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Plastic Earth

Starting at about 1850, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere beganto climb

Starting at about 1850, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere began
to climb

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Starting at about 1850,
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the amount of carbon dioxide
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in the atmosphere began to climb.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:04
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.
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
[Cole] Bioplastics are a bio, - Plastic Earth 00:09
[Cole] Bioplastics are a bio,
The beauty of bioplastics is it can actually replace - Plastic Earth 00:13
The beauty of bioplastics is it can actually replace
Whereas petroleum plastics, the end of life is - Plastic Earth 00:08
Whereas petroleum plastics, the end of life is