#165 - Plastique : une bombe à retardement ?

💥 The Greenletter Club is 100% independent. To support us, click here 👉 https://bit.ly/3QuCIp5 Today we're going to talk about the fight against plastic pollution. To discuss this, we are pleased to welcome Philippe Bolo, a Modem party member of parliament and an agricultural engineer by training. Philippe Bolo has dedicated a large part of his career to studying plastic pollution, on which he has written several parliamentary reports and interviewed hundreds of scientists. In this episode, we'll discuss the extent of plastic pollution in our environment, its consequences for our health, and the negotiations surrounding a future international treaty on plastic pollution. Interview conducted by Maxime Thuillez at the Climate Academy Editing: Nese Planka CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 00:36 - A Growing Presence of Plastic 02:50 - Exponential Production? 04:00 - Plastic: The Future of Oil Companies 06:20 - The Dispersion Process 11:14 - The Scale of Plastic Pollution 14:18 - A Time Bomb? 15:50 - Peak Plastic Pollution: 2400? 17:50 - The Health Impact of Plastic 21:25 - An IPCC for Plastics 23:30 - Recycling: A Smokescreen? 28:04 - Plastic That Is Hardly Recycled? 29:40 - Bioplastics? 32:10 - Disposables: The Culprit? 39:30 - The International Plastics Treaty 38:20 - Which Countries Are Pro-Treaty? 43:28 - A Chance to Seem to Emerge? 46:40 - Nationally, What Can Be Done? 50:50 - What would you do if you were President of the Republic?