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Content Provider | PBS LearningMedia |
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Copyright Year | 2018 |
Description | Directions: Read the summary with your students, watch the video (if helpful, follow along with the transcript) and then answer the discussion questions. Summary: A movement to ban the use of plastic straws in restaurants is spreading across the United States. Recycling small plastics such as straws is challenging, because sorting machines must first separate recyclable waste from non-recyclables, and materials like straws are often too small to be captured. But environmental experts say that the problem isn’t in recycling, it’s that we make all this plastic in the first place. Humans have created more than 9 billion tons of plastics since the 1950s, most of which is still in circulation today. Using resources to continuously recycle all this plastic effectively cancels out any environmental benefits to the practice. Compostable straws made of materials such as wood pulp have potential, but they’re more expensive than plastic straws and consumers complain that they don’t work as well. October 6, 2018 video and resource materials from PBS NewsHour. Check out our Daily News Story collection, or find more at PBS NewsHour Extra. |
Language | English |
Publisher | PBS Learning Media |
Publisher Date | 2018-10-12 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Science Earth and Space Science Human Impacts on Earth Systems Reducing Environmental Impacts Engineering & Technology Systems & Technologies Tools and Instruments Design and Manufacturing Environmental Manufacturing and Materials Materials Recycling Recycling and Waste Treatment Waste and Reuse of Materials |
Content Type | Video |
Educational Role | Teacher Student |
Time Required | PT9M36S |
Education Level | Class XI Class VII Class VIII Class IX Class XII Class VI Class X |
Resource Type | Broadcast |
Subject | Human Geography |
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