From styrofoam cups to artificial organs, plastic is perhaps the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented — no product in the past 100 years has had more a profound influence and presence than synthetics. But such ‘progress’ has a cost — no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the strangling grasp of plastic. Addicted To Plastic investigates what we really know—and don’t know—about this material. Talking to manufacturers, recyclers, cleaners, scientists and others, Addicted To Plastic shows plastic’s toxic legacy and devastating ecological impact, provoking serious questions about health, food and the environment…