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That's not just one compound you're tasting
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Plastic Earth

That's not just one compoundyou're tasting, it's a whole bunch

That's not just one compound
you're tasting, it's a whole bunch

Full Transcript

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That's not just one compound you're tasting,
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it's a whole bunch.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:43
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.
-[Tom] I still use mine. -[scientists laughing] - Plastic Earth 00:07
-[Tom] I still use mine. -[scientists laughing]
In the PHA resins that we make, - Plastic Earth 00:13
In the PHA resins that we make,
My wife and I started a biopolymer company - Plastic Earth 00:08
My wife and I started a biopolymer company
We started that at our kitchen table, - Plastic Earth 00:08
We started that at our kitchen table,
Initially, we were working with PLAs because at the time, - Plastic Earth 00:14
Initially, we were working with PLAs because at the time,
So, in the early days of Danimer, we partnered - Plastic Earth 00:12
So, in the early days of Danimer, we partnered
In that journey of trying to take - Plastic Earth 00:13
In that journey of trying to take
And we learned that PHA was - Plastic Earth 00:07
And we learned that PHA was
If you only had one biopolymer, - Plastic Earth 00:07
If you only had one biopolymer,
The nice peach milkshake looking stuff, - Plastic Earth 00:07
The nice peach milkshake looking stuff,
If you think of this as the miniature version, - Plastic Earth 00:11
If you think of this as the miniature version,
We use plant-based oils - Plastic Earth 00:06
We use plant-based oils
Olive oils and canola oils and corn oils, - Plastic Earth 00:09
Olive oils and canola oils and corn oils,
And those polymers then go into food service - Plastic Earth 00:11
And those polymers then go into food service
Ultimately, what we want to do is - Plastic Earth 00:12
Ultimately, what we want to do is
We have a laboratory technology now, - Plastic Earth 00:15
We have a laboratory technology now,
And then we'll be able to be even more sustainable - Plastic Earth 00:12
And then we'll be able to be even more sustainable
We'll just be able to turn on a big fan and bring the air - Plastic Earth 00:08
We'll just be able to turn on a big fan and bring the a...
[Daniel] These machines take the different powders, - Plastic Earth 00:11
[Daniel] These machines take the different powders,
You know? [laughing] - Plastic Earth 00:12
You know? [laughing]