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Plastic Earth

And what single-streamrecycling enables you to do is, with the exception of...

And what single-stream
recycling enables you to do is, with the exception of glass,
everything can go together

Full Transcript

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And what single-stream recycling enables you to do is,
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with the exception of glass, everything can go together.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:26
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
DreamPost Productions

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Movie Summary

The plastic crisis is met head-on with tackling the solutions to deal with the over production of single-use plastics.
-And when you say everything-- -Your paper, - Plastic Earth 00:06
-And when you say everything-- -Your paper,
-[Janice] Okay. -It can all come - Plastic Earth 00:05
-[Janice] Okay. -It can all come
And it all goes into the same container - Plastic Earth 00:09
And it all goes into the same container
The problem with recycling plastics - Plastic Earth 00:07
The problem with recycling plastics
So after one or two times, maybe three or four, - Plastic Earth 00:10
So after one or two times, maybe three or four,
So then what do you do - Plastic Earth 00:05
So then what do you do
[upbeat string music playing] - Plastic Earth 00:05
[upbeat string music playing]
I worked for a recycling program - Plastic Earth 00:06
I worked for a recycling program
My daughter was about four years old - Plastic Earth 00:18
My daughter was about four years old
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is - Plastic Earth 00:08
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it - Plastic Earth 00:09
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:06
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled.
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled.
And half of all plastic is designed - Plastic Earth 00:06
And half of all plastic is designed
So, while we do need to look at - Plastic Earth 00:27
So, while we do need to look at
When you look at consumer packaged goods today, - Plastic Earth 00:12
When you look at consumer packaged goods today,
"How can we launch to market a better solution - Plastic Earth 00:09
"How can we launch to market a better solution
We founded Preserve back in 1996 - Plastic Earth 00:10
We founded Preserve back in 1996
And the biggest way we did that - Plastic Earth 00:08
And the biggest way we did that
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early '90s, - Plastic Earth 00:13
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early &...