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ECO CHIC

Is Plastic Bad? A Brief History of Polythene + Reflections on Single Use

ECO CHIC

Cloud10

Natural Sciences, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Science

4.7641 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Attempting today to tackle the classic environmentalist debate: is plastic bad? We're going through a brief history of plastic - from its accidental discovery to the WW2 utility of polythene, to how it ended up in American households (plus: Tupperware parties' influence on modern feminism). We're then reviewing how single use plastics became so prevalent in our world, and what how we as consumers should react to their negative environmental impact. We also highlight microplastics, the value of recycling plastics (or not?), and single-use plastic ban policies. Thanks to our sponsor today! JoinCrowdHealth.com, code EcoChic Meet me online - @ecochicpodcast on Instagram + @lauraediez on Tiktok. Email me at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.6

Hello, hello, welcome back to Ecocheek. My name is Laura Diaz. It is so great to have you here.

1:10.7

I appreciate you being back. I was out last

1:14.1

week because I was at the Hollywood Climate Summit, which was a really fantastic experience, and I'm

1:19.0

really excited to talk more about it. I've shared a little bit on social, and then I also have a whole

1:23.2

bunch of recordings coming up that I did while I was there. But I'm excited to be back this week.

1:28.2

We are answering one of my favorite, or dare I say attempting to answer, one of my favorite

1:33.5

semi-philosophical questions as an environmentalist, as a regular human in society today,

1:40.5

is plastic bad? Plastic definitely has a pretty bad reputation right now.

1:47.0

I'll say it, especially in the environmental space.

1:50.3

When we as environmentalists are advocating against plastics, we are typically referring to

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