On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Dharna Noor on how industry lobbies invented the recycling myth.
A worker collects soybean oil from recycled plastic bottle in a plastic recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 18, 2022. (Kazi Salahuddin Razu / NurPhoto via AP)
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Dharna Noor to discuss widely-held misconceptions about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and how industry lobbies invented them to protect the market for plastic products.
Dharna Noor is the fossil fuels and climate reporter at The Guardian.
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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Dharna Noor to discuss widely held misconceptions about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and how industry lobbies invented them to protect the market for plastic products.
Dharna Noor is the fossil fuels and climate reporter at The Guardian.
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity.
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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.