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Plastic Earth

When you make plasticyou have a chemical source never pure, particularlyin cheaper...

When you make plastic
you have a chemical source never pure, particularly
in cheaper plastics, and the impurities interact
with the monomer, they interact
with the additives to make chemicals
no one knows about

Full Transcript

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When you make plastic you have a chemical source
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never pure, particularly in cheaper plastics,
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and the impurities interact with the monomer,
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they interact with the additives
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to make chemicals no one knows about.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:09
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.
And that's-- - Plastic Earth 00:08
And that's--
Like, you can't just take one chemical - Plastic Earth 00:13
Like, you can't just take one chemical
So, there you've got NIAS - Plastic Earth 00:06
So, there you've got NIAS
Then, particularly in the marine environment, - Plastic Earth 00:13
Then, particularly in the marine environment,
So, there's all these different mixtures - Plastic Earth 00:10
So, there's all these different mixtures
[Cole] Reclaimed ocean plastics is a great marketing idea. - Plastic Earth 00:06
[Cole] Reclaimed ocean plastics is a great marketing idea.
Uh, the downside to reclaimed ocean plastic is - Plastic Earth 00:18
Uh, the downside to reclaimed ocean plastic is
And they'll take maybe a good plastic - Plastic Earth 00:12
And they'll take maybe a good plastic
In Dante's Inferno, - Plastic Earth 00:08
In Dante's Inferno,
And there's fraud and treachery in abundance - Plastic Earth 00:08
And there's fraud and treachery in abundance
They've looked at honey, they've looked at soda, - Plastic Earth 00:08
They've looked at honey, they've looked at soda,
It doesn't matter what we're wrapping in plastic - Plastic Earth 00:12
It doesn't matter what we're wrapping in plastic
Our lab was the first lab to do a global bottled water - Plastic Earth 00:13
Our lab was the first lab to do a global bottled water
93% were shown to have micro plastic - Plastic Earth 00:09
93% were shown to have micro plastic
And in fact, we had one bottle of Nestle Pure Life - Plastic Earth 00:11
And in fact, we had one bottle of Nestle Pure Life
It's the act of opening the bottle - Plastic Earth 00:08
It's the act of opening the bottle
So when you open that bottle, - Plastic Earth 00:11
So when you open that bottle,
You shouldn't have a water bottle sitting - Plastic Earth 00:12
You shouldn't have a water bottle sitting
I mean, it is a petrochemical, so it actually-- - Plastic Earth 00:10
I mean, it is a petrochemical, so it actually--
The water-- CamelBak that he uses to drink out of, - Plastic Earth 00:10
The water-- CamelBak that he uses to drink out of,