The plastic billionaires forced to make everything more expensive

You can’t make plastic without resins derived from oil - and now the Iran war is making resin scarcer and much more expensive.  That means (you guessed it) the price of everything that comes in plastic - so, everything - is about to go up. Our retail expert Eli Greenblat is here. 

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Global packaging crisis threatens to drive up cost of everyday essentials

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

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