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[@ihtesham_emon]

I'm from Bangladesh and I know the consequences of using plastic bags, I really hope that this project will succeed.

[@PanakaluPoonakam]

Bhai, this is your gold. Don't worry about the higher costs. It will eventually come down when we scale. I am from India. I would be very much interested in investing if I can find partners. You can easily earn ~$5 -$7 billion just from Indian market if this is successful. And if you can export it to the rest of the world you will easily become Saudi Arabia of South Asia.I can see potential of ~ $100 billion over a long term.

[@johanlindeberg7304]

Why make plastic? You should try to make thin jute-bags that customers can use. Other manufacturers of environmental plastic have had problems with biodegradability. There are claims, and there is another thing in reality.

[@derherrdirektor9686]

It's a governance problem. Other countries have working waste-management, incineration and collection systems. Although it makes sense the divert from plastics for coastal economies.

[@AnthonyCarr-t9j]

Can I have a email for Mr bupe

I hope so ❤

[@JonBrownSherman]

For US Americans, this is one of the plants used for burlap. It's a proven success and it's great to see how it's being adapted to the 21st century!

[@vishalvaidya6065]

@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus Bullshitters are a menace everywhere!! 😆😆😆😆

[@MrBalrogos]

in EU we making celulose wood derivded plastic bags for years

[@macdad159]

No kidding? They mentioned that in the video.. Watch it next time.

[@ceciliacarrillo6923]

​@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusI'll repent to Satan instead

[@eugenetswong]

I never considered that burlap was made from something like that. Thank you! I always assumed that it was made from some kind of wheat fibre.

[@shahriarchowdhury7871]

IDK if anyone realizes what a genius Mubarak is because he is the first one to discover the binders and other chemicals as well as the process to create something like that. I pray that the international community acknowledges his contribution and implements this everywhere.

[@Kriistofor]

its absurd how international community seems to ignore the masterful effort put into this

[@Kriistofor]

this can be used for the inside of paper cups and straws for example (now its plastic - as it is in the canned products), literally can be used in most places where we currently struggle with getting rid of plastic

[@comedysyrup]

@@Kriistofor it devolves in water in a few hours, I don't think it can be used to replace plastic in cups or straws or any other thing that is used for liquids.

[@Kriistofor]

@@comedysyrup yeah, 8 hours. which got me thinking that you could use it in lets say mcdonalds straws which are used for about less than an hour and are a big waste products - same with cups - if fast food chains use this instead of plastics inside of cups that are used for such a short period - could maybe work. it really depends on how fast does the material start to decompose into its surroundings and the next step would be to see if you could prolong the decomposing period to lets say 12 hours. all in all its an interesting material to thinker with in terms of possibilities

[@comedysyrup]

@@Kriistofor I'm assuming the 8 hours was for it to dissolve completely, and presumably bits of it would be flaking off continuously throughout that time. I don't know if the material is safe to ingest as it slowly leaches into whatever liquid a person is drinking or not, but it sounds like it could be unsafe. Plus if someone does not finish a cup of soda or whatever and leaves it out, it would make quite the mess.

[@MeMeDaVinci]

I work in a grocery store. People complain about the paper and plastic bags, but do they bring their own reusable? Only about 30 percent. This is a wonderful product. I hope this endeavor is successful. Best wishes!

[@lastoftheurgents1965]

I was thinking that too. We always have our own re-usable shopping bag even if we dont think we are going shopping. That would help a lot if people changed their mind set to re-use bags and not expect the shops to provide them

[@MeMeDaVinci]

@@lastoftheurgents1965 My real pet peeve, among others, is they say they left their bags in the car! Well hell, go get them!!!! If you don't bring in your bag I have to wrench out my shoulders making you a bag and considering the lackluster performance of bags I have to double them all the time. When the handle breaks when you put 20 lb of food in a single bag I'm going to laugh my ass off!

[@Chaos_Senpai]

Good idea but not financially viable to be put into effect

[@SewardWriter]

I carry a 45L tactical backpack for groceries and such. It works great, and I can carry an unholy amount of weight.

[@eric2500]

I bring my own bags. (And I want something even hardier than these bags, so I favor canvas.)

[@Mark.OnEarth]

It's amazing that people are finally taking action to end horrific plastic waste. We all need to do something before it's too late!

[@graperfuit]

To betay nature is to betray us. To save nature is to save us.

