5 Documentaries That Will Make You Rethink Single-Use Plastics

There are many products we use in our everyday lives without giving them a single thought. Some of those items, like plastic water bottles, plastic grocery bags, electricity, and even gasoline, can have a pretty big environmental impact.

The world is changing, though. The UN has encouraged citizens to reevaluate their plastic use, and even companies in traditionally conservative areas of the U.S. are going green.

If you also want to make a difference, check out these five documentaries that will inspire you to consider how you use plastic and other products.

1. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Journalist and filmmaker, Angela Sun, takes us to Midway Atoll, a large island in the Pacific that has become an enormous garbage dump, in her documentary Plastic Paradise. The environmental film exposes the problems our society has created by our rabid consumption and the impact it has on the world around us.

Read the full article at: www.onegreenplanet.org