The Plastic Age: A Documentary feat. Pharrell Williams (Official Trailer)

We all talk about the Stone Age, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age, but what era are we living in right now? People are starting to refer to us as the - far less romantic - Plastic Age. We make 288 million tonnes of plastic a year, and unlike paper, metal, glass or wood, it does not oxidise or biodegrade, instead it ends up in our oceans, making the ratio of plastic to plankton 100:1. In a new documentary, directed by Jake Sumner and featuring Pharrell Williams, we explore how through a combination of science