Plastic
The Inquiry. How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic? Audio, 23 minutes
The story of how the search for a material to replace ivory changed our lives forever
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Plastic. Audio, 9 minutes
We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Science In Action. Plastic Planet. Audio, 27 minutes
Quantifying all our plastic waste reveals a large, and growing, environmental problem.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Inquiry. Is it Time to Ban the Plastic Bottle? Audio, 23 minutes
Every single second, 20,000 single-use drinking bottles are sold around the world
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
People Fixing The World. Turning Haiti’s Plastic Trash into Cash. Audio, 23 minutes
Can “social plastic” keep the oceans clean and fight poverty too?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Science In Action. The Earliest North Americans. Audio, 27 minutes
Can a few broken bones and some rocks be evidence of North Americans 130,000 years ago?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Forum. Plasticity. Audio, 28 minutes
Shape-shifting in everyday objects, our brains and plastic waste.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Costing the Earth. Plastic Pollution. Audio, 30 minutes
Dr Alice Roberts investigates the growing problem of plastic floating in the sea.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Costing the Earth. All Wrapped Up and Nowhere to Go. Audio, 30 minutes
Plastic bags and packaging are anathema to the environmentalist, but the issue is complex.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
