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Plastic Earth

So we need to upgrade not onlythe mechanical recycling that we havethat's decades old, but...

So we need to upgrade not only
the mechanical recycling that we have
that's decades old, but we also need to invest in what's called
advanced recycling

Full Transcript

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So we need to upgrade not only the mechanical recycling
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that we have that's decades old,
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but we also need to invest
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in what's called advanced recycling.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:51
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.
Chemical recycling can take - Plastic Earth 00:13
Chemical recycling can take
[Rob] Chemical or advanced recycling takes - Plastic Earth 00:11
[Rob] Chemical or advanced recycling takes
It is therefore possible - Plastic Earth 00:11
It is therefore possible
[upbeat electronica playing] - Plastic Earth 00:16
[upbeat electronica playing]
Licella converts plastic to oil using water - Plastic Earth 00:08
Licella converts plastic to oil using water
Once I've recycled physically a plastic bottle, - Plastic Earth 00:10
Once I've recycled physically a plastic bottle,
What we can do, we can chemically recycle it - Plastic Earth 00:09
What we can do, we can chemically recycle it
[Rob] Previously, non-recyclable plastics, - Plastic Earth 00:08
[Rob] Previously, non-recyclable plastics,
By turning hard-to-recycle plastics - Plastic Earth 00:11
By turning hard-to-recycle plastics
Another innovator in the recycling space - Plastic Earth 00:09
Another innovator in the recycling space
I don't think most people realize - Plastic Earth 00:06
I don't think most people realize
There was a really interesting study that came out of UK. - Plastic Earth 00:06
There was a really interesting study that came out of UK.
Each individual article of synthetic clothing - Plastic Earth 00:12
Each individual article of synthetic clothing
But in the United States, the reality is - Plastic Earth 00:09
But in the United States, the reality is
And the reason why is because most of the clothes - Plastic Earth 00:06
And the reason why is because most of the clothes
Our solution is different because we can take - Plastic Earth 00:08
Our solution is different because we can take
With this terry cloth, - Plastic Earth 00:08
With this terry cloth,
And when it goes into the process, - Plastic Earth 00:10
And when it goes into the process,
And then you're just left - Plastic Earth 00:05
And then you're just left
-[whispering] Wow. -And you can see - Plastic Earth 00:06
-[whispering] Wow. -And you can see