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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