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Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions. There is so much to say about the issue of plastic overuse and contamination that this film should be almost impossible to edit down to two hours, but instead it seems that a significant amount of the film is filler. Addicted to plastic teaching guide reel fun film fest. We learn about beaches, ocean floors, and surfaces being covered in plastic waste, five gigantic garbage patches in the worlds oceans, and that the worlds oceans are. Back in january, i had the opportunity to see an amazing film by ian connacher called addicted to plastic. Indeed, everything from palletized goods to furniture and automobiles arrive from. Addicted to plastic tries to convey the life cycle of plastic by taking the viewer through a two year trip across the globe. Based on the bestselling novel by zane, addicted is a sexy and provocative thriller about desire and the dangers of indiscretion. Addicted to plastic is a smart, wryly funny, and illuminating film that packs a lot of facts into a dynamic narrative. A wife is tested when she cheats on her husband, and it. Then think of the items youve bought in the last month and all the plastic packaging you discarded. This film presents the viewers with a grim, realistic look at how the food chain is being affected due to plastic confetti invading nearly every square centimeter on earth. Addicted to plastic on dvd movie synopsis and info. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango.
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Name one thing that will be very difficult to find a non plastic replacement. Addicted to plastic is the result of three years of filming in 12 countries on 5 continents, including trips to the north pacific gyre with the algalita crew the area that has become a plastic soup bigger than the state of texas. Its probably fair to say that we all believe buying goods pencils, food, electronics, etc. While the trailer shows the bad newsbaby birds eating plastic the fulllength film explores the richness and complexity of their experience.
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