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Desiree LaBeaud: The curious connection between plastic trash and infectious disease

The Future of Everything

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The Plastic Industry Is Not That Old, Right?

"Less than 9% of the world's plastic is actually recycled," she says. "It doesn't make sense for a cycle plastic because it's so cheap to make virgin, you know, plastic items off of oil." Her nonprofit aims to circularize this and tackle sustainability on the whole.

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