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Plastic Earth

We aligned ourselveswith an organization called the Compost ManufacturersAlliance, CMA, so...

We aligned ourselves
with an organization called the Compost Manufacturers
Alliance, CMA, so we do field testing,
actual field, not on a laptop,
not in a bucket on a desk, but in the field

Full Transcript

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We aligned ourselves with an organization called
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the Compost Manufacturers Alliance, CMA,
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so we do field testing, actual field,
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not on a laptop, not in a bucket on a desk,
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but in the field.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:16
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.
[Susan] In 2007, 2008 I took - Plastic Earth 00:16
[Susan] In 2007, 2008 I took
...and they pull out stubs then I was freaking out - Plastic Earth 00:07
...and they pull out stubs then I was freaking out
Well, six years later, - Plastic Earth 00:09
Well, six years later,
All the little pieces of plastic - Plastic Earth 00:07
All the little pieces of plastic
[Bob] That plastic contamination - Plastic Earth 00:08
[Bob] That plastic contamination
We do all kinds of techniques, and we've been - Plastic Earth 00:08
We do all kinds of techniques, and we've been
But what comes out is-- still we have to deal - Plastic Earth 00:08
But what comes out is-- still we have to deal
[Susan] So, this is a portion cup - Plastic Earth 00:05
[Susan] So, this is a portion cup
If we had a compostable version - Plastic Earth 00:06
If we had a compostable version
You can see the plastic building up - Plastic Earth 00:06
You can see the plastic building up
And at some point, it gets so entrained - Plastic Earth 00:07
And at some point, it gets so entrained
In the late '90s there were a lot of claims being made - Plastic Earth 00:09
In the late '90s there were a lot of claims being made
There needed to be standards and tests to make sure that - Plastic Earth 00:08
There needed to be standards and tests to make sure that
The fact that it's oftentimes intertwined - Plastic Earth 00:09
The fact that it's oftentimes intertwined
But when you look at a little thin wrapper - Plastic Earth 00:15
But when you look at a little thin wrapper
And to redesign that to be compostable is possible. - Plastic Earth 00:05
And to redesign that to be compostable is possible.
But the issue is, - Plastic Earth 00:11
But the issue is,
And that feedback loop has never gotten back - Plastic Earth 00:06
And that feedback loop has never gotten back
We get to work with them and talk to them - Plastic Earth 00:06
We get to work with them and talk to them
And hopefully we can move those products - Plastic Earth 00:09
And hopefully we can move those products