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The problem with recycling plastics
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Plastic Earth

The problemwith recycling plastics is that the polymer structurebreaks down after you...

The problem
with recycling plastics is that the polymer structure
breaks down after you recycle it
a few times

Full Transcript

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The problem with recycling plastics
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is that the polymer structure breaks down
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after you recycle it a few times.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:47
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.
So after one or two times, maybe three or four, - Plastic Earth 00:10
So after one or two times, maybe three or four,
So then what do you do - Plastic Earth 00:05
So then what do you do
[upbeat string music playing] - Plastic Earth 00:05
[upbeat string music playing]
I worked for a recycling program - Plastic Earth 00:06
I worked for a recycling program
My daughter was about four years old - Plastic Earth 00:18
My daughter was about four years old
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is - Plastic Earth 00:08
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it - Plastic Earth 00:09
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:06
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled.
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled.
And half of all plastic is designed - Plastic Earth 00:06
And half of all plastic is designed
So, while we do need to look at - Plastic Earth 00:27
So, while we do need to look at
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