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But plastics can also bebio-based, meaning,they can be manufactured from a plant...

But plastics can also be
bio-based, meaning,
they can be manufactured from a plant source
such as corn, hemp, olive oil, sugarcane,
among others

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But plastics can also be bio-based,
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meaning, they can be manufactured
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from a plant source such as corn,
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hemp, olive oil, sugarcane, among others.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:33
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 they can either be - Plastic Earth 00:07
And they can either be
What we are most interested in are bioplastics - Plastic Earth 00:08
What we are most interested in are bioplastics
Common bioplastics in this quadrant - Plastic Earth 00:10
Common bioplastics in this quadrant
These are some of the bioplastics - Plastic Earth 00:07
These are some of the bioplastics
PLA is the most commercialized - Plastic Earth 00:08
PLA is the most commercialized
PHA is actually certified home compostable, - Plastic Earth 00:06
PHA is actually certified home compostable,
PLA is not certified marine degradable, - Plastic Earth 00:09
PLA is not certified marine degradable,
I mean, even just to prove a point, - Plastic Earth 00:07
I mean, even just to prove a point,
Most of those materials under the PHA umbrella, - Plastic Earth 00:15
Most of those materials under the PHA umbrella,
And it can be done with coffee grounds, - Plastic Earth 00:08
And it can be done with coffee grounds,
Instead of buying sugar or growing food crops, - Plastic Earth 00:07
Instead of buying sugar or growing food crops,
We're living in San Diego - Plastic Earth 00:11
We're living in San Diego
So, we decided to put our engineering degrees - Plastic Earth 00:09
So, we decided to put our engineering degrees
[Rob] Full Cycle Bioplastics has partnered - Plastic Earth 00:17
[Rob] Full Cycle Bioplastics has partnered
This is Full Cycle Bioplastics - Plastic Earth 00:09
This is Full Cycle Bioplastics
They have a lot of cafes - Plastic Earth 00:05
They have a lot of cafes
We sort of did an inventory - Plastic Earth 00:07
We sort of did an inventory
PHA had gone through a whole industrial life - Plastic Earth 00:07
PHA had gone through a whole industrial life
[Jeff] PHA was first discovered back in 1925 - Plastic Earth 00:06
[Jeff] PHA was first discovered back in 1925
In the 1980s, - Plastic Earth 00:08
In the 1980s,