Another great video! I love it when you talk logic. So many people are about the "feels good" talk but recycling is about facts, not about "feels good". Love!
We really needed this video. Thank you! I wrote my Bachelor thesis about bioplastics (especially PLA) in marine environments and was so shocked about the greenwashing going on with bioplastics. I hope that we will stop being so unaware of the negative sides of non-compost-degradable bioplastics, as we are right now. There has already been a study that showed that PLA in form of microplastic particles harms blue mussels. ._.
Trash bags made of bioplastics are quite popular, atleast where I live. People who buy this have a good intention of course, but is is sad that this product will only end up in the landfill and NOT biodegrade like many imagine it would. Thanks for being one of those people who increase awareness about these products! 😀 Edit: Btw, what were the 2 compostable plastics that you could compost in your indoor compost? I was surprised to hear that!
I am using the biodegradable bags just for the compost. Plastic is taken with a bag that is given to us, paper does go into the container without anything and I don't have any other rubbish.
Hey, great video! 👋🏻 I was just wondering if you could maybe do a video on sustainable options for art supplies/ drawing/ writing implements? What is the best options.
I think bioplastics are great IF you have curbside compost pickup in your municipality. So places like the City of Ottawa in Canada. So if we established a system of compost curbside pickup and all bioplastics were 100% plant fibers then I think it could work. To be honest the entire way cities handle waste needs to be completely revamped. Like waste management needs a Queer Eye level makeover.
SO interesting and SUCH a good video as always girl!! 🌿🌍✌🏻 Happy Earth Day from the UK and keep the education coming... I really appreciate these videos and they really help me in my own #plasticfree studies ❤ x
It’s so bad that these items give people the feeling that they’re doing right, whereas when the ‘green’ option would not be there, people would maybe use less disposables at all. So this actually contributes to the problem
Yay! I love this video series it is SO HELPFUL!!! Thanks for sharing :) Question: you mentioned mixed material. I have some dog-poop bags made out of 100% corn starch...will these degrade naturally do you think? Are they better than the mixed material? I'm actually trying to home compost an empty bag right now to test this theory (and making a video on it as well).
I have used compostable poop bags, which are very thick and high quality. I do not compost dog poop at home though and throw it in the trash to go to the landfill, where it probably won’t compost. For that reason, I save bread and tortilla bags to use as poop bags for walks. I use a scooper in the yard and throw the poop in a bucket with a lid. When I take out my kitchen trash, I empty the poop bucket into it.
I love this video so much, I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched it now. But each time I still pick up more info from it. I’m looking to start a bit of a crafting business (and will be using as many reused and eco friendly materials as possible). Every time I get online to look up different options from using recycled paper and cardboard to compostable/bio plastic shipping envelopes and cellulose individual packaging but I still have so many questions about the impact that it will have and if it’s the best option. I would love a follow up on this video and see what the best options are for small business owners
They've made bioplastics out of seashells and underwater plant life. I think this is a great alternative to conventional petroleum based plastics and also the plant based ones that require a lot of land and resources (in the way that factory farming does). The underwater ones would also be carbon neutral because the plants would absorb greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere.
Yeah, I was going to take my bio plastic cutlery and see how long it took to decompose in my compost bin. Then I found out they are not compostable at all. Not even recyclable. I was soooooooo bummed. I wanted so much to do the video. Im passing the word. I will also pass the word to the person at work who is buying these for our cafeteria. Good thought but no go. I'll have to educate them. I'll send them a link to this video. Keep up the good work. What I want to see is no one be able to produce unless they can provide a full recycle program for end of life of a material and also 100% organic and compostable. Not just biodegradable. A term I learned that is not green at all. Plastic degrades into more bits of plastic and ever smaller bits of plastic. Yuck.