[@Pc118Gamer]

What do you think is too late? Running out of oil to make plastic? Running out of space to put plastic waste? I think the biggest issue is Microplastics everywhere, getting into our food supply and slowly poisoning us

[@ruxrox]

Plastic can't be banned. We now can see how much we need plastic but we don't need plastics in the ocean, rivers and country side. It has to be recyclable easily. Separation is BS. I'm not going to separate according to it's chemicalmakeup. . But I can separate it from real trash(organic).

[@JPazer]

This will never save anything except make good youtube titles until we globally take action. Exploited laborers make a "plastic killer" material and journalist go crazy. In reality not many with the power to change this will ever do anything about it as long as it's not profitable. Every single one of these plastic replacements are irrelevant until we stop the over consumption all over the world. A global ban of plastic or a big environmental catastrophe would do wonders. We can still save our planet from plastic but it really feels hopeless with all the consumerism consuming our lifes. Modern age is disgusting.

[@JPazer]

+ It's ironic that countries like india are the ones who "can save the earth" with these products. More like save the western lifestyle. Shit is fucked up when you think about it.

[@Wasimhc]

In Bangladesh, plastic and polythene bags have been banned since 2001/02. In those years, the law was enforced widely and so forth, the usage of polythene bags were reduced drastically. So far I remember, polythene bags were socially discouraged or prohibited for around one decade. Probably, plastic industries started negotiations with the government to relax the law enforcement against plastic bag usages. But, in recent years, I see people have started using it everywhere again without hesitations. Main attraction is plastic's low price and social responsibility is only lavishness.

[@carriebradley7634]

I'm an American who uses re-usable bags when shopping, and tries to be aware of my footprint. I think that this is an incredible alternative to plastic that needs to be used around the world! It angers me greatly that those with the money and power to make this happen won't do so because it doesn't benefit them as much financially. They don't care about our planet, those living on it, or that Bangladesh and other countries like them worldwide are buried in trash and plastic (much of it from the west.) it's shameful that the leaders of the world are more concerned with money, power and keeping power, than solving the world's problems! Bravo to this gentleman for his invention, and I will pray that an investor will finally come along and kick start this much needed item!

[@EmilyBieman]

The big food supermarkets here in Australia has ban plastic bags in 2022. Better late than never.

[@Takatou__Yogiri]

If world leaders were good, this planet would be the dream world we see in sci-fi movies. Instead of solving problems, they look for ways to leave Earth and colonize another planet, only to pollute it again.

[@ecleveland1]

I remember using jute twine to tie tomato plants to wooden stakes as they grew. This was almost 50 years ago when I was a kid helping my grandparents on their farm. I always wondered where jute came from.

[@BullyMaguireMaguire]

I missed the part where that's my problem.

[@SuperReznative]

same. and also wondered ,when I was a youngster

[@FreyaOakley]

Funny, I just tied my tomato plant to a stake with jute twine an hour ago! :)

[@mdrezaulkarim47]

All from Bangladesch

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

Came from Bangladesh Maybe the dress you are wearing also from Bangladesh

[@stickynorth]

Only biodegradable bioplastic should be allowed on the market for most uses... Food and Drink utensils and containers, garbage bags, diapers for example should all be replaced with non plastic alternatives...

[@darkpheonix77]

These would be terrible for garbage bags. If they get wet the would leak.

[@Netlogic.]

What even is "biodegradable" plastic? Sounds like more shit to leach into our drinking water and damage our endocrine systems, even more so than they already are.

[@Liusila]

This is why we should go back to using buckets for rubbish, without any bags, and rinsing them out after emptied.

[@NatNeoPit]

Biodegradable bioplastic is scam : Some say it degrades in few months under a layer of earth : I tried it and passed more than half a year and the 'bioplastic' was there almost as it was at the beginning w/o degrading a little bit. Just a scam.

[@catsupchutney]

There's jute, flax, ramie, hemp, cotton, bamboo, sisal, and kenaf. We can only hope.

[@aditisk99]

Maybe not cotton, it uses a lot if water.

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@aditisk99 and pesticides. A lot of the ones on that list have really complex & environmentally damaging processing systems though, hemp is notorious for that, that's why it was replaced by cotton. Flax is teh same process as hemp & cotton like, so not really a bag option, more of a clothing & linen one, bamboo is nasty to process into fibres. Lots of good sounding ones are actually horrid

[@maimoonaaurakzai92]

I thought hemp was a good alternate for cotton. Since hemp does not use alot of water !

