The Recycling Myth⎜WHY PLASTIC?⎜(Full documentary)

Can plastic be recycled? Do you know what happens to your plastic waste? In the last few years the plastic pollution crisis has become enormous. Pictures of poisoned animals, littered rivers, and polluted oceans have shocked the world. The plastic packaging industry has declared it knows how to solve the problem: recycling. Increasingly, bottles, boxes and sachets are proudly stamped with the words ‘100% recyclable’ as brands compete to reassure consumers that their packaging purchases are guilt-free. But if recycling is really the solution, why is the world pumping out more virgin plastic than ever before? Could recycling really be the ultimate greenwash? We follow the money into an industry that’s designed to hide the problem rather than solve it. We track the black-market brokers who hunt for countries to dump our plastic, waste moguls getting rich by burning trash, and the organized criminals for whom waste smuggling is now as lucrative as the drugs trade. We show how some of the biggest consumer-goods brands on earth spin the recycling fairytale as a way to allow them to continue polluting without consequence. As we all pick up the bill for a world drowning in plastic, the film asks: who is getting rich?

Directors: Tom Costello & Benedict Wermter
Released: 2021

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[ElinoreNoyes]

Watching the terracycle CEO unwilling to answer where their plastic goes was pretty insane. Incredibly revealing. Big kudos to you all for the excellent investigation and direct & honest questions to the crisis creators. Takes a lot of courage

[AbdulKhan-diei]

You guy need to be very careful for exposing the big corporations. Great job by the way. 👍🤔

[elaineoliveira]

Estarrecedor! Parabéns por denunciar este problema gravíssimo . 😮

[irishaku]

I really feel bad for that woman volonteer, that collects recycling

[zoevorzimmer]

I was only able to watch this video directly from the link in y’all’s social media handles. This video didn’t show up in a search with keywords, nor with the full title copy and pasted, with “the why” included as well.

[stanislav]

I'm from the Czech Republic and we also sort waste, but now. Now that I've seen the report (I don't know if I'm really sorting post-recycling) 🤔🤔🤔

[kwing]

I can stop buying those product in plastic packaging. I can survive without crisps, packed candies, packed biscuits, bring my own containers to the butcher not supermarket, etc.

[gizzynthefrog]

Everything in this world is a giant scam and nothing is going to change for the better.

[babyscorpio]

Watching this made me so angry. Well done. We need change we have to stop 😭👾

[alfadragon]

Love the information but can't help but feel disheartened you guys didn't give us any steps we could take to help be apart of the solution. You can't expect change to happen with just incentive, we need solutions. Here's a few for people who feel discouraged right now:
- Get reusable grocery bags to use religiously for 20 years. Say no to plastic bags at stores
- Say no to extras (plastic to go containers, trays for your coffee order, straws, lids, paper plates, etc)
- Reusable stuff! Water bottles and straws
- If you do use plastic products, reuse them a few times before throwing them away (grocery bags, cups from coffee shops, water bottles)
- Call or email your local representatives, spread the word to friends and family, Campaign, spread awareness, etc
- Support and fund and volunteer programs that help the environment (beach clean ups through 4ocean or Surfrider foundation, habitat restoration through a local alliance, etc)
and most importately,
- CONTINUE TO RECYCLE; EVEN IT'S NOT 100% YOU'RE STILL RECYCLING 6%

[johnhouston]

I can't believe that British woman handled that trash without wearing gloves 😳.

[alaskansummertime]

Damn that music is over the top. I thought they were going to buy an orphan or something.

[philipmcdonagh]

Simple ban non recyclable plastics or make wrappers out of biodegradable plastic. Are we stupid or what.

[dhamithruVLOGS]

The laminate Plastics can't be recycled, period.

[annakatrine]

Soooo your theme and message here is not to waste our time recycling? Got it 😅

[marieazrak]

Denmark, the country of Pandora jewelry

[philipmcdonagh]

Should do something similar with electric cars that's another myth.

[manubishe]

Yep
Music makes documentaries into something populist, demagogue or even propaganda.

You came, you watched, you recorded.
Then you tell, skipping the theatrics, or keep the playing to the crowd and be treated like everyone treats the other side.

[kenni]

nNthe banks of the Nile are made of plasic