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Plastic Earth

So, while we doneed to look at how are we recycling plastics, how do we reduce the number...

So, while we do
need to look at how are we recycling plastics, how do we reduce the number of single-use plastics
that we're buying, and so on and so forth, we really need to make sure that what we're manufacturing
can be either reused, recycled or otherwise have an end of life
that is more acceptable than either waste
energy or landfilling

Full Transcript

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So, while we do need to look at
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how are we recycling plastics,
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how do we reduce the number of
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single-use plastics that we're buying,
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and so on and so forth,
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we really need to make sure
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that what we're manufacturing can be either reused,
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recycled or otherwise have
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an end of life that is more acceptable
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than either waste energy or landfilling.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:15
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.
When you look at consumer packaged goods today, - Plastic Earth 00:12
When you look at consumer packaged goods today,
"How can we launch to market a better solution - Plastic Earth 00:09
"How can we launch to market a better solution
We founded Preserve back in 1996 - Plastic Earth 00:10
We founded Preserve back in 1996
And the biggest way we did that - Plastic Earth 00:08
And the biggest way we did that
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early '90s, - Plastic Earth 00:13
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early &...
What Preserve wanted to do was use these recycled materials - Plastic Earth 00:10
What Preserve wanted to do was use these recycled materials
A product that we hope everybody uses - Plastic Earth 00:07
A product that we hope everybody uses
We've got to be able to make excellent products - Plastic Earth 00:15
We've got to be able to make excellent products
Right now we're caught in a world - Plastic Earth 00:17
Right now we're caught in a world
There absolutely is a lot of - Plastic Earth 00:06
There absolutely is a lot of
We have reuse systems with reusable tableware. - Plastic Earth 00:05
We have reuse systems with reusable tableware.
There also can be reuse systems as it relates - Plastic Earth 00:17
There also can be reuse systems as it relates
And that's a huge way to eliminate massive amounts - Plastic Earth 00:08
And that's a huge way to eliminate massive amounts
[truck rumbling] - Plastic Earth 00:07
[truck rumbling]
We are at a recycling station - Plastic Earth 00:14
We are at a recycling station
So, you can deposit anything from paint - Plastic Earth 00:08
So, you can deposit anything from paint
In Sweden we want to make it convenient - Plastic Earth 00:06
In Sweden we want to make it convenient
So we have these facilities - Plastic Earth 00:06
So we have these facilities
It seems like Swedish people are really good recyclers - Plastic Earth 00:12
It seems like Swedish people are really good recyclers
You shame yourself because you know - Plastic Earth 00:05
You shame yourself because you know