The recycling myth: What actually happens to our plastic

Recycling is the way to save us from plastic pollution. But not even recycling champion Germany has got it right. Our reporter Kai Steinecke follows the plastic stream into the heart of the German recycling industry to find out what’s wrong with it. We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. #PlanetA #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution Report: Kai Steinecke (IG: ) Camera & video editor: Nils Reinecke & Kai Steinecke Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann & Joanna Gottschalk