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Plastic Earth

You shouldn't have a waterbottle sitting in your car on a hot summer dayon your dash...

You shouldn't have a water
bottle sitting in your car on a hot summer day
on your dash because it'll actually inject
those chemicals into the water itself

Full Transcript

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You shouldn't have a water bottle sitting
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in your car on a hot summer day on your dash
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because it'll actually inject those chemicals
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into the water itself.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:06
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.
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,
-[Janice] Yeah, that's right. -If you can taste it, - Plastic Earth 00:06
-[Janice] Yeah, that's right. -If you can taste it,
That's not just one compound you're tasting, - Plastic Earth 00:05
That's not just one compound you're tasting,
-[Tom] I still use mine. -[scientists laughing] - Plastic Earth 00:07
-[Tom] I still use mine. -[scientists laughing]
In the PHA resins that we make, - Plastic Earth 00:13
In the PHA resins that we make,
My wife and I started a biopolymer company - Plastic Earth 00:08
My wife and I started a biopolymer company
We started that at our kitchen table, - Plastic Earth 00:08
We started that at our kitchen table,
Initially, we were working with PLAs because at the time, - Plastic Earth 00:14
Initially, we were working with PLAs because at the time,
So, in the early days of Danimer, we partnered - Plastic Earth 00:12
So, in the early days of Danimer, we partnered
In that journey of trying to take - Plastic Earth 00:13
In that journey of trying to take
And we learned that PHA was - Plastic Earth 00:07
And we learned that PHA was
If you only had one biopolymer, - Plastic Earth 00:07
If you only had one biopolymer,
The nice peach milkshake looking stuff, - Plastic Earth 00:07
The nice peach milkshake looking stuff,
If you think of this as the miniature version, - Plastic Earth 00:11
If you think of this as the miniature version,
We use plant-based oils - Plastic Earth 00:06
We use plant-based oils
Olive oils and canola oils and corn oils, - Plastic Earth 00:09
Olive oils and canola oils and corn oils,
And those polymers then go into food service - Plastic Earth 00:11
And those polymers then go into food service
Ultimately, what we want to do is - Plastic Earth 00:12
Ultimately, what we want to do is
We have a laboratory technology now, - Plastic Earth 00:15
We have a laboratory technology now,