If Recycling Was Honest (VIDEO)
Roger Horton returns for the first time since 2017 to explain why recycling plastic is pointless and, even worse, is basically just one big scam.
Roger Horton: Jack Hunter
Writer: Jordan Breeding
Director: Andy Newman
Czar Of Audio-Visual Activities: Dave Brown
Editors: Dave Brown, Jordan Breeding
Sound: Josh Bryant
Random Dude: Jordan Breeding
Random Woman: Carly Snowdon
Production Assistants: Caitie Hirabayashi, Naod Haddish
SOURCES: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/05/plastic-recycling-is-broken-so-why-does-big-plastic-want-1-billion-to-fix-it/ https://www.cracked.com/article_27277_hey-recycling-system-totally-broken.html
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