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4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Feb 5, 2018 by Melissa Bernstein · across every show →

Everything said about plastic, oldest first

Feb 5, 2018 bullish

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Melissa & Doug still manufactures half of its toy products from wood

“50% of what we make is still wood and then Other materials. We use a lot of metal. We use canvas but mostly not plastic.”

Melissa Bernstein Feb 5, 2018 ▶ 23:17 Melissa & Doug: Melissa And Doug Bernstein (2016)

May 16, 2022 negative

Assertion Contradicted

Liedtke: Every piece of plastic ever created still exists on Earth

“What I like to term is, plastic is a forever material, which means there's not a piece of plastic that's ever been created that's not still with us today in some shape or form.”

Eric Liedtke May 16, 2022 ▶ 5:34 HIBT Lab! UNLESS Collective: Eric Liedtke

Aug 17, 2023 neutral

Opinion

Szaky: Switching from plastic to glass or aluminum is not inherently better

“No, I don't think so, because I think every material type has pros and cons. We're in a moment right now where we are I think rightly so, really projecting a lot of negative onto plastic because of microplastics, ocean plastic, all these things that are correc…”

Tom Szaky Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 33:01 Making garbage useful with Tom Szaky of TerraCycle

Feb 1, 2024 positive

Assertion Supported

Ballard: Replacing concrete with steel or plastic increases global carbon emissions

“If you replace concrete with anything, that number goes up. If you try to replace it with plastic, if you try to replace it with steel, think about where you use concrete.”

Jason Ballard Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 8:03 3D printing a housing revolution with Jason Ballard of ICON

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