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[Bob] Plastics don't compost
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Plastic Earth

Plastics don't compost, no more than they break downin a landfill

[Bob]
Plastics don't compost, no more than they break down
in a landfill

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[Bob] Plastics don't compost,
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no more than they break down in a landfill.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:56
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.
What kind of containers-- that you'll see compostable - Plastic Earth 00:08
What kind of containers-- that you'll see compostable
We-- we're working on methods to make sure what we get - Plastic Earth 00:08
We-- we're working on methods to make sure what we get
We aligned ourselves with an organization called - Plastic Earth 00:14
We aligned ourselves with an organization called
[Susan] In 2007, 2008 I took - Plastic Earth 00:16
[Susan] In 2007, 2008 I took
...and they pull out stubs then I was freaking out - Plastic Earth 00:07
...and they pull out stubs then I was freaking out
Well, six years later, - Plastic Earth 00:09
Well, six years later,
All the little pieces of plastic - Plastic Earth 00:07
All the little pieces of plastic
[Bob] That plastic contamination - Plastic Earth 00:08
[Bob] That plastic contamination
We do all kinds of techniques, and we've been - Plastic Earth 00:08
We do all kinds of techniques, and we've been
But what comes out is-- still we have to deal - Plastic Earth 00:08
But what comes out is-- still we have to deal
[Susan] So, this is a portion cup - Plastic Earth 00:05
[Susan] So, this is a portion cup
If we had a compostable version - Plastic Earth 00:06
If we had a compostable version
You can see the plastic building up - Plastic Earth 00:06
You can see the plastic building up
And at some point, it gets so entrained - Plastic Earth 00:07
And at some point, it gets so entrained
In the late '90s there were a lot of claims being made - Plastic Earth 00:09
In the late '90s there were a lot of claims being made
There needed to be standards and tests to make sure that - Plastic Earth 00:08
There needed to be standards and tests to make sure that
The fact that it's oftentimes intertwined - Plastic Earth 00:09
The fact that it's oftentimes intertwined
But when you look at a little thin wrapper - Plastic Earth 00:15
But when you look at a little thin wrapper
And to redesign that to be compostable is possible. - Plastic Earth 00:05
And to redesign that to be compostable is possible.
But the issue is, - Plastic Earth 00:11
But the issue is,