Get Schooled: Five Great Documentaries about Plastic Pollution

A PLASTIC OCEAN

In A Plastic Ocean, Australian journalist Craig Lesson teamed up with freediver Tanya Streeter, scientists and researchers to uncover the alarming impact of plastic on marine ecosystems around the world.

BLUE PLANET II

This series shows humanity’s impact on the environment, including the far reach of plastic pollution including the very bottom of the ocean.

BAG IT

This film prompts you to ask yourself –

could you go a day without plastic?

In this 2010 doco, Jeb Berrier embarks on an investigative adventure of the world of plastic and discovers how difficult it is to navigate modern life without this man-made material.

WASTELAND

This film follows artist Vik Muniz’s journey from Brooklyn to the world’s largest garbage dump in hopes of raising awareness about plastic pollution via art.

PLASTIC CHINA

Prior to 2018, China received 10 million tonnes of plastic waste every year from developed countries around the world. The plastic is often sorted and processed in unregulated family-run recycling workshops. Plastic China follows the lives of two workshop families.