{"id":40076986,"date":"2018-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/china-dialogue-ocean-staging.darkbluehq.com\/uncategorized\/2141-eight-million-podcast-plastic-pollution\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:37:12","slug":"40076986-2141-eight-million-podcast-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/pollution\/40076986-2141-eight-million-podcast-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Eight Million&#8217; podcast launches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableasia.co\/\">Sustainable Asia<\/a> and <em>China Dialogue <\/em>are launching a new podcast, <em>Eight Million<\/em>. It\u2019s a five-part audio documentary about plastic pollution in the ocean, and the role of China in addressing this global challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight million metric tonnes of plastic enters the ocean every year, but how does so much plastic leave our shores, and what can we do about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast series runs you through the ins and outs of plastic waste, and takes a critical look at how China is trying to solve the problem of the growing volume of waste from its 1.3 billion citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prologue\">Prologue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6306864\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Eight Million<\/em> takes you through how plastic waste is managed globally and in China. 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