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Plastic Earth

Petroleum goes into polymers because petroleum is carbonthat you need becausepolymers are...

Petroleum goes into polymers because petroleum is carbon
that you need because
polymers are routinely made of carbon, there's very few
that are not

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Petroleum goes into polymers
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because petroleum is carbon that you need
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because polymers are routinely made of
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carbon, there's very few that are not.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:31
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.
You had to have an easy source to make your carbon - Plastic Earth 00:08
You had to have an easy source to make your carbon
And when you have an easy liquid form of carbon - Plastic Earth 00:08
And when you have an easy liquid form of carbon
["Plastic Man" by Red Meadow] - Plastic Earth 00:27
["Plastic Man" by Red Meadow]
It is this super material - Plastic Earth 00:11
It is this super material
And that is the problem that we are facing, - Plastic Earth 00:10
And that is the problem that we are facing,
[Clay] Nowadays, people are looking for - Plastic Earth 00:09
[Clay] Nowadays, people are looking for
And then there's implications - Plastic Earth 00:17
And then there's implications
The more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, - Plastic Earth 00:06
The more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,
The more sunlight that gets trapped on the Earth, - Plastic Earth 00:05
The more sunlight that gets trapped on the Earth,
If you do this in a different way - Plastic Earth 00:10
If you do this in a different way
And that sugar came from a plant, - Plastic Earth 00:07
And that sugar came from a plant,
And the difference between a petroleum based plastic - Plastic Earth 00:15
And the difference between a petroleum based plastic
If you're doing it from the air - Plastic Earth 00:06
If you're doing it from the air
[Cole] Bioplastics are a bio, - Plastic Earth 00:09
[Cole] Bioplastics are a bio,
The beauty of bioplastics is it can actually replace - Plastic Earth 00:13
The beauty of bioplastics is it can actually replace
Whereas petroleum plastics, the end of life is - Plastic Earth 00:08
Whereas petroleum plastics, the end of life is
It's actually being incinerated or landfilled. - Plastic Earth 00:05
It's actually being incinerated or landfilled.
Bioplastics is a word that is used - Plastic Earth 00:08
Bioplastics is a word that is used
I call it a term described - Plastic Earth 00:07
I call it a term described
Most plastics today are made - Plastic Earth 00:08
Most plastics today are made