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Plastic Wars: Why So Little Plastic Is Recycled

FRONTLINE PBS | Official · Documentary · YouTube title: Plastic Wars (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Why it's here

HN recommends it as an eye-opener on how recycling was promoted by the plastics industry despite not working.

What it covers

A FRONTLINE documentary on whether efforts to fix plastic pollution made it worse. It looks at the battle over plastics and recycling and how little plastic is actually recycled.