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Plastic Earth

Full Cycle Bioplasticshas partnered with one of the world'slargest tech companies, in...

[Rob] Full Cycle Bioplastics
has partnered with one of the world's
largest tech companies, in Silicon Valley, California,
to produce PHA, and since has proven PHA
to be a low-cost, low-carbon alternative
to fossil fuel plastics

Full Transcript

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[Rob] Full Cycle Bioplastics has partnered
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with one of the world's largest tech companies,
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in Silicon Valley, California, to produce PHA,
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and since has proven PHA to be a low-cost,
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low-carbon alternative to fossil fuel plastics.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:38
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.
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,
Now, the price of sugar went up in the '90s, - Plastic Earth 00:07
Now, the price of sugar went up in the '90s,
It was prohibitively expensive and it was way more expensive - Plastic Earth 00:08
It was prohibitively expensive and it was way more expensive
So, we looked at ways of sort of using - Plastic Earth 00:07
So, we looked at ways of sort of using
Most PHA, PHP bioplastics, on average, - Plastic Earth 00:15
Most PHA, PHP bioplastics, on average,
If it were to land on the side of the road - Plastic Earth 00:10
If it were to land on the side of the road
That's the beauty of the material is - Plastic Earth 00:21
That's the beauty of the material is
Like if you have a bunch of burgers compared to apples, - Plastic Earth 00:07
Like if you have a bunch of burgers compared to apples,
And the best way I can describe it is - Plastic Earth 00:10
And the best way I can describe it is
So, if what-- your feedstock is 99% water, - Plastic Earth 00:08
So, if what-- your feedstock is 99% water,
But if it's pure bread waste, - Plastic Earth 00:06
But if it's pure bread waste,
This is just PHA that's been extracted - Plastic Earth 00:05
This is just PHA that's been extracted
This is a-- - Plastic Earth 00:07
This is a--
And if you can make something injection moulded - Plastic Earth 00:19
And if you can make something injection moulded
This is an example of a PHA fork. - Plastic Earth 00:05
This is an example of a PHA fork.