1. Based on Frontline's Plastic Wars video, explain how it's technically possible to recycle plastics but not economical to do so. What's wrong with the plastics industry's strategy to point at the consumer for the solution? How did the 'chasing symbols' strategy then amplify their initial tactic? How did China shape plastic recycling in the USA? How did this change in 1978? With what consequence? How is the plastics industry now recycling old ideas, according to Frontline? How has the focus on recycling hidden other solutions? 
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3. Now, read the above update on this page and answer this: how are the new California laws changing plastic recycling in a meaningful way?