How To Replace Plastic With Avocados, Algae, Mushrooms And Sugarcane | World Wide Waste

From flip-flops made from algae, to plates made from pineapple scraps, join us as we explore how people are replacing plastic to cut down on worldwide waste.
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Avocado Bioplastic
03:39 Sugarcane Plates
09:15 Pineapple Plates
13:14 Flip Flop Art
16:30 Mushroom
20:26 Algae Bloom
28:10 Credits
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How To Replace Plastic With Avocados, Algae, Mushrooms And Sugarcane | World Wide Waste

[@BusinessInsider]

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[@Ryan_MAN100]

No comments, seriously..

[@kger4643]

This is like 5 old videos mixed together with a new voice over

[@oceanside88]

And???

[@mrMacGoover]

I definitely watched this a few years back and seen all those same companies.

[@anmol6253]

really?? do you have the source for old videos?

[@amimiami82]

@@anmol6253 look each one individually urself. I've seen 2 of them already 100%. The only thing added was the introduction before the start of the next video

[@kger4643]

@@oceanside88 and.. don't waste your time?

[@MindinViolet]

A few decades ago, plastic was virtually unheard of. Today, we can’t work out out how to get rid of it.

[@fortunateson2]

Right? Like we can't go back to glass and aluminum.

[@telamenais4409]

Plastic is a byproduct of oil refineries, so as long as we are dependent on oil for power plastic ain’t going nowhere

[@randomguy2807]

we very much can, its just more expensive

[@awog4203]

Not a few decades… You mean over half a century right? You sound pretty old lol

[@kimberly5701]

Do you know you can earn online ? I have benefited from it for the past two years , thou I got scammed before meeting the right account manager Mrs Katelyn Ejmont who manage my account and made good profits for me ☺️😊

[@thoomin1926]

The US can for sure use avocado pits and other natural products to imitate plastic for utensil use. Yet not a single major fast food joint or food spot is setting the trend yet. And the EU has been on this stuff successfully.

[@fynkozari9271]

My country already banned plastic containers in 2017.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Do you know how many avocado plants you need to replace plastic?

[@Mao_tse_tung]

Do you kno how much water avocados need to grow? It’s not a sustainable thing in the climate they need to grow as well.

[@georgewashington2036]

Avocados don’t grow in the US dummy.

[@real_smilegamez]

@@mcmarkmarkson7115 They use the waste of avocados, like the pit that nobody uses and the "shell"(forgot the name). Meaning every part of the avocado could be used

[@CyclingM1867]

I love this! I'm all for this sort of thing, especially using what remains of sugarcane being used for meal trays. I also love that the man refused to bleach the meal trays and that he actually pays his employees a living wage. Quite a good man there! The pineapple scraps as well, with the products having seeds in them so that people can also grow new plants from these biodegradable items. Is this sort of thing being done here in North America, or available here? Just wondering.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

True the sugarcane stuff was very interesting and seems like a great boss

[@Dell-ol6hb]

True the sugarcane stuff was very interesting and seems like a great boss

[@kimberly5701]

Do you know you can earn online ? I have benefited from it for the past two years , thou I got scammed before meeting the right account manager Mrs Katelyn Ejmont who manage my account and made good profits for me ☺️😊

[@mariannacorreia3496]

You'll find it easier to buy these things in the US, India and China than in other countries, I think

[@CyclingM1867]

@@mariannacorreia3496 I agree, although I did find some of these things available to ship to Canada, although the cost isn't cheap.

[@ozzyg82]

In this day and age it’s the folks like this who strive to save our planet who are the real superheroes.

[@XMooseManX]

Like bill gates, Obama, Al gore and the rest of those rich politicians telling you what to do to save the world from the inside of their private jets and beachfront properties that those same people told us would be under water years ago? My heroes. Plastics suck but carbon is what you and I are made of and all that carbon wasn’t always in the dirt. Carbon emissions are the biggest joke since the war on terror.

[@HomerSimpson2121]

Truly amazing how well preserved that surgical glove is considering it was just inside a fish! No slime or anything on it. If I’d known how clean an item can be kept in a fish’s stomach I would keep my socks in fish instead of drawers!

[@Houston583]

Appreciated ! Write me using the digit added to my name okay

[@priscillajimenez27]

🤔

[@HomerSimpson2121]

@@priscillajimenez27 you think that dish actually swallowed that glove and died? Look how clean and new it looks. It’s obvious they shoved it in a dead fish’s mouth and pulled it out for effect

[@GrumpyGremlin.]

