It Sucks, But Plastic Recycling Is A Scam
Mar 31, 2025•10 min
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Episode description
"Big Plastic" fooled the world. And they had help. Here's the story of how the lie of plastic recycling became a fake reality.
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00:00 Intro
01:24 Plastic "Recycling"
03:03 How did we get here?
04:02 The PR campaign
06:49 Why it worked
07:38 The real cost
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