My mother and my brother came back from the supermarket they brought biodegradable trash bags so they trying to impress me and my reaction was oh god😂😿
Har kigget på din liste over bæredygtig mode, og særligt på fodtøjet, men der er ikke nogen sandaler, så vidt jeg kan se. Har du nogle anbefalinger af bæredygtige sandaler? Eller bør jeg satse på genbrug? Er egentligt blevet rådet til at forsøge at holde mig fra genbrugte sko, fordi jeg har elendige fødder 😭
I love your video's and I think the information you share is highly important but - and this is a strong BUT - you have some inaccuracies. The source of a material doesn't actually decide if a material will compost or not (Also information available in the European Bioplastics website) Compostable Plastics There are bio-plastics that are compostable (like PLA, PHS, PBS) There are fossil based materials that are compostable as well (like PBAT and PCL) >>> These materials have the ability to both disintegrate and be digested by bacteria and microorganisms. They will not remain as microplastics due to molecular structure of the polymer. Will they compost in a Home compost or an Industrial compost? Again, not connected to the source but rather the format of the bag (thickness of the material, quantity used and so on). >>> Compostable is a highly regulated definition with international standards and certificates that conduct all the relevant testing to insure that a product will in fact compost without leaving any harmful residue. These certificates may also specify if a product is suitable for a home compost or an industrial compost - So the best way to insure that you are choosing the right product is not to ask what is it made from but rather what is it certified for. Conventional plastics In terms of conventional plastics, there can also be from bio-plastic materials such as PET or PPT however, these materials while being sourced from plants are still not compostable since they are not structured to decompose. Microplastics / Oxo degradable Is a definitions that refers to materials from conventional plastics only. Since these raw materials are not designed to be compostable, when the brake down (via an additive of some sort) they will leave microplastics since the small particles are not digested by Bacteria. This has nothing to do with compostable materials and the certificates for compostable test this as well. Biodegredable This is a definition that is not entirely regulated. The definition means that a product will biodegrade in a reasonable amount of time - Reasonable being very open to interpretation. Many companies put the statement bio-degradable on conventional plastics or oxo-degradable plastics which leave microplastics. This is one of the things that causes great confusion in the industry. If you are still unsure, I would love to send you a pack with a wide range of compostable packaging (certified for both home and industrial compost) which are made from combinations of plant-based and fossil-based materials. Try and test for yourself in your home compost. These packages are certified by TUV Austria and align with international standards. Other than that - I truly agree with you. The entire chain of supply has to change and infrastructure for organic waste has to be more common not just for compostable packaging but for our entire food waste stream that can be utilized for good rather than harming the environment in landfills. Best regardes Avishag Seligman (avishag@tipa-corp.com) Marketing Manager TIPA Compostable Packaging
Stoked about you applying universal access. Subtitles are hard I did it for a living for RUclips videos specifically normally you can turn auto captions but they're wrong so youd have to copy and paste or hand type so if its on your blog you just go into editing and do manual caption scripts and can probably paste them in.
Gittemary, hi! I heard that petroleum-based plastic is added only to corn bioplastics, but not to sugar polylactide. If so, maybe the future for polylactide without petroleum-based plastic? (if we learn to compost it)?
Good day Ms , it's Great idea n speach on biodegradable plastic , I'm currently trying to do my biodegradable plastic , but at the moment I'm watching few video on how it's made of ( Bioplastic ) , but not all the ingredients are clear view , so is there any tips that I can get from Ms regarding how to make a bioplastic n the ingredients as well , hope I also can safe the world , And thank you once again Ms for your video & I hope more video on bioplastic from your website .
I just try to be without any plastic as much as possible! The basics i already have and use, so i have my own water bottle, my own coffee cup and everything butt sadly we dont have any bulk stores and almost everything is wraped in plastic.. I do have a natural deodarant and natural shampoo (shampoo bar) and there are other small things that I do but sadly not completely without plastic
I don't have any real bulk stores near me either, but I now use laundry strips, solid laundry stain stick and a solid dish soap (Love them all) and tooth tabs; all of which come either package free or in truly compostable packaging.
@@norellweiner3341 thats great! I also have a solid soap that I use but toothtaps are not available anywhere here in a actual store. I could order them online but they are so expensive.. and I am only a student with student loan so cant afford that
Recycling is a huge problem and some think it could be labeled as green washing. Almost all of the plastic and even some paper products are not recyclable. From what I hear from Eco minimalists they think the easiest things to recycle is glass and aluminium which I agree with if done properly but I wonder too how much that recycling process is regulated to be reused. Each piece of plastic such as a water bottle and a plastic cling wrap on vegetables have a different plastic-chemical makeup so only a VERY few pieces of plastic are actually reused, and even if reused, the process to re break down the plastic is polluting. sighhhhhhh. I watched several plastic documentary's that caused me to be skeptical over the plastic industry, one of them was "a plastic ocean" and it changed my view on using single use product. Reusable bags and the bulk section is my friend. Companies that are not yet zero waste is a huge problem. I wonder if the 100% plant plastics could replace hospital equipment .hm. I was always curious about bio plastics and my questions are now coming to a light, plant plastics mixed with regular plastic is huge in green washing, I feel a lot of places have bio plastic and recycling bins just to make the consumer happy when it most likely will just go to regular trash and then a landfill, the only way to properly use a 100% bio plastic bag is to compost it yourself. This is such a great conversation to question and I want to continue to learn more. You are amazing, thanks again for this video.
