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At its core, it's taking stuff that people don't want anymore
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The Story of Plastic

At its core, it's taking stuff that people don't want anymore And trying to do something...

At its core, it's taking stuff that people don't want anymore And trying to do something better than landfill with it

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At its core, it's taking stuff that people don't want anymore
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And trying to do something better than landfill with it.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:43
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

We only know the end of the story...and that's just the beginning.
You can see the range of things - The Story of Plastic 00:05
You can see the range of things
10, 15 years ago, - The Story of Plastic 00:10
10, 15 years ago,
It's amazing how many things have moved to plastic. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
It's amazing how many things have moved to plast...
Mafira: People think plastic can be recycled, - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Mafira: People think plastic can be recycled,
So this is data from the world economic forum. - The Story of Plastic 00:05
So this is data from the world economic forum.
It shows that 32% of plastic packaging - The Story of Plastic 00:21
It shows that 32% of plastic packaging
Effectively recycled means that it's recycled into something - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Effectively recycled means that it's recycled into s...
Most of it is down cycled, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Most of it is down cycled,
Unlike glass and metals, - The Story of Plastic 00:05
Unlike glass and metals,
Most recycled plastic is only recycled - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Most recycled plastic is only recycled
Cities around us had kind of caved - The Story of Plastic 00:11
Cities around us had kind of caved
Recycling plastics is a fairly simple process. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
Recycling plastics is a fairly simple process.
In 2013, under significant pressure from our city council, - The Story of Plastic 00:11
In 2013, under significant pressure from our city counci...
So all the plastic containers -- berry containers, - The Story of Plastic 00:08
So all the plastic containers -- berry containers,
Procter and gamble wants us all to believe - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Procter and gamble wants us all to believe
They want us all using single-use packaged products - The Story of Plastic 00:09
They want us all using single-use packaged products
It's totally unfair to the cities - The Story of Plastic 00:07
It's totally unfair to the cities
You should collect it." well, then what? - The Story of Plastic 00:05
You should collect it." well, then what?
We have to pay to sort it, we have to pay to process it, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
We have to pay to sort it, we have to pay to process it...
Once we said we would accept it - The Story of Plastic 00:08
Once we said we would accept it