The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic

This week, the truth about “biodegradable plastic,” and new insights into how global warming might eventually make winters colder.

Hosted by: Hank Green

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http://www.livescience.com/32233-how-environmentally-friendly-are-plastics.html

http://pubs.acs.org/stoken/presspac/presspac/full/10.1021/es504258u

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/acs-mpl031815.php

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http://ei.cornell.edu/biodeg/

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http://phys.org/news/2015-03-plastics-biodegradable-dont.html

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