I love this video so much, I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched it now. But each time I still pick up more info from it. I’m looking to start a bit of a crafting business (and will be using as many reused and eco friendly materials as possible). Every time I get online to look up different options from using recycled paper and cardboard to compostable/bio plastic shipping envelopes and cellulose individual packaging but I still have so many questions about the impact that it will have and if it’s the best option. I would love a follow up on this video and see what the best options are for small business owners
You come up with so many amazing topics about sustainability and eco friendly. I love these series ❤️
They're so well put together in feel like I'm listening to a science report. She does a great job.
Another great video! I love it when you talk logic. So many people are about the "feels good" talk but recycling is about facts, not about "feels good". Love!
We really needed this video. Thank you! I wrote my Bachelor thesis about bioplastics (especially PLA) in marine environments and was so shocked about the greenwashing going on with bioplastics.
I hope that we will stop being so unaware of the negative sides of non-compost-degradable bioplastics, as we are right now. There has already been a study that showed that PLA in form of microplastic particles harms blue mussels. ._.
Trash bags made of bioplastics are quite popular, atleast where I live. People who buy this have a good intention of course, but is is sad that this product will only end up in the landfill and NOT biodegrade like many imagine it would. Thanks for being one of those people who increase awareness about these products! 😀
Edit: Btw, what were the 2 compostable plastics that you could compost in your indoor compost? I was surprised to hear that!
Quest For Eco the bags from my Vegums vitamins 💚🌿
I am using the biodegradable bags just for the compost. Plastic is taken with a bag that is given to us, paper does go into the container without anything and I don't have any other rubbish.
"No use to have a compostable without a compost" YASS! SCREAM IT OUT
Hey, great video! 👋🏻 I was just wondering if you could maybe do a video on sustainable options for art supplies/ drawing/ writing implements? What is the best options.
I love you and your videos so much! You're so informative and positive, it makes me excited to be more zero waste!
I think bioplastics are great IF you have curbside compost pickup in your municipality. So places like the City of Ottawa in Canada. So if we established a system of compost curbside pickup and all bioplastics were 100% plant fibers then I think it could work. To be honest the entire way cities handle waste needs to be completely revamped. Like waste management needs a Queer Eye level makeover.
I love this "a queer eye make over" is 120% what the recycling system needs, let's watch Bobby tear that shit apart and rebuild it from scratch.
Love this series! It could be interesting to see some episodes of for example soy production, leather, fur, mica etc :-)
The automated English subtitles aren’t too bad... it does get a few things mixed up but makes sense for the most part.
And the fact that Gitte speaks like a native English speaker is a huge bonus
I've noticed that the subtitles don't always recognize her accent and puts silly words in place of them sometimes lol
I get so excited when I see cardboard packaging instead of plastic.
SO interesting and SUCH a good video as always girl!! 🌿🌍✌🏻 Happy Earth Day from the UK and keep the education coming... I really appreciate these videos and they really help me in my own #plasticfree studies ❤ x
It’s so bad that these items give people the feeling that they’re doing right, whereas when the ‘green’ option would not be there, people would maybe use less disposables at all. So this actually contributes to the problem
Thank you so much for making a video on this, I really how more people understand this!
Yay! I love this video series it is SO HELPFUL!!! Thanks for sharing :)
Question: you mentioned mixed material. I have some dog-poop bags made out of 100% corn starch...will these degrade naturally do you think? Are they better than the mixed material? I'm actually trying to home compost an empty bag right now to test this theory (and making a video on it as well).
I have used compostable poop bags, which are very thick and high quality. I do not compost dog poop at home though and throw it in the trash to go to the landfill, where it probably won’t compost. For that reason, I save bread and tortilla bags to use as poop bags for walks. I use a scooper in the yard and throw the poop in a bucket with a lid. When I take out my kitchen trash, I empty the poop bucket into it.
