastic 00:10
Plastics doesn't just cause pollution in the oc...
I work with community members that are living 500 feet - The Story of Plastic 00:10
I work with community members that are living 500 feet
Now some of the residents depend on medication - The Story of Plastic 00:12
Now some of the residents depend on medication
Their lives were dramatically changed - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Their lives were dramatically changed
We thought we were coming into a great area - The Story of Plastic 00:10
We thought we were coming into a great area