924: Chris DeArmitt | Rethinking Plastic's Environmental Impact
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Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The Plastics Paradox author Chris DeArmitt joins us to separate fact from fiction around plastic's impact on our health and the environment.
What We Discuss with Chris DeArmitt:- Misconceptions about plastic degradation.
- Misconceptions about endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastics.
- The energy efficiency of plastics.
- The role of recycling in plastic waste management.
- The future of plastics: biodegradability and compostability.
- And much more...
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| 0:07.0 | If you look at 50 life cycle analyses, I've found that plastic wins over paper, over cotton, over metal or glass every single time. |
| 0:16.8 | If you can make something out of a hunk of wood, it's probably greener than plastic, but it's |
| 0:20.4 | always greener than paper, always greener than paper, always greener than cotton, |
| 0:22.7 | always greener than metal and glass by a vast amount. |
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