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Plastic Earth

We'd like to see the compostinginfrastructure grow because there's only 500of those...

We'd like to see the composting
infrastructure grow because there's only 500
of those facilities that'll take food scrap and we probably need
closer to 2000

Full Transcript

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We'd like to see the composting infrastructure grow
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because there's only 500 of those facilities
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that'll take food scrap
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and we probably need closer to 2000.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:09
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] So, one of the things we got was compostable bags - Plastic Earth 00:08
[Susan] So, one of the things we got was compostable bags
And that's where we need packaging companies - Plastic Earth 00:11
And that's where we need packaging companies
We're seeing much less - Plastic Earth 00:10
We're seeing much less
That's-- that's not occurring anymore because of-- - Plastic Earth 00:06
That's-- that's not occurring anymore because of--
[Rhodes] If food waste were a country, - Plastic Earth 00:07
[Rhodes] If food waste were a country,
If we're really going to get food out of landfills, - Plastic Earth 00:09
If we're really going to get food out of landfills,
What does it mean when you collect it - Plastic Earth 00:05
What does it mean when you collect it
And I think that's where I get - Plastic Earth 00:12
And I think that's where I get
They help divert that food - Plastic Earth 00:05
They help divert that food
And so I think that's why we're starting to see - Plastic Earth 00:14
And so I think that's why we're starting to see
If we're going to get composting to work, - Plastic Earth 00:15
If we're going to get composting to work,
How long do you think it'll take them to do - Plastic Earth 00:05
How long do you think it'll take them to do
Most of the litter that you pick up - Plastic Earth 00:06
Most of the litter that you pick up
The European Commission did-- they did a study, - Plastic Earth 00:10
The European Commission did-- they did a study,
Lake Allatoona is - Plastic Earth 00:09
Lake Allatoona is
There are coves of this lake where you can... - Plastic Earth 00:06
There are coves of this lake where you can...
Literally walk on the garbage - Plastic Earth 00:07
Literally walk on the garbage
In 2012, we conducted the first survey - Plastic Earth 00:08
In 2012, we conducted the first survey
And the findings that we had were quite dramatic. - Plastic Earth 00:06
And the findings that we had were quite dramatic.
At that time, 75% of what we found - Plastic Earth 00:07
At that time, 75% of what we found