Is all plastic inherently evil?

Plastic packaging may litter our oceans, but it also produces fewer greenhouse gases than cardboard. When deciding which is the eco-friendly packaging option, the facts aren't always intuitive... This video is funded by Dow. References: Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782 Food Packaging Sustainability: a guide for packaging manufacturers, food processors, retailers, political institutions & NGOs: https://denkstatt.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/guideline_stopwastesavefood_en_220520.pdf Degradation rates of plastic in the environment: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06635 Me: Website: https://sallylepage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/sallylepage Instagram: https://instagram.com/sallylepage Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/sallylepage Donate: PayPal: https://paypal.me/sallylepage (one off donations) Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2DrD6v7 (affiliate link) Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2WRatQY (affiliate link) Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist and science YouTuber. The aim of these videos is to bring science further into popular culture by making science videos that make you laugh, make you feel and make you think.