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I mean the Styrofoam, the EPS, the expanded polystyrene
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Plastic Earth

I mean the Styrofoam, the EPS,the expanded polystyrene, that's a huge problem

I mean the Styrofoam, the EPS,
the expanded polystyrene, that's a huge problem

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I mean the Styrofoam, the EPS, the expanded polystyrene,
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that's a huge problem.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:15
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 what we are set out to do - Plastic Earth 00:06
And what we are set out to do
Why haven't we used fiber for more applications? - Plastic Earth 00:05
Why haven't we used fiber for more applications?
And that is due to the conventional way - Plastic Earth 00:06
And that is due to the conventional way
I mean, the material is cheaper than plastics - Plastic Earth 00:07
I mean, the material is cheaper than plastics
I mean, the material is cheaper but the production process - Plastic Earth 00:08
I mean, the material is cheaper but the production process
Plastic is a little bit overqualified its purposes - Plastic Earth 00:07
Plastic is a little bit overqualified its purposes
Fiber as it is in its purest form - Plastic Earth 00:07
Fiber as it is in its purest form
It's a renewable material - Plastic Earth 00:06
It's a renewable material
I mean, that is the material that we have at hand - Plastic Earth 00:07
I mean, that is the material that we have at hand
But in order for us to scale long term, - Plastic Earth 00:11
But in order for us to scale long term,
Fiber can actually be replaced 25 times. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Fiber can actually be replaced 25 times.
But we need to have a sustainable forestry - Plastic Earth 00:05
But we need to have a sustainable forestry
Here we have the material inlets - Plastic Earth 00:09
Here we have the material inlets
So we get this ductile, formable web of material. - Plastic Earth 00:06
So we get this ductile, formable web of material.
And then we press the products, so we form the products. - Plastic Earth 00:05
And then we press the products, so we form the products.
And then we-- we get-- - Plastic Earth 00:10
And then we-- we get--
Look at the statistics of any country. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Look at the statistics of any country.
50% is this biodegradable organic waste. - Plastic Earth 00:06
50% is this biodegradable organic waste.
In the US and in the developed world, - Plastic Earth 00:08
In the US and in the developed world,
And because we don't want it to leak into the environment, - Plastic Earth 00:09
And because we don't want it to leak into the environme...