Source:Rick Young, Fritz Kramer, Emma Schwartz, Orion Donovan-Smith, Adam Lingo, Tim Gruzca, Fira Abdurachman, Andrew Metz, Raney Aronson-Rath, Laura Sullivan, Graham Smith, Nicole Beemsterboer, Robert Little, Nancy Barnes
Plastic Wars, a joint investigation from FRONTLINE and NPR, reveals how the plastic industry has used recycling as a way to sell more plastic. Based on industry sources speaking for the first time and hundreds of internal industry documents, the film exposes a decades-long strategy to counter growing environmental concerns by promoting recycling technologies the industry knew weren’t economically viable.
