People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Many people view plastic as an environmental disaster that blights landscapes and chokes marine life. Our correspondent argues that instead we need to better understand this miracle material. To make prison work, governments need to have better strategies for managing inmates’ release (10:04). And could saying sorry harm your career (16:16)?
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| 1:25.6 | There have been many conversations over the years about how to make prisons work. |
| 1:30.3 | But what about when prisoners are finally released? |
| 1:34.3 | And here in Britain, people are famously quick to say sorry. |
| 1:39.3 | Our data journalist looks at apologies in the workplace, |
| 1:42.3 | and whether being apologetic gets you further ahead, |
| 1:45.0 | or leaves you in a sorrier position. |
| 1:48.0 | First up, though. |
| 2:03.6 | The printful application of bachylight resinoid is in the manufacture of moulding material. |
| 2:16.6 | After the resinoid has been ground to a fine |
| 2:19.7 | powder, fillers such as woodmeal or fabric, as well as dyes and pigments are added. The first |
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