The house that plastic built

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Our world is flooded with cheap subsidized plastic. How did we get here? Part II of an investigation with NBC News. This story received an Honourable Mention for the 2022 Digital Publishing Award: Best Science & Technology Storytelling.

Collaborators: NBC News, Peter Klein and Jane Lister (UBC)

Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains

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