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Plastic Earth

So, we decided to putour engineering degrees to work to try and solve one of these great...

So, we decided to put
our engineering degrees to work to try and solve one of these great issues,
which led us to this solution and then this company

Full Transcript

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So, we decided to put our engineering degrees
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to work to try and solve
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one of these great issues, which led us to this solution
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and then this company.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:30
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.
[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
[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