Money Talks: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere

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Jul 21, 202635:48Business

In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers talks to journalist Beth Gardiner about her expose of the plastic industry, Plastic Inc. They’ll get into the unsettling history behind the now ubiquitous material and how Big Oil ha...

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