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S6 Part 1 | Plastic Pipelines | Ep 5: Whack-a-Mole
Drilled
English - September 13, 2021 17:58 - 25 minutes - 58.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsSocial Sciences Science True Crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the final episode of part 1 in our Bridge to Nowhere season, we look at the chronic whack-a-mole problem in frontline communities. Just as one facility gets shut down or cleaned up, another is waiting to take its place. In a lot of ways, the plastic problem itself is a whack-a-mole issue catalyzed by progress in shifting away from fossil fuels in the transport and building sectors. How can policy makers and activists predict and prevent these sorts of problems?