World Centric Film: Addicted to Plastic

World Centric presents the film Addicted to Plastic with speaker Annette Puskarich, Zero Waste Coordinator for the City of Palo Alto.

Filmmaker Ian Connacher conducts an international odyssey revealing the disturbing long-term effects of the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented. From water bottles and Styrofoam cups to toothbrushes and garbage bags, in less than a century the pervasive presence of plastics has marked every ecosystem and all aspects of human activity. Visually compelling, entertaining and thought provoking, ADDICTED TO PLASTIC is both a wake-up call and an inspiring consideration of possible recycling or down-cycling solutions. (85 mins, 2009)