Plastic grocery bags have been in the news quite a bit lately. Following Washington DC's 5 cent bag tax earlier this year, California is moving closer to a statewide ban. In New York, Chicago and Tuscon, stores are now required to take back plastic bags for recycling.Never-the-less, plastic bags still have an estimated 13% recycling rate and mostly escape to live second lives in landfills, forests, beaches and oceans.
Film director Ramin Bahrani brilliantly follows the immortal and existential journey of the plastic bag in his new film 'Plastic Bag' for the FutureStates short film series. The plastic bag is played by renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog.
Watch the film in full below:
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