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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024
  • Humans have a huge waste problem. We dump 2 billion tons of trash every year. In response, businesses are profiting off inventive ways to reuse it or prevent it in the first place. From turning tough-to-recycle plastic bottles into beautiful fabrics to mining for gold in thrown-out computers, here are 10 stories about people trying to solve the worldwide waste problem.
    00:29 - How 1.5 Million Plastic Bottles Are Turned Into Clothing Every Day
    18:35 - Can Bamboo Replace Paper And Plastic? And Should It?
    30:06 - How Scrappers Cash In On Gold From Your Old Computer
    43:00 - Can "Golden Fiber" From Swamp Reeds Replace Plastic?
    55:26 - How Indians Handle Millions Of Tons Of Temple Offerings
    01:10:35 - How Nespresso & Keurig Spend Millions Trying To Solve Coffee Pod Waste
    01:26:04 - How Biodegradable Coolers Are Made Out Of Coconut Waste
    01:35:42 - Why Are Chip Bags So Hard To Recycle?
    01:52:45 - How Bad Is The Wind Turbine Trash Problem? And Can We Solve It?
    02:05:11 - How Three Siblings Turned 2,000 Tons Of River Trash Into Sandals And Furniture
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  • @DanH-u3f
    @DanH-u3f Месяц назад +31

    Ban all single use plastic around the world.

    • @dousuketoby1731
      @dousuketoby1731 26 дней назад +1

      Doesn't work how you think it will. The plastic will be there in copies amounts whether you like it, want it or not

  • @ariestarz
    @ariestarz Месяц назад +16

    i was curious about the process for turning bottles into fabric, my friend has a plush from the monterey bay aquarium gift shop and its so soft and is 100% recycled as it says on the tag

  • @SockFestLove
    @SockFestLove Месяц назад +13

    I love how resiliant people can be when they want to ❤

  • @Luminousplayer
    @Luminousplayer 28 дней назад +5

    I havent met anyone that would willingly wear polyester over cotton

    • @motiemo
      @motiemo 15 дней назад

      You don't know any marathon runners then

  • @josecr9ify
    @josecr9ify Месяц назад +7

    H&M throws away their clothing instead of donating them. They are the ones that waste the most.

    • @dcorgard
      @dcorgard 24 дня назад

      Capitalism at it's finest - fast fashion is disgusting. I still have clothes from 20 years agp, and can count on my hands and feet all the clothes I've purchased over that entire time.
      One of the worst things in the US is they throw away A LOT of good food and soak it in bleach so people can't eat it...
      Something like 95% of everything one sees in a department store will be in a landfill within 5 years...
      I foresee the future mining our landfills as goldmines of resources.

  • @Valerianoo11
    @Valerianoo11 Месяц назад +7

    How long before plastic fills these workers lungs

  • @dcorgard
    @dcorgard 24 дня назад +2

    Hemp is highly likely better than recycled paper... not sure why it isn't used even more than it is.

  • @sharonshade4437
    @sharonshade4437 Месяц назад +8

    I just bought new carpet composed of recycled plastic bottles. It is supposedly fairly pet and stain resistant. Yay!

    • @kawaiipurplesaphire6163
      @kawaiipurplesaphire6163 Месяц назад +4

      It just adds more microplastics into your body you're body takes in 1 credit card of microplastics a week

    • @alxvrdhn
      @alxvrdhn Месяц назад

      that's what i thought

  • @Jordaboski
    @Jordaboski Месяц назад +2

    I wish everything was made with paper, glass, ceramic, metal, wood, an other organic materials. I strive to only buy those materials. Plastic has a ton of health problems and its in everything. It also makes everything feel cheaply made.

    • @motiemo
      @motiemo 15 дней назад

      I try as well, but I have babies and everything baby related is plastic

    • @Jordaboski
      @Jordaboski 12 дней назад

      @@motiemo You can buy containers in metal or glass (silicon protectors), nonsolid food and drink can be made through a blender/juicer, maybe there is a diy natural breastmilk, the clothes can be cotton, the diapers can be cloth, the toothpaste can be floride free (Toms), the water can be 99% purified (Alexapure). We do all of this with very little sacrifice to modern conveniences.

  • @TheCaptainLulz
    @TheCaptainLulz Месяц назад +4

    30:00 - I do that work, the plastic is garbage, along with glass and ceramic, and it costs money to get rid of. Id love a better way for those, but all I can do now is dump it. The rest has value and I get paid a little to recycle them.

