Posts tagged environment
Ep. 18: Blister packs. Not as uncomfy as they sound.

In this video, we get out our flashlights to do some sleuthing around the topic of blister packs, and how to dispose of them. Weird name, right? You'll know them when you see them - blister packs are the packaging that stick stuff you buy to pieces of marketing cardboard using a thin layer of plastic, like pens and mascara and batteries. Tough as old boots to take apart, they require a trick before they're (partially) recyclable.

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Ep. 13: Where pizza boxes should go

In this Friday special (which means pizza night at our colleague Elicia’s house), I awkwardly tear up a pizza box, and then reveal where its various components should go post-pizza. I get covered in cornmeal, and seriously question my decision to film this in a carpeted room. You’ll also learn what my favourite pizza toppings are! Useful in case you feel like popping by with a pizza! 😏🍍

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Ep. 11: Can we get a visual on CO2, please?

In this billowy episode, we finally get a visual on carbon dioxide. What does it look like? Potatoes, it turns out. We try to imagine our own carbon footprint, as Canadians and as global citizens. I later ponder what to do with my cooler full of dry ice; nobody takes me up on the offer to spend Friday night doing science experiments with it. I consider making a dry ice smoothie the next morning. The end! :)

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Ep. 10: In which we embrace the messiness of compostable plastics

In this eye-wateringly choppy episode, I make a late evening attempt to explain away some of the confusion around compostable plastics. They are tricky! I get lost in my own explanations. I pine for better props. I missed an interesting phone call this morning while hell-bent on wrapping up editing - in short, almost as messy as disposing of compostable plastics. Still, I think you'll learn something new! More on this pedagogically bewildering topic to come. ;D

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