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[Rob] The United Nations Environment Program defines
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Plastic Earth

The United NationsEnvironment Program defines our planet as beingin a triple planetary...

[Rob] The United Nations
Environment Program defines our planet as being
in a triple planetary crisis

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[Rob] The United Nations Environment Program defines
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our planet as being in a triple planetary crisis.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:30
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
DreamPost Productions

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The plastic crisis is met head-on with tackling the solutions to deal with the over production of single-use plastics.
That includes air pollution, which kills around - Plastic Earth 00:13
That includes air pollution, which kills around
There are more parts per million - Plastic Earth 00:09
There are more parts per million
Starting at about 1850, - Plastic Earth 00:08
Starting at about 1850,
Today, it stands at 419 parts per million. - Plastic Earth 00:06
Today, it stands at 419 parts per million.
419 is way more carbon dioxide than we've had - Plastic Earth 00:08
419 is way more carbon dioxide than we've had
The current way the world produces plastic - Plastic Earth 00:07
The current way the world produces plastic
Petroleum goes into polymers - Plastic Earth 00:10
Petroleum goes into polymers
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