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Because the next thing you do is you take that flake
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The Story of Plastic

Because the next thing you do is you take that flake And you melt it down And extrude it...

Because the next thing you do is you take that flake And you melt it down And extrude it out
into these long spaghetti chains And then you chop those up into little pellets or nurdles

Full Transcript

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Because the next thing you do is you take that flake
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And you melt it down
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And extrude it out into these long spaghetti chains
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And then you chop those up into little pellets or nurdles.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:22
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.
And when you melt it, a lot of these plastics - The Story of Plastic 00:09
And when you melt it, a lot of these plastics
The problem is that there is no place for this stuff to go. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
The problem is that there is no place for this stuff to g...
The most difficult part of waste sorting is done - The Story of Plastic 00:08
The most difficult part of waste sorting is done
And they also get the least benefit from the system. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
And they also get the least benefit from the system.
If they were not there, the entire recycling pyramid - The Story of Plastic 00:06
If they were not there, the entire recycling pyramid
If we go back 16, 17 years, - The Story of Plastic 00:06
If we go back 16, 17 years,
It was mostly metal, iron, aluminum. - The Story of Plastic 00:04
It was mostly metal, iron, aluminum.
Now they are doing - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Now they are doing
We had double digits in asia pacific, - The Story of Plastic 00:06
We had double digits in asia pacific,
But it's because you've got a growing economy - The Story of Plastic 00:05
But it's because you've got a growing economy
People are moving from fresh foods - The Story of Plastic 00:06
People are moving from fresh foods
Things like fast foods packaged food, processed foods, - The Story of Plastic 00:10
Things like fast foods packaged food, processed foods,
India is a place where people naturally reuse things, - The Story of Plastic 00:12
India is a place where people naturally reuse things,
That sense of thrift, that sense of carefulness, - The Story of Plastic 00:09
That sense of thrift, that sense of carefulness,
The industry likes to talk about all the advanced products - The Story of Plastic 00:08
The industry likes to talk about all the advanced produc...
Narrator: From heart valves to helmets, - The Story of Plastic 00:07
Narrator: From heart valves to helmets,
But what makes up the bulk of demand for plastic right now - The Story of Plastic 00:07
But what makes up the bulk of demand for plastic right n...
Pieces of plastic that will get used once - The Story of Plastic 00:09
Pieces of plastic that will get used once
For example, one rupee sachet for a shampoo, - The Story of Plastic 00:09
For example, one rupee sachet for a shampoo,
They want them essentially to capture - The Story of Plastic 00:10
They want them essentially to capture