I love this video so much, I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched it now. But each time I still pick up more info from it. I’m looking to start a bit of a crafting business (and will be using as many reused and eco friendly materials as possible). Every time I get online to look up different options from using recycled paper and cardboard to compostable/bio plastic shipping envelopes and cellulose individual packaging but I still have so many questions about the impact that it will have and if it’s the best option. I would love a follow up on this video and see what the best options are for small business owners
In Korea, they recycle the thin vinyl plastics. But I wonder how they do it, and if it's actually recycled?
They've made bioplastics out of seashells and underwater plant life. I think this is a great alternative to conventional petroleum based plastics and also the plant based ones that require a lot of land and resources (in the way that factory farming does). The underwater ones would also be carbon neutral because the plants would absorb greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere.
I love this series! Always so informative! Love your content!
Thank you for teaching me the truth behind bioplastics :-)
I love these videos!!! thank you so much for teaching us these things!!!
I feel like legally the industry has to specify on the package the type of bio plastic it is. Like 100% or 50% or 25% etc
Yeah, I was going to take my bio plastic cutlery and see how long it took to decompose in my compost bin. Then I found out they are not compostable at all. Not even recyclable. I was soooooooo bummed. I wanted so much to do the video. Im passing the word. I will also pass the word to the person at work who is buying these for our cafeteria. Good thought but no go. I'll have to educate them. I'll send them a link to this video. Keep up the good work. What I want to see is no one be able to produce unless they can provide a full recycle program for end of life of a material and also 100% organic and compostable. Not just biodegradable. A term I learned that is not green at all. Plastic degrades into more bits of plastic and ever smaller bits of plastic. Yuck.
My mother and my brother came back from the supermarket they brought biodegradable trash bags so they trying to impress me and my reaction was oh god😂😿
Right, I’m going to look for garbage bags made of recycled plastic
Def..I'll think abt this...we should make changes..and we can..thanks for making these kind of videos..continue making them!!
Har kigget på din liste over bæredygtig mode, og særligt på fodtøjet, men der er ikke nogen sandaler, så vidt jeg kan se. Har du nogle anbefalinger af bæredygtige sandaler? Eller bør jeg satse på genbrug? Er egentligt blevet rådet til at forsøge at holde mig fra genbrugte sko, fordi jeg har elendige fødder 😭
Hello gittemari, thanks for sharing all this information 🙏 would you be able to share the companies that produce the bioplastic items? Thanks
I love your video's and I think the information you share is highly important but - and this is a strong BUT - you have some inaccuracies. The source of a material doesn't actually decide if a material will compost or not (Also information available in the European Bioplastics website)
Compostable Plastics
There are bio-plastics that are compostable (like PLA, PHS, PBS)
There are fossil based materials that are compostable as well (like PBAT and PCL)
>>> These materials have the ability to both disintegrate and be digested by bacteria and microorganisms. They will not remain as microplastics due to molecular structure of the polymer.
Will they compost in a Home compost or an Industrial compost? Again, not connected to the source but rather the format of the bag (thickness of the material, quantity used and so on).
>>> Compostable is a highly regulated definition with international standards and certificates that conduct all the relevant testing to insure that a product will in fact compost without leaving any harmful residue. These certificates may also specify if a product is suitable for a home compost or an industrial compost - So the best way to insure that you are choosing the right product is not to ask what is it made from but rather what is it certified for.
Conventional plastics
In terms of conventional plastics, there can also be from bio-plastic materials such as PET or PPT however, these materials while being sourced from plants are still not compostable since they are not structured to decompose.
Microplastics / Oxo degradable
Is a definitions that refers to materials from conventional plastics only. Since these raw materials are not designed to be compostable, when the brake down (via an additive of some sort) they will leave microplastics since the small particles are not digested by Bacteria. This has nothing to do with compostable materials and the certificates for compostable test this as well.
Biodegredable
This is a definition that is not entirely regulated. The definition means that a product will biodegrade in a reasonable amount of time - Reasonable being very open to interpretation.
Many companies put the statement bio-degradable on conventional plastics or oxo-degradable plastics which leave microplastics. This is one of the things that causes great confusion in the industry.
If you are still unsure, I would love to send you a pack with a wide range of compostable packaging (certified for both home and industrial compost) which are made from combinations of plant-based and fossil-based materials. Try and test for yourself in your home compost.
