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Plastic Earth

That plastic contamination causes us, and any composterthat's doing it, a lot of...

[Bob]
That plastic contamination causes us, and any composter
that's doing it, a lot of challenges
and headaches

Full Transcript

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[Bob] That plastic contamination
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causes us, and any composter that's doing it,
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a lot of challenges and headaches.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:16
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.
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,
And that feedback loop has never gotten back - Plastic Earth 00:06
And that feedback loop has never gotten back
We get to work with them and talk to them - Plastic Earth 00:06
We get to work with them and talk to them
And hopefully we can move those products - Plastic Earth 00:09
And hopefully we can move those products
[excavator rumbling] - Plastic Earth 00:11
[excavator rumbling]
We have a team of almost 50 people working on - Plastic Earth 00:10
We have a team of almost 50 people working on
Well, here we are doing - Plastic Earth 00:06
Well, here we are doing
So if we-- for example, if one wants to produce - Plastic Earth 00:09
So if we-- for example, if one wants to produce
We check if the plastic will fragment - Plastic Earth 00:08
We check if the plastic will fragment