Is all plastic inherently evil?

Sally Le Page Guide 5 years ago

Description

Plastic packaging may litter our oceans, but it also produces fewer greenhouse gases than cardboard. When deciding which is the eco-friendly packaging option, the facts aren't always intuitive...

This video is funded by Dow.

References:
Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782

Food Packaging Sustainability: a guide for packaging manufacturers, food processors, retailers, political institutions & NGOs: https://denkstatt.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/guideline_stopwastesavefood_en_220520.pdf

Degradation rates of plastic in the environment: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06635



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Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist and science YouTuber. The aim of these videos is to bring science further into popular culture by making science videos that make you laugh, make you feel and make you think.