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Bourque: When you sort this stuff out
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The Story of Plastic

When you sort this stuff out, The next thing then is to take those sorted materials And...

Bourque: When you sort this stuff out, The next thing then is to take those sorted materials And chip it up into a little quarter-size flake, Is what they call it, and then wash it

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Bourque: When you sort this stuff out,
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The next thing then is to take those sorted materials
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And chip it up into a little quarter-size flake,
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Is what they call it, and then wash it.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:47
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.
Is that just getting dumped into somebody else's drinking water - The Story of Plastic 00:12
Is that just getting dumped into somebody else's drink...
Because the next thing you do is you take that flake - The Story of Plastic 00:12
Because the next thing you do is you take that flake
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