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[narrator]
The extruder heats the plastic scraps until they melt together. Workers feed the hot, gooey plastic
into a machine that cools it down, elongates it into strands like noodles,
and then chops it into tiny pellets. The pellets are this plant's final step. A valuable commodity used in
the production of other plastic products. [in Chinese] All these are
recycled content plastic pellets?
The extruder heats the plastic scraps until they melt together. Workers feed the hot, gooey plastic
into a machine that cools it down, elongates it into strands like noodles,
and then chops it into tiny pellets. The pellets are this plant's final step. A valuable commodity used in
the production of other plastic products. [in Chinese] All these are
recycled content plastic pellets?
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[narrator]
The extruder heats the plastic scraps
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until they melt together.
00:00:05.588 --> 00:00:09.008
Workers feed the hot, gooey plastic
into a machine that cools it down,
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elongates it into strands like noodles,
and then chops it into tiny pellets.
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The pellets are this plant's final step.
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A valuable commodity used in
the production of other plastic products.
00:00:24.857 --> 00:00:27.693
[in Chinese] All these are
recycled content plastic pellets?
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Movie Summary
Influencer hype and marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, teens become addicted to vaping, disposable furniture kills, and corporations use of single use plastics are the stories told in this 4 part series.