@@HomerSimpson2121 😂 Rofl, wasn't prepared for this kinda of comment.

[@GrumpyGremlin.]

@@elalith3493 Could be, I'm not denying that. Media has done way more nastier tricks to get good shots and sellable content.

[@bigbimbo8220]

I think hemp is the future. It grows really fast and you can use the entire plant to make sort of a fiberglass material that is 10x stronger than steel.

[@terramater]

There's still hope! It's crucial to see that we have alternatives to replace plastic. Still, we also need to be aware that these alternatives are clean. Our crew filmed a project that intends to solve our water issue. The idea is to turn seawater into fresh water in a clean way. The project is still under construction, but we are curious to see if it turns out to really work.

[@El_Pollo_Loco]

I really wished that this was possible, but its not. We are humans. We are ment to destroy ourselfs. Its our nature, if you believe it or not. Just because you can convince 1% of the population to live a sustainable life doesnt mean the rest is gonna follow or even accept this. And to be honest: We deserve to be gone. Let me guess: Very pessimistic. Tell me something we didnt know. By the way: Lets just look forward and see the future ;)

[@amparocarvajal7759]

I wonder why they arent using cardboard yet

[@maecarpenter6735]

It's called desalination and is already used in some areas of the world.

[@DB-me7ol]

@@maecarpenter6735 ‘in a clean way’. Most desalination projects aren’t clean. I heard some plants just release concentrated brine solutions that are very harmful to marine life.

[@Sagesat]

HEMP HEMP HEMP HEMP HEMP HEMP HEMP

[@saf9236]

"The average person uses 75 foam coffee cups a year" i haven't seen a foam cup in years

[@GYI5U]

People who use foam cups probably wouldn't be watching videos about recycling waste

[@jacquescousteau4592]

Haven't used one ever :)

[@somethingsomething9753]

they're banned in some developed countries but are still the norm across most of the world

[@dokusha519]

In México there are plenty of those Even though I haven't used one because I don't buy drinks or do parties

[@blueorganics8504]

So you never had a foam cup at fast good spot or entertainment event

[@3coins.]

We need all of these ideas and more. We have mountains of plastics.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Guess what. You're still going to have mountains of plastics if they simply change where the raw materials come from. Making them from avocados instead of petroleum doesn't change that.

[@nannerz1994]

Putting them in a compilation as if we don't binge them lol

[@Houston583]

Appreciated ! Write me using the digit added to my name okay

[@gerry343]

The sequences of waste plastic in the environment are really depressing, but I'm glad some companies are working to reduce our dependence on plastic.

[@erikhoryza9068]

More amazing ideas like these will make our world an amazing place for future generations. Cool to see multiple countries starting to see the benefits even if it's just in business growth right now. Keep this wheel rollin'! 😄

[@El_Pollo_Loco]

I really wished that this was possible, but its not. We are humans. We are ment to destroy ourselfs. Its our nature, if you believe it or not. Just because you can convince 1% of the population to live a sustainable life doesnt mean the rest is gonna follow or even accept this. And to be honest: We deserve to be gone. Let me guess: Very pessimistic. Tell me something we didnt know. By the way: Lets just look forward and see the future ;)

[@ze.etc.9536]

I wish I was a billionaire I would definitely support them to the best of my ability. It’s nice to see people actually doing something about the problem.

[@CJ-zz9ts]

Forget global warming PR, microplastics in human and animal consuption needs to be resolved first!!!

[@K-xor]

This initiatives really give me hope. Probably giving fiscal incentives to businesses making biodegradable products is the best strategy - if you make biodegradable plastic, you get a tax cut.

[@Sagesat]

HEMP

[@maamold]

I've never met Ved but can tell he's a great person.

[@jeremiasrobinson]

News stories have been talking about replacing plastics at least since I was a kid. It has been almost half a century, still wondering when it will actually happen.

[@hrushikeshavachat900]

It will be a slow process as plastic and thermacoal sheets are very cheap and easy to use product

[@shanefowkes7451]

Yep this "story" has had a big part of my life since I was born, then they started going on about "plastic and climate change" its been 31 years and only a small step in the right direction has happened, its like they say your imagination is key if we are able to return what we take but give a little more than what we take this planet may live a lot longer

[@romanglinnik8073]

People already use bioplastics but it isn't the norm yet. In the end it depends on the consumable producing companies whether we'll see bioplastics more often in our daily lifes. Having this technology is great but you also gotta actually use it in the industry...

