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Plastic Fantastic

Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic, why we have ended up with oceans of waste blighting the environment and what science and society can do about it.

Radio 4,3 episodes

Episodes

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What's the Solution?
How do we address our over-reliance and misuse of plastic? Should we give it up?
29 May 2018,28 mins
Things Start to Go Stale
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores our love-hate relationship with plastic.
22 May 2018,28 mins
First Flush of Love
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores our love-hate relationship with plastic.
15 May 2018,28 mins