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Plastic Earth

You know, we thinkof trees as being these great oxygen generators

You know, we think
of trees as being these great oxygen generators

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You know, we think of trees as being these
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great oxygen generators.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:09
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.
They are. But phytoplankton in the oceans generate - Plastic Earth 00:07
They are. But phytoplankton in the oceans generate
They are the real oxygen generators. - Plastic Earth 00:05
They are the real oxygen generators.
So when you're talking about a particle that is - Plastic Earth 00:10
So when you're talking about a particle that is
And they are eating this micro plastic. - Plastic Earth 00:06
And they are eating this micro plastic.
And especially the microfibers are being retained by them, - Plastic Earth 00:09
And especially the microfibers are being retained by them,
Because if it's impacting the ability of phytoplankton - Plastic Earth 00:07
Because if it's impacting the ability of phytoplankton
[somber music fades] - Plastic Earth 00:13
[somber music fades]
Single-stream recycling came about - Plastic Earth 00:08
Single-stream recycling came about
Because you got to separate the different plastics - Plastic Earth 00:08
Because you got to separate the different plastics
And what single-stream recycling enables you to do is, - Plastic Earth 00:08
And what single-stream recycling enables you to do is,
-And when you say everything-- -Your paper, - Plastic Earth 00:06
-And when you say everything-- -Your paper,
-[Janice] Okay. -It can all come - Plastic Earth 00:05
-[Janice] Okay. -It can all come
And it all goes into the same container - Plastic Earth 00:09
And it all goes into the same container
The problem with recycling plastics - Plastic Earth 00:07
The problem with recycling plastics
So after one or two times, maybe three or four, - Plastic Earth 00:10
So after one or two times, maybe three or four,
So then what do you do - Plastic Earth 00:05
So then what do you do
[upbeat string music playing] - Plastic Earth 00:05
[upbeat string music playing]
I worked for a recycling program - Plastic Earth 00:06
I worked for a recycling program
My daughter was about four years old - Plastic Earth 00:18
My daughter was about four years old
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is - Plastic Earth 00:08
York, Pennsylvania. So what they're doing is