We have been recycling for decades, yet only 9% of the world's plastic has ever been successfully recycled.
In this episode, we ask ourselves the heretical question, "is plastic recycling actually worth it?"
- A brief history of plastic usage
- How much plastic do we really use?
- The uses (and advantages) of plastic
- Plastic's advantages in food production
- Plastic's usage in medicine
- Plastic as a way to reduce energy usage?
- The durability of plastic
- The problem of what to do with plastic after we have finished using it
- What proportion of the world actually recycles?
- The environmental "cost" of recycling
- Plastic vs. cotton bags: the numbers
- Recycling + reducing + reusing
- Simple acts to reduce plastic usage
- Technological developments with recycling
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/plastic-recycling
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