McPlaybook: How McDonald's Built a Disposable Society (2026) Documentary Business journalist Saabira Chaudhuri explores the corporation's massive lobbying effort in the EU to exempt a 'reuse for dine in' requirement in the landmark Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and draws parallels between the tactics McDonald's used in EU and its efforts to thwart the foam ban in the 1980s in the US which was ultimately successful.
The Plastic Detox (2026) Documentary The documentary is an eye-opening journey into the hidden dangers of plastic in our homes. When six couples embark on a plastic detox, it changes their families forever. The film explains what microplastics and their chemicals are doing to our health. From hormone disruption that’s fueling a worldwide fertility crisis, to growing rates of cancer, and early heart attack and stroke, this powerful documentary reveals the shocking science behind plastic’s impact on human life.
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch Videos/Talks An inspiring collection of 40+ videos featuring scientists, business leaders and innovators, frontline community members and advocates, Indigenous knowledge keepers, policymakers, artists and entertainment industry professionals, and other experts contributing to the movement to end plastic pollution.
How to get an international treaty to end global plastic pollution? (2025) Video This short animated video shows the obstacles preventing a meaningful plastics treaty and how to overcome them.
Scientists Speak Out #1: Plastic & Cancer (2024) Video After years researching how plastic impacts cancer formation, cancer researcher and deputy director of the Clinical Institute of Pathology at the Medical University of Vienna – Professor Dr. Lukas Kenner – reveals that cancer cells spread faster and more aggressively after ingesting nanoplastics.
Scientists Speak Out #2 - Plastic & Brains (2024) Video In a world first, research led by Professor Dr. Thais Mauad and Dr. Luis Fernando Amato-Lourenco from the University of Sao Paulo and Freie University Berlin found microplastics in the olfactory bulb, located at the bottom of the brain.
Plastic People - The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics (2024) Film This ground-breaking feature documentary investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. What are the impacts and what can be done about it?
The Story of Plastic (2019) Film A life-changing, Emmy-winning film depicting one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. It reveals the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling.