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The Story of Plastic

They want us all using single-use packaged products So that we're just on the supply chain

They want us all using single-use packaged products So that we're just on the supply chain

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They want us all using single-use packaged products
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So that we're just on the supply chain.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:38
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.
It's totally unfair to the cities - The Story of Plastic 00:07
It's totally unfair to the cities
You should collect it." well, then what? - The Story of Plastic 00:05
You should collect it." well, then what?
We have to pay to sort it, we have to pay to process it, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
We have to pay to sort it, we have to pay to process it...
Once we said we would accept it - The Story of Plastic 00:08
Once we said we would accept it
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 ...