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#300 | Plastic Recycling - Is It Worth It?

2022/9/22
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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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