[@jeremiasrobinson]

People have literally been using bioplastic since before the invention of petroleum plastics. To say that they "already exist" isn't enough as long as I can't buy food without getting petroleum plastics too. "In 1870, the American inventor John Wesley Hyatt used chemically modified cellulose to produce an astonishing new product called Celluloid, a plastic that was used for everything from hair combs to silent-movie film."

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@romanglinnik8073 When bioplastics are affordable, they'll immediately replace petroleum products. However, saying they are cheaper is a blatant lie, since they aren't. A lot of journalists would rather lie than provide honest reporting.

[@hrushikeshavachat900]

Algae based plastics maybe an excellent solution for the future. The Algae can used for waste water cleaning and then sold to companies manufacturing the Algae based plastics.

[@anamewoah5336]

Algae also sucks up CO2 pretty well.

[@Lauren_R_Arts]

I love everything about the second company. So inspiring

[@nopelindoputraperkasa5869]

Amazing. Best video.. great.. thank you for sharing this video..! Greetings from traditional Indonesian gold prospector ❤️🇲🇨⚒️⛏️🌺🌻✋👍👍

[@gab882]

Videos like this gives us hope for the future of the Earth.

[@tomahawkmissile241]

no hope when the video is just making plastic or paper. When they change the material to rock and say they made plastic with rocks but the end product is just a rock.

[@grovermartin6874]

This is all new to me, so I appreciate learning about it.

[@ThinkleTink]

Packages biodegrable plates in plastic...... GENIUS!

[@GauravSharma-je4rj]

That's cotton bag

[@numberoneappgames]

I love the recylcing, especially the everyday use items.

[@user-kc2pp9pb1q]

I love the spelling very big fan

[@h4xe7reac75]

You mean grammer

[@jacquetthompson9764]

Great video! It feels great to know that there are people out there that are finding solutions to humanity's plastic addiction. I wonder what uses there are for the brine that is produced from desalination?

[@Sagesat]

We already figured it out, it's called hemp

[@anupamhacker]

Just love this vedio definately we support these initiatives

[@iamedyson]

I applaud all of these great people👏 😍

[@oceanside88]

Exactly what we need!!!

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@sharoncox3734]

This is beautiful!

[@ishmaelweaver2721]

That was awesome.

[@mikejones-nd6ni]

All of them a pretty amazing. i especially like the mushroom Styrofoam

[@Trixtah]

last computer I bought was packed in it!

[@Fkidd702]

Let’s go!! My home country of Mexico 🇲🇽 making me proud 🥹🥹

[@Jack_yongjk]

i seen a guy turn plastic to a gas/fuel too.. Well done..

[@darthjarjar8]

Great video, I actually learned a lot from this

[@4Naturalgreen]

There needs to be a million dollar challenge for companies to demonstrate practical new solutions for utilizing waste and producing common products that are affordable.

[@niharikasaikia3310]

Lots of love and appreciation to u all 👍

[@manueltiburtini6528]

I like the idea of ananas as plates. As a botanist, spreading seeds made by human around damage the environment

[@aditisk99]

Why and how?

[@manueltiburtini6528]

@@aditisk99 Humans have moved species from one continent to another causing large extinctions of numerous species. Alien species are usually more competitive than native one and they are not eaten by anyone. Moving seeds around the world could speed up this process. Moreover, if the same species (wild) and from the plate cross pollinate and interbreed, there can be "genetic pollution".

[@patrickbateman1660]

@@manueltiburtini6528 modern bananas seeds can't grow. Modern bananas can only spread by cloning.

[@manueltiburtini6528]

@@patrickbateman1660 how is this related with my point of view? 😅

[@djartyom924]

World wide waste is my favorite series

[@marcotkfowl1305]

Bravo!!

[@FullFrontalExposure]

This is pretty cool!

[@nidalshehahadeh7485]

The first image in this video is someone pulling a glove from the inside of the fish. does that glove look like a glove which has been floating in the ocean ? or does it look like a brand new glove that was shoved inside the fish's mouth ?

[@DragonQuest27]

What? You don't store your gloves inside a fish?

[@badoobadoo6154]

Great video

[@adamjankowski4315]

Awesome all 3 of those require vast amounts of water...

[@jascintarebello3234]

Window blinds would be a good idea as it could be used for a longer time.

