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Plastic Earth

York, Pennsylvania.So what they're doing is they're taking it back, we're sellingour...

York, Pennsylvania.
So what they're doing is they're taking it back, we're selling
our material to them

Full Transcript

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York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is
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they're taking it back,
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we're selling our material to them.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:45
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.
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it - Plastic Earth 00:09
They're washing it, they're pelletizing it
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:06
The truth is, only a fraction of plastics are recycled.
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled. - Plastic Earth 00:05
Only 9% have ever been collected to be recycled.
And half of all plastic is designed - Plastic Earth 00:06
And half of all plastic is designed
So, while we do need to look at - Plastic Earth 00:27
So, while we do need to look at
When you look at consumer packaged goods today, - Plastic Earth 00:12
When you look at consumer packaged goods today,
"How can we launch to market a better solution - Plastic Earth 00:09
"How can we launch to market a better solution
We founded Preserve back in 1996 - Plastic Earth 00:10
We founded Preserve back in 1996
And the biggest way we did that - Plastic Earth 00:08
And the biggest way we did that
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early '90s, - Plastic Earth 00:13
So there was a lot of recycling going on back in the early &...
What Preserve wanted to do was use these recycled materials - Plastic Earth 00:10
What Preserve wanted to do was use these recycled materials
A product that we hope everybody uses - Plastic Earth 00:07
A product that we hope everybody uses
We've got to be able to make excellent products - Plastic Earth 00:15
We've got to be able to make excellent products
Right now we're caught in a world - Plastic Earth 00:17
Right now we're caught in a world
There absolutely is a lot of - Plastic Earth 00:06
There absolutely is a lot of
We have reuse systems with reusable tableware. - Plastic Earth 00:05
We have reuse systems with reusable tableware.
There also can be reuse systems as it relates - Plastic Earth 00:17
There also can be reuse systems as it relates
And that's a huge way to eliminate massive amounts - Plastic Earth 00:08
And that's a huge way to eliminate massive amounts
[truck rumbling] - Plastic Earth 00:07
[truck rumbling]
We are at a recycling station - Plastic Earth 00:14
We are at a recycling station