These packages are certified by TUV Austria and align with international standards.
Other than that - I truly agree with you. The entire chain of supply has to change and infrastructure for organic waste has to be more common not just for compostable packaging but for our entire food waste stream that can be utilized for good rather than harming the environment in landfills.
Best regardes
Avishag Seligman (avishag@tipa-corp.com)
Marketing Manager
TIPA Compostable Packaging
do you know of any home compostable bubble wraps?
Amazing video, as usual!
I would love to be able to read the same sources you used for this video! Thank you for doing research and sharing with us!!
Ah, I always do that, I simply forgot to add it to the description, pardon! My sources are in the description now :)!
@@Gittemary woohoo! Thank you!! 💚
thank you so much for the script!
Stoked about you applying universal access. Subtitles are hard I did it for a living for RUclips videos specifically normally you can turn auto captions but they're wrong so youd have to copy and paste or hand type so if its on your blog you just go into editing and do manual caption scripts and can probably paste them in.
I make glitter by crushing mother of pearl or other iridescent shells. theyre in abundance
Gittemary, hi! I heard that petroleum-based plastic is added only to corn bioplastics, but not to sugar polylactide. If so, maybe the future for polylactide without petroleum-based plastic? (if we learn to compost it)?
Do you know Urtektam products? If yes, what do you think about them ?
Good day Ms , it's Great idea n speach on biodegradable plastic , I'm currently trying to do my biodegradable plastic , but at the moment I'm watching few video on how it's made of ( Bioplastic ) , but not all the ingredients are clear view , so is there any tips that I can get from Ms regarding how to make a bioplastic n the ingredients as well , hope I also can safe the world ,
And thank you once again Ms for your video & I hope more video on bioplastic from your website .
I just try to be without any plastic as much as possible! The basics i already have and use, so i have my own water bottle, my own coffee cup and everything butt sadly we dont have any bulk stores and almost everything is wraped in plastic.. I do have a natural deodarant and natural shampoo (shampoo bar) and there are other small things that I do but sadly not completely without plastic
I don't have any real bulk stores near me either, but I now use laundry strips, solid laundry stain stick and a solid dish soap (Love them all) and tooth tabs; all of which come either package free or in truly compostable packaging.
@@norellweiner3341 thats great! I also have a solid soap that I use but toothtaps are not available anywhere here in a actual store. I could order them online but they are so expensive.. and I am only a student with student loan so cant afford that
Great content, thank you!
Recycling is a huge problem and some think it could be labeled as green washing. Almost all of the plastic and even some paper products are not recyclable. From what I hear from Eco minimalists they think the easiest things to recycle is glass and aluminium which I agree with if done properly but I wonder too how much that recycling process is regulated to be reused. Each piece of plastic such as a water bottle and a plastic cling wrap on vegetables have a different plastic-chemical makeup so only a VERY few pieces of plastic are actually reused, and even if reused, the process to re break down the plastic is polluting. sighhhhhhh. I watched several plastic documentary's that caused me to be skeptical over the plastic industry, one of them was "a plastic ocean" and it changed my view on using single use product. Reusable bags and the bulk section is my friend. Companies that are not yet zero waste is a huge problem. I wonder if the 100% plant plastics could replace hospital equipment .hm. I was always curious about bio plastics and my questions are now coming to a light, plant plastics mixed with regular plastic is huge in green washing, I feel a lot of places have bio plastic and recycling bins just to make the consumer happy when it most likely will just go to regular trash and then a landfill, the only way to properly use a 100% bio plastic bag is to compost it yourself. This is such a great conversation to question and I want to continue to learn more. You are amazing, thanks again for this video.
Thank you ❤️!!
What do you study in university??
Er det også de regler vi har i Danmark?
Pernille Glad jep ✌🏼🌿
Yey!
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I waited the whole video....not a single dragon
I have never understand this bioplastic! Who have the possible to recycle them even - where are these industral composts? 🥴
I love this video so much, I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched it now. But each time I still pick up more info from it. I’m looking to start a bit of a crafting business (and will be using as many reused and eco friendly materials as possible). Every time I get online to look up different options from using recycled paper and cardboard to compostable/bio plastic shipping envelopes and cellulose individual packaging but I still have so many questions about the impact that it will have and if it’s the best option. I would love a follow up on this video and see what the best options are for small business owners