[@cluicide2226]

Glad they patented their process for an alternative to plastic. That should be fair use.

[@J.Nevermore]

Nature does provide! Nature will exist with or without us, so may as well find a way to work with it

[@maxkozak710]

Great job 👍 Best wishes from Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@officialdadbrand]

Why is a doctor always calm? He has a lot of patients.

[@ayush_dwr12]

They really overloading those trucks with sugarcane powder!

[@scamlikely1384]

Ah yes avocados, world renowned for there energy efficient growing process

[@danielsw7011]

bro.... it's a stupid solution. Avocado production is highly water-intensive, roughly 70 liters per fruit. I'm okay with other items, but not Avocado.

[@Kathakathan11]

@@danielsw7011 70 litres😮😮😮😮 I knew it was water inefficient, but this sounds like crime

[@jadecoolness101]

@@danielsw7011 i mean people are eating the avocados anyways... It's not like they're farming avocados just for the skins

[@danielsw7011]

@@jadecoolness101 What I mean is the more ppl farm avocados (and of course demand avocados), there will be places with overdrawn water sources and it's surrounding. You can see several videos about the effect of farming avocados on the surrounding places. It's not good for the long run. Better choose water-wise plants and vegetables instead.

[@jadecoolness101]

@@danielsw7011 it's still better than the environmental effects from making plastic though. Plus, the technology of making "plastic" with avocado material can eventually be expanded to other plant fibers. It'd be great if we could jump to the best product first but... we don't have the luxury of time to wait for the best.

[@YahveAnne]

Great pineapple packaging, another thing I have to be wary of. I am deathly allergic to pineapple so I hope for my sake such things are labeled thoroughly.

[@grovermartin6874]

I have not viewed a single component of this video about these efforts to use what was waste to improve the environment. I have read a little about mushroom waste. So it would be valuable to learn updated information about these very businesses, to see what improvements have been made.

[@Homieblak]

Is the life park lady wearing a Kenyan armband? I love that.🥰🥰🥰

[@danielt.8573]

Plastic is everywhere, recycle as much of it as possible into long-lasting, long time useful products. Even whole houses can be made out of plastic, like lego style bricks, colorful wall tiles, roof tiles, windows, doors, etc. The entire body of a car, furniture, entire underground rain water collecting and storing systems and so much other stuff can be made of recycled plastic. If that's not enough, burn it and use it as fuel. It comes from oil.

[@justinpaduga672]

nice!!!., and the fish can safely eat it too.., we really should care for the pur earth..

[@BENYWALETKALIMANTAN-BWK-]

SUPPORTY FRIENDS...👍 THANK YOU...🙏 INDONESIA...

[@s.k6384]

Perfectly clean blue glove being pulled from a supermarket fish lmao

[@drew1784]

What is the cost effectiveness of these alternatives? And what are the barriers to adoption?

[@sheilouarellano2061]

We did a research defense about Jackfruit seed starch and eggshell as bio based polymer. Sadly it wasnt approved.

[@kimberly5701]

Do you know you can earn online ? I have benefited from it for the past two years , thou I got scammed before meeting the right account manager Mrs Katelyn Ejmont who manage my account and made good profits for me ☺️😊

[@user-ts3fz4vq5o]

ممتاز جيد جدا 👍👍

[@paulkenjerski5137]

Ok. Not to create any political arguments on here.. But as a independent republican or just an independent with some liberal beliefs, I still believe that this is something that we should focus on and considered. No matter which party is in charge. And we need to make that people are on board with this instead of forcing it on to them

[@peterkucia2890]

Eyyy yoo, that fish stole my shopping bag

[@lokesh303101]

Give a boost.

[@RamboCreativity]

Oh cool

[@krishnananda59]

i liked the algae used to make flip-flops and would like to know more.

[@anonymousfunnyguy6291]

I like my normal plastic thanks

[@tomdereu]

As long as we keep treating bio plastic products the same way we do with regular plastics we still have the same problem. It’s still a plastic that should be disposed off and treated in the right way. Biodegradable plastic is btw not the same as bio-based plastics and need to be treated differently.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Shh. You're nitpicking the story that was never meant for people with intelligence to watch. The plant based meat industry is also not worth anywhere near $20 billion so you can tell just how much effort or honesty went into this video.

[@caseyford3368]

With Nano mites, we can completely recycle anything, get rid of all pollution in the air water and soil, have the best crop's and never have to mine again. The possibilities are limitless.

