Plastic Planet Trailer (2011)

Plastics are cheap and practical. We are the children of the Age of plastic. It takes up to 500 years until plastics disintegrate and it has unknown admixtures which may harm our hormonal system. Did you know, that you have plastics in your blood? In his investigative documentary film 'Plastic Planet' the director Werner Boote shows how plastic has become a global menace. Throughout his documentary he will be asking questions which concern everyone of us: Why do we not change our consumer behavior? Why does the industry not react to the dangers of plastic? Who is responsible for the huge amounts of waste in the deserts and the oceans of the earth? For whom does it bring profit? And who is loosing?