Plastic is both a marvel and hellish stuff. On the one hand, it can be used in a variety of ways and is inexpensive. However, it is responsible for a global environmental problem. Plastic is everywhere: as a trash vortex in the ocean and as microplastics in our food chain. This documentary addresses the question of why mankind has not come up with a solution for this problem yet.
What does 'progress' mean in the modern age? 'Breakpoint' looks back at 200 years of development to provide an alternative view of our history.
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The Coca-Cola Company sells 4000 plastic bottles around the world every second. What should we make of their promises of sustainability? And is recycling the solution?
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Decades of illegal dumping haven’t just poisoned the land and water. Child cancer rates are unusually high and the air is toxic.
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