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The Future's Plastic!

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2/2. In the 1950s, plastic became a cheap material for mass production. Today, there are layers of it wrapped around our supermarket purchases, and mountains of it at disposal sites. Richard Hollingham asks if recycling can stem the flood and looks at how plastic is becoming a key component in hi-tech industry and aerospace. Producer Martin Redfern

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Richard Hollingham
Producer:
Martin Redfern
Source: Radio Times

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