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Jan 17, 2014 | Megan McCready

The Woodlands Church to Screen 'Plastic Paradise' Documentary

How many plastic bottles have you used in your lifetime? What about plastic bags, gallon jugs or straws? Now imagine that you could never throw them away, but instead had to store them in your house. Many of us would have run out of living space years ago.

 

Fortunately, we don’t have to store our own used plastic. Unfortunately, it’s estimated that only 5% of the plastic in the world is recycled; according to the EPA, 93% of the plastic in the US that could have been recycled was thrown away. But plastic doesn’t decompose, so every piece of plastic ever created is still on the earth. Where does it go?

 

A new independent documentary film, “Plastic Paradise”, introduces us to The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located on remote Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, a place that appears to be siphoning discarded plastic from three different continents. Journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun creates this important film about her personal journey to uncover the mystery of Midway Atoll and the worldwide effects of our relentless use of plastic products.

 

In “Plastic Paradise”, new insights are added to the ongoing topic of the world’s waste problem. Scientists, researchers, influencers and others speak to the unseen effects of the chemicals in plastic on our lives and bodies as well as the devastation of albatrosses and fish on Midway Atoll, a wildlife sanctuary and the site of a well-known World War II battle.

 

Trinity Episcopal Church in The Woodlands invites the public to a special screening of the award-winning documentary “Plastic Paradise” on February 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m., at Cinemark at Market Street, 9595 Six Pines Drive in The Woodlands. Tickets to the screening go on sale on January 24 and are only available through this link.

 

“Plastic Paradise” raises important issues regarding the health of our planet and our role as stewards of God’s creation. Trinity Church welcomes everyone to a special post-screening discussion on March 2 at 2 p.m. in Butler Fellowship Hall on the church campus at 3901 South Panther Creek Drive, The Woodlands. Stewardship, which we often think of solely as annual financial giving, includes care of the earth and all its creatures. “Plastic Paradise” challenges us to see that the modern convenience of plastic wreaks harmful consequences for us and our world.

 

More about the documentary, including simple suggestions for reducing plastic waste, is available on the official website, http://plasticparadisemovie.com/.