[@maxvaessen]

Would it make sense for people to make their own algae tank at home as a way to reduce their CO2 emissions?

[@trese2658]

Never thought I’d see my home town on here 21:37 😲

[@esamosman8309]

The person pulling that plastic thing out of the fish’s mouth was heartbreaking man

[@jadynhasstupid2275]

It’s a rubber glove

[@zuljjin]

It's fake, there's no damage to the glove, and it's completely clean. Also looks like the fish has been gutted.. They literally stuffed a glove down a fish they likely bought to make a dramatic opening scene.

[@rhythmandacoustics]

We can go back to using glass instead of plastic 2L sodas. We can go back to using shoes made of leather and rubber that can be repaired by cobblers. We can reduce plastic packaging and use paper.

[@Magermh]

Well now. I see a return on investment. Up front costs vs price of cleanup. Can not beat that.

[@007vissa]

@21:50 then they blend the powder with plastic ??? how is blending algae powder with plastic environment friendly

[@shanefowkes7451]

Where can I get a pack from life pak, I will be using a lot of box or packing materials so giving something back in the form of life is what I could be proud to support

[@josemisiego]

Wait... they touch with bare hands the spoons that will be used for eating?

[@mirishikibacchus6862]

Pretty sure they make sure all their hands are sanitized

[@rikmichaels9233]

And Hemp!!! Hemp cleans the air water and soil. We could compost the scraps cuz it does work…. I do it all ur time

[@sophroniel]

Bioplastics use more formaldehyde and chemicals that leech out during use and/or composting. There is a reason why they weren't used 100 years ago but plastics took off and were

[@VilladsClaes]

What is this 6:30 alkaline solution? Because i have the feeling its chlorine

[@mytravelstory3873]

Sugarcane induced plates was in DW documentary too

[@bobbyj4892]

yes yes 1:36 seed goes in comes out bio plastic... thanks

[@justinpaduga672]

nice.., pineapple plates!!!., fish can eat it too.., they start to have a fishy tangy taste.., nice nice..

[@juanitaayala1554]

Approved on all, when are they expanding to the USA so we can all start being eco friendly!

[@tempest5343]

love how they use plastic bags to bag plastic

[@bige8549]

Any alternative is better for our environment than plastic.

[@jacobruiter592]

Yeah but how long does the bioplastic actually take to breakdown?

[@Serenityroseevents]

I realized that although the alternatives contain less of everything, what's never said is much less. They still use fossil fuels and chemicals. I would like to know the difference. I would also like to know of there is a way to create the same woth without the fossil fuels in totality.

[@zhisu2665]

replacing some plastic is better than none at all

[@YouAreToxic]

Are they also sanitary or can they mold, rot, etc

[@F8dg9]

Everybody sipping lean out of three styrofoam: oh crap

[@johncarlosmagno6970]

Glad alot of entrepreneurs are solving world wide issue and one is our environment.

[@Houston583]

Appreciated ! Write me using the digit added to my name okay

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

it's nice that a lot of the every day plastic packaging can now be replaced with biodegradable alternatives. there's still some plastic products that dont yet have an alternative like bottles or tape

[@tamastabi3182]

There are! Bioplastic bottles can be made. One of my friends has a factory producing bioplastic bottles.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

@@tamastabi3182 what are they made of?

[@tamastabi3182]

@@xXxSkyViperxXx The are made of the most common bioplastic called PLA (polylactic acid). They use some modification via natural additives for tailor made properties, but the bottles got the four star OK biobased certificate.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

@@tamastabi3182 i guess it still has a little bit of plastic but less than the usual i guess, kinda like those fastfood drink cups with tiny bit of plastic lining besides the cardboard

[@tamastabi3182]

@@xXxSkyViperxXx As I know it only contains bioplastic (besides the natural additives like cellulose fibers). Their policy is that they are not using any conventional plastic, since it could cause promblems if their products ended in a compost and all of the component would not be bio-based as well as biodegradable.

[@PraveshanAchary]

❤✌️

[@kartomosimarmata5685]

👍

[@stevenhochheimer7283]

Plastic is not the problem, it's the person behind the Plastic

[@beutifullife6351]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🌎

[@sanjaychauhan1116]

Use banana leaf as a plate to eat ,like in South India people use this ecofriendly way .

[@jsmythib]

Cant afford to buy coffee every morning like I used to. Glass mason jar coffee from home now :)