User Reviews

The basic problem as explained is that many types of plastic in use today are not easily recyclable and that subsequently end up in countries like Indonesia where it is just dumped. It seems that the problem is not with plastic itself, but the types of 'un-recyclable' plastics that are in use. The different numbers in the triangle are supposed to let us know. One problem with the show is that they start by showing these bad types of plastic, but don't let the viewer know how to identify them in the store. The history of the recycle triangle is explained but they do not give the specific numbers we should avoid. At one point they are in an Oregon grocery store with a container of 'bad' plastic. The triangle number is not mentioned or visible in the video. If it can't be recycled in Oregon, it probably can't be recycled where you are. This failure to inform the viewer about which plastics to avoid in the grocery store was disappointing. If the purpose of the show was to just make the plastic industry look bad, they did it. If they wanted to provide me with more information as a consumer to know which plastic triangle numbers to avoid in the first place, they failed. Informative but disappointing. That extra info would have made it a much better episode. I was hoping to be a more informed recycler after watching this, but it didn't work out.