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There Is No Away
We throw something into the trash, the truck takes it away, and it disappears from our lives. But there is no place called “away.”
In this episode of The Plastic Age, Dr. Elie follows plastic beyond the trash can, from landfills and recycling systems to rivers, oceans, agricultural soils, marine ecosystems, and eventually the food we eat. Along the way, we examine the startling reality of how little plastic is actually recycled, the enormous accumulation of plastic waste across the planet, and emerging research showing that microscopic plastic particles can interact with soil organisms and…
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