The Future of Plastic Waste

Create the Future: An Engineering Podcast by Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Jul 12, 202431:47Technology

Why do we fixate on plastic as the main waste issue of our time? Is all plastic bad? Have we got Bags For Life and paper straws totally wrong? Anna Ploszajski - materials scientist and storyteller - assembles her first e...

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