Why We're So Bad at Recycling Plastic

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Plastic is quickly becoming a problem and we're eager to point fingers, but honestly, the reason there's so much plastic everywhere isn't just because of human negligence. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/plastic-is-everywhere-we-can-no-longer-ignore-that/2019/07/06/7929f3dc-9142-11e9-b58a-a6a9afaa0e3e_story.html www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/19/538166682/plastic-is-everywhere-and-recycling-isnt-the-end-of-it www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/ www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/28/a-million-a-minute-worlds-plastic-bottle-binge-as-dangerous-as-climate-change www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/tes/solidwaste/info/RecyclingPlasticComplications.pdf en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polyethylene_terephthalate www.petbottlewashingline.com/sink-float-separation-tank/ files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Environmental%20Assistance%20and%20Customer%20Service/Plastic%20Bottles/Other%20Resources/RecyclingCommonConsumerPlasticResins.pdf www.raepak.com/hdpe-bottles-vs-pet-bottles/ www.petbottlewashingline.com/pvc-in-pet-bottle-recycling/ files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Environmental%20Assistance%20and%20Customer%20Service/Plastic%20Bottles/Other%20Resources/RecyclingCommonConsumerPlasticResins.pdf blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/04/04/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-plastic-and-recycling/ www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/polymers.htm www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-many-times-can-one-plastic-bottle-be-recycled_uk_5bc9b98be4b0d38b58771df3?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANyEAkYVegyeZj7vZRukZBTHMYEzske3nMvtrAWWyDx9qB4dj_gSu4fMSfqBNpjsQt2eaETnH4bzC7M71hL4LVUiQMeF1Qd2NGoNdQAejs1_T0CRP7EWvS6sZjWLpEeR6Bv7njNX7vOXK8j9jRn6dxZAflVsEm_S73JYz6IrzJ9I www.oberk.com/packaging-crash-course/downcycling-temp www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873020/

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