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Plastic Earth

Most plastics today are made out of fossil fuels, coal, natural gasor petroleum oil

Most plastics today are made out of fossil fuels, coal, natural gas
or petroleum oil

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Most plastics today are made
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out of fossil fuels,
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coal, natural gas or petroleum oil.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:18
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.
These are identified by the labels - Plastic Earth 00:08
These are identified by the labels
But plastics can also be bio-based, - Plastic Earth 00:13
But plastics can also be bio-based,
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