  • @maxineclark6674
    @maxineclark6674 День назад

    Wow it's good to see other countries around the world are finally cleaning up mother Earth I'm making out on five minute much better and what are already IS . 🌍✅♻️. From Perth Australia 🐨🇭🇲.

  • @fuqupaymi238
    @fuqupaymi238 Месяц назад +2

    🤯👍🏾 this is phenomenal!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @dcorgard
    @dcorgard 24 дня назад

    If they stopped mixing fibers so much we could recycle much more...

  • @bonganimngcobo6146
    @bonganimngcobo6146 Месяц назад

    Polyester clothing is good until you catch fire 🔥

  • @DangerDave-e7u
    @DangerDave-e7u Месяц назад

    Do a super cut for electric cars. Please.

  • @kathyputman5160
    @kathyputman5160 Месяц назад

    Fortuna perhaps Jute material will work in place of plastic. Just a thought.

  • @CodyTorres-s5c
    @CodyTorres-s5c 5 дней назад

    Awe 1:10:16 that's sad

  • @Railfan513
    @Railfan513 Месяц назад

    0:50 wow 😮

  • @rogelioortiz8802
    @rogelioortiz8802 Месяц назад

    So where do they put there chemicals

  • @BritReadsBritAuthors
    @BritReadsBritAuthors Месяц назад +2

    So many of these businesses need to contact other ones on this video; could that jute 'plastic' work to replace the liner in the Fortuna Cool 'Nutshell' cooler-bags? Those wind-turbine fillets look like they could be pianos or raised garden-beds.

  • @AnnaConner-j4k
    @AnnaConner-j4k Месяц назад +1

    Your videos are a shining example of how to make quality and interesting content. Thank you for your talent and effort!🐛🗻🚘

  • @DSR12345
    @DSR12345 Месяц назад

    Why use toilet paper when you can use water jet.

  • @Blue.star1
    @Blue.star1 Месяц назад

    This video is misguiding, plastics are good for environment . Bio products generate gases ...

    • @snarkfromhl
      @snarkfromhl 28 дней назад +1

      And asbestos helps fight against lung cancer

  • @dune5436
    @dune5436 Месяц назад

    too bad the recycled clothes tend to be hideous

    • @dune5436
      @dune5436 Месяц назад

      or feel terrible, dont stretch, and shrink in the wash

  • @franciscopadilla1878
    @franciscopadilla1878 27 дней назад

    Polyester and the garment to garment machine were my inventions.

  • @broskyification
    @broskyification 18 дней назад

    No time stamps no watchy

  • @katieentity8895
    @katieentity8895 Месяц назад

    What on earth is this narration??? AI content!!! Unsubbed

  • @kentvaske5213
    @kentvaske5213 Месяц назад +1

    I hate to state the obvious but seems like a lot of man hours and energy to recycle. I bet it would be cheaper and better for the environment just to throw it all away

    • @newolde1
      @newolde1 Месяц назад +1

      It all depends on what materials were talking about here. It also depends on how you calculate the impact and costs. Are we talking about the lifespan of the materials, and the extended impacts on the environment, or just your lifespan?
      Ultimately, it would be cheapest and best for the environment if we just minimize the usage of these materials as much as humanly possible.
      Then there is an approach called "Cradle to Cradle" go look it up.

    • @soundsoflife9549
      @soundsoflife9549 Месяц назад

      It will all come down to economics: Today's rubbish tips will be tomorrows mines.

    • @newolde1
      @newolde1 Месяц назад

      @@soundsoflife9549 that is hopeful imagery. But it is also a logic trap in the sense that it enables people to continue mindlessly producing and consuming. Reducing overall waste generation is the key, not recycling.
      And, currently in the world there is so much garbage that never even makes it to a proper landfill and is accumulating in the land, rivers and oceans, causing much damage. And it is extremely hard to retrieve. So even if we ever do actually begin reusing/recycling waste in earnest, this is still going to be a major issue as the economics of it are unlikely to change. And, the way things are going, it will likely take many generations until the economics of pulling waste out of proper landfills to recycle it will make sense as well. And the amount of materials that will be viable to recycle is an unknown.
      So overall it's a pretty bad bet at this point tbh. Sorry to burst your bubble.

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ 28 дней назад

      Okay, so now you have millions of people unemployed because you took away recycling, what next?

    • @SuperFacecloth
      @SuperFacecloth 8 дней назад

      You don't even understand the words that you are saying.

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    • @dune5436
      @dune5436 Месяц назад

      no

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