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Plastic Earth

My daughter was aboutfour years old and I sent her to daycare with a T-shirt that said,"I...

My daughter was about
four years old and I sent her to daycare with a T-shirt that said,
"I am the future." Now I have an almost
11-year-old granddaughter and we still have
the same problems

Full Transcript

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My daughter was about four years old
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and I sent her to daycare
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with a T-shirt that said, "I am the future."
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Now I have an almost 11-year-old granddaughter
00:00:14.622 --> 00:00:17.319
and we still have the same problems.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:21
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.
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is - Plastic Earth 00:08
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it - Plastic Earth 00:09
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:06
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled.
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled.
And half of all plastic is designed - Plastic Earth 00:06
And half of all plastic is designed
So, while we do need to look at - Plastic Earth 00:27
So, while we do need to look at
When you look at consumer packaged goods today, - Plastic Earth 00:12
When you look at consumer packaged goods today,
"How can we launch to market a better solution - Plastic Earth 00:09
"How can we launch to market a better solution
We founded Preserve back in 1996 - Plastic Earth 00:10
We founded Preserve back in 1996
And the biggest way we did that - Plastic Earth 00:08
And the biggest way we did that
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early '90s, - Plastic Earth 00:13
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early &...
What Preserve wanted to do was use these recycled materials - Plastic Earth 00:10
What Preserve wanted to do was use these recycled materials
A product that we hope everybody uses - Plastic Earth 00:07
A product that we hope everybody uses
We've got to be able to make excellent products - Plastic Earth 00:15
We've got to be able to make excellent products
Right now we're caught in a world - Plastic Earth 00:17
Right now we're caught in a world
There absolutely is a lot of - Plastic Earth 00:06
There absolutely is a lot of
We have reuse systems with reusable tableware. - Plastic Earth 00:05
We have reuse systems with reusable tableware.
There also can be reuse systems as it relates - Plastic Earth 00:17
There also can be reuse systems as it relates
And that's a huge way to eliminate massive amounts - Plastic Earth 00:08
And that's a huge way to eliminate massive amounts
[truck rumbling] - Plastic Earth 00:07
[truck rumbling]