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Plastic Earth

Uh, they are taking inall sorts of trash, dirty recycling, dirty plastic,throwing it into...

Uh, they are taking in
all sorts of trash, dirty recycling, dirty plastic,
throwing it into a giant hopper or pot and melting it down
with intense heat to either create, you know,
recycled plastics or create
a new composite material out of multiple
different types of plastics

Full Transcript

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Uh, they are taking in all sorts of trash,
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dirty recycling, dirty plastic, throwing it into a giant hopper
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or pot and melting it down with intense heat
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to either create, you know, recycled plastics
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or create a new composite material
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out of multiple different types of plastics.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:53
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.
Um, the downside to incineration is that - Plastic Earth 00:10
Um, the downside to incineration is that
Amager Bakke, also known as Copenhill, - Plastic Earth 00:13
Amager Bakke, also known as Copenhill,
The whole project about Copenhill started - Plastic Earth 00:09
The whole project about Copenhill started
And they need to either renovate it, - Plastic Earth 00:07
And they need to either renovate it,
The city's felt like when we build it, - Plastic Earth 00:07
The city's felt like when we build it,
It should be pretty, it should be usable, - Plastic Earth 00:06
It should be pretty, it should be usable,
Normally you wouldn't go this close - Plastic Earth 00:09
Normally you wouldn't go this close
-[Janice] Yes. -So when you look in, - Plastic Earth 00:06
-[Janice] Yes. -So when you look in,
So, the heat is used to heat up water that goes - Plastic Earth 00:09
So, the heat is used to heat up water that goes
And all of these pipes and tubes are used - Plastic Earth 00:07
And all of these pipes and tubes are used
That's the real beauty of, uh, of this plant, - Plastic Earth 00:09
That's the real beauty of, uh, of this plant,
Oh, and if you look out this direction, - Plastic Earth 00:07
Oh, and if you look out this direction,
And I was wondering if you could tell me - Plastic Earth 00:07
And I was wondering if you could tell me
There's a lot of opinions about waste-to-energy - Plastic Earth 00:06
There's a lot of opinions about waste-to-energy
I think a lot of it origins - Plastic Earth 00:10
I think a lot of it origins
Other places, they burn it in a facility, - Plastic Earth 00:08
Other places, they burn it in a facility,
And now what we have is like the last generation - Plastic Earth 00:10
And now what we have is like the last generation
So it's so clean that we have pure steam - Plastic Earth 00:06
So it's so clean that we have pure steam
Your kids can hang out here and do some exercise. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Your kids can hang out here and do some exercise.
You can run because it's completely clean, - Plastic Earth 00:05
You can run because it's completely clean,