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Plastic Earth

These are some ofthe bioplastics which may lead us to thesolution to the plastic crisis

These are some of
the bioplastics which may lead us to the
solution to the plastic crisis

Full Transcript

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These are some of the bioplastics
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which may lead us to the solution
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to the plastic crisis.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:03
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.
PLA is the most commercialized - Plastic Earth 00:08
PLA is the most commercialized
PHA is actually certified home compostable, - Plastic Earth 00:06
PHA is actually certified home compostable,
PLA is not certified marine degradable, - Plastic Earth 00:09
PLA is not certified marine degradable,
I mean, even just to prove a point, - Plastic Earth 00:07
I mean, even just to prove a point,
Most of those materials under the PHA umbrella, - Plastic Earth 00:15
Most of those materials under the PHA umbrella,
And it can be done with coffee grounds, - Plastic Earth 00:08
And it can be done with coffee grounds,
Instead of buying sugar or growing food crops, - Plastic Earth 00:07
Instead of buying sugar or growing food crops,
We're living in San Diego - Plastic Earth 00:11
We're living in San Diego
So, we decided to put our engineering degrees - Plastic Earth 00:09
So, we decided to put our engineering degrees
[Rob] Full Cycle Bioplastics has partnered - Plastic Earth 00:17
[Rob] Full Cycle Bioplastics has partnered
This is Full Cycle Bioplastics - Plastic Earth 00:09
This is Full Cycle Bioplastics
They have a lot of cafes - Plastic Earth 00:05
They have a lot of cafes
We sort of did an inventory - Plastic Earth 00:07
We sort of did an inventory
PHA had gone through a whole industrial life - Plastic Earth 00:07
PHA had gone through a whole industrial life
[Jeff] PHA was first discovered back in 1925 - Plastic Earth 00:06
[Jeff] PHA was first discovered back in 1925
In the 1980s, - Plastic Earth 00:08
In the 1980s,
Now, the price of sugar went up in the '90s, - Plastic Earth 00:07
Now, the price of sugar went up in the '90s,
It was prohibitively expensive and it was way more expensive - Plastic Earth 00:08
It was prohibitively expensive and it was way more expensive
So, we looked at ways of sort of using - Plastic Earth 00:07
So, we looked at ways of sort of using
Most PHA, PHP bioplastics, on average, - Plastic Earth 00:15
Most PHA, PHP bioplastics, on average,