The Past, Present, and Future of Plastic

This week we explore, “The past, present, and future of plastic.” We were visited by 3 ghosts; the ghost of plastic past, the ghost of plastic present, and the ghost of plastic yet to come. Look, plastic is bad. But some people, us included, didn’t realize how bad it truly is! So lets get to the bottom of it.
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