Tatyana Gucci
GUCHI aka Tatyana Guchi (comedy! Bernie Mac and Cheese Improv) joins Esteban in the sauna to talk about plastic, recycling lies, littering, manners, and the magic of saunas. I mean, look at that steam. What a thrill!
HOSTED BY Esteban Gast
DIRECTED BY Stoney Sharp
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / EDITOR Connor Linnerooth
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Adam McKay, Staci Roberts-Steele, Anna Wenger, Jessie Bluedorn, Esteban Gast
GUEST Tatyana Guchi
PRODUCER Stoney Sharp, Carl Fieler
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Brittney Badduke
CONSULTING PRODUCER Elijah Zarlin
DP / CAMERA OPERATOR Connor Linnerooth
SOUND Brandon Cruz
SET MEDIC Paul Joubran
SPECIAL THANKS to the plastics industry for spending decades and millions of dollars convincing us that recycling would solve the problem they created. The little arrows on the bottom of the bottle were a really nice touch.
FACTS, REFERENCES, AND MORE
THE SUN SENDS 10,000 TIMES MORE ENERGY TO EARTH THAN HUMANS USE https://news.mit.edu/2011/energy-scale-part3-1026 https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/solar-energy-conversion
https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth
ONLY 9% OF ALL PLASTIC HAS EVER BEEN RECYCLED https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700782 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution
MORE PLASTIC THAN FISH IN THE OCEAN BY 2050 — ONE GARBAGE TRUCK PER MINUTE https://www.weforum.org/press/2016/01/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-ocean-by-2050-report-offers-blueprint-for-change/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/plastic
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/the-new-plastics-economy-rethinking-the-future-of-plastics
$80–120 BILLION IN PLASTIC PACKAGING LOST AFTER SINGLE USE EVERY YEAR https://www.weforum.org/press/2016/01/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-ocean-by-2050-report-offers-blueprint-for-change/ https://www.unep.org/resources/report/single-use-plastics-roadmap-sustainability
SWEDEN IS SO GOOD AT RECYCLING IT IMPORTS OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRASH https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/10/28/163823839/sweden-wants-your-trash https://reasonstobecheerful.world/waste-to-energy-sweden-power-plants/ https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/blog/turning-waste-energy-sweden-recycling-revolution/
SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO LEARN AND GET FIRED UP
Books:
Plastic Inc. by Beth Gardiner — on how the fossil fuel industry doubled down on plastics as fuel demand declined
Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too by Beth Terry
Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway — we love this book and how it shows how the fossil fuel industry funds denial and deflection, applies directly to the recycling myth
Documentaries:
Plastic Wars (2020, PBS Frontline/NPR) — Free on YouTube:
The Plastic Detox (literally just came out on Netflix!)
Orgs we dig:
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Surfrider Foundation
5Gyres
