| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 51 sec.) ; 316948686 bytes |
| Summary |
Addicted To Plastic is an eye-opening documentary that investigates what's really known about plastic - the material of a thousand uses - and why there's so much of it.This film tells of a worldwide waste and toxic legacy, and introduces the men and women dedicated to cleaning up the global mess caused by plastic.Filmed over three years in 12 countries on five continents, including two trips to the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic debris accumulates, this documentary looks at solutions to plastic pollution.Addicted To Plastic details plastic's path over the last 100 years and includes expert interviews on practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability. These solutions provide a hopeful perspective about our future with plastic.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Director/Producer: Ian Connacher. A Cryptic Moth Production |
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Broadcast 2011-12-01 at 11:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Plastic analysis (Engineering)
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Plastic bottles -- Recycling.
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Plastics -- Deterioration.
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Plastics -- Research.
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Plastics industry and trade -- Environmental aspects.
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California.
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India.
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Germany -- Hamburg.
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Streaming video
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Connacher, Ian, director
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Ahuja, Anita, contributor
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Alvares, Claude Alphonso, contributor
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Barone, Justin, contributor
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Bartlett, Craig, contributor
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Bateman, John-Christian, contributor
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Davies, Steve, contributor
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Fine, Richard, contributor
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Franeker, Jan Van, contributor
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Fujihira, Yuko, contributor
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Gomes, Elvis, contributor
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Jones, Stuart, contributor
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Kaeb, Harald, contributor
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Kaminsky, Walter, contributor
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Krebs, Rob, contributor
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Moore, Charles, contributor
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Morris, Brendan, contributor
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Rapp, Jen, contributor
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Sahajwalla, Veena, contributor
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Zahl, Jake, contributor
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