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@maimoonaaurakzai92 In growing maybe. Look up how to harvest & process it into fibre though, that's where the problems lie

[@lennart637]

Don´t forget about nettle. Ramie is the asian variant of nettle fibers but nettle is/was used in Europe.

[@gemelwalters2942]

This is pretty incredible, it couldn't have been easy finding the right combination to make this a reality. I do hope he gets further funding because this could be a huge gamechanger.

[@daemenoth]

This is incredible, seems quite similar to the plastics made from seaweed. I wonder how they stack up as far as strength and durability against each other. One thing is sure the jutte products are more suitable for areas that are inland and the seaweed has its benefits of not needing land, fertilizer or irrigation or fresh water and seaweed can also be grown along side baskets of shellfish hanging underneath that can also eat bits of the seaweed that float off into the water. These eco technologies and symbiosis methods are starting to get really interesting!

[@ToneyCrimson]

As you saw Jute bags holds 35kg, so you just need to search for seaweed bag.

[@PanakaluPoonakam]

Jute is way way more better and is of higher quality.

[@gnoyekboy1141]

It's 35Ibs not Kg@@ToneyCrimson

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

I strongly suspect that seaweed bags and these jute bags are exactly the same thing. A fiberous material dissolved, mixed with a resin and then poured out as a film. I also suspect that the film those bags are made out of are much thicker than the film of your average plastic bag which would make them being stronger not at all surprising. I also strongly suspect that you could use pretty much any fibrous material for that process with no discernable difference in quality. Straw or woodchips come to mind as other material. And this might be a little blasphemous for some people, but i'm pretty sure the strength of the material has very little to do with the fibrous material used for the billboard and much more to do with the resin used to bind the material together. I also suspect that the fibous material actually weakens the material. Using just the resin would probably be much stronger (though far more expensive).

[@daemenoth]

@@PanakaluPoonakam Thanks but that is just an opinion unless you have actual data on the tensile strength, elasticity and the amount of humidity the water resistance of the material.

[@itst1998]

This can 1. Revive the Jute export industry of Bangladesh. 2. Make a statement that Bangladesh has potential in life changing research. We should celebrate people like Dr. Mubarak sir, a trend that is barely followed.

[@muratkhan2997]

Yes, true

[@divergentone777]

This should be a global initiative. At present we have to pay for paper bags at the grocery store, this option is stronger and more convenient. Jute bags are reusable, I would prefer to purchase these over paper bags any day

[@Hereford1642]

Paper is made out of a plant as well you know.

[@user-vk7cp1op9p]

Sounds wondrously degradable and quite an incredible replacement! We need no plastic. It is killing us. We approve of Bangladesh! I don't know why it would not work, and it sounds coming in at a time when we need to end plastics for daily use. The jute itself would replace most plastics with bags that don't need to be replaced.

[@marcusramberg5340]

Bot

[@johnnyxmusic]

You could not have modern medicine without plastics. It’s probably true of dozens of other industries.

[@jaydenhorner9886]

bot for real

[@TheNykademos]

Hemp is almost the exact same process for the same uses and humans are going to grow a ton of it for other reasons anyway.

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

We need no plastic? You are out of touch with reality. We need plastic for everything. It's a miracle product. It's cheap, moldable into any shape, sterile... For food alone it prevents countless infections from tainted food. It's also light for shipping. And durable. And waterproof.

[@AzmainFieque]

I hope some group of companies like Bashundhara, Jamuna, Citygroup etc will invest in this project. Mubarak sir has not lose his hops for 20 years which is incredible. International community should recognize him which will also help us for getting safer environment.

[@Universal69man]

Bangladeshi entrepreneurs started producing durable shoes from Jute and exporting in Europe It has new hope for Bangladesh

[@KarenParkerArtist]

Those "spikes" are called cards in the US. You can card wool, hemp, cotton, flax. Any textile fabric. Flax cards are smaller versions of that shown in the video. Hemp cards can be the same or smaller. Wool and cotton have the finest cards, which are basically 2 hand held paddles with fine teeth that are pulled away from each other. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[@joyridesham]

This plant is amazing, the leaves are eaten all around Middle East and Asia it’s called moleka leaves, it’s so much fibre and is good for constipation. And the stems are used to make linen and burlap fabric also

[@Smokie1523]

I saw the thumbnail, and my first thought wasn't plastic swapping to save the world, it was, 'dear lord! What a luxurious set of locks on that man!!'

[@amynazza]

I had the same thought! 😂 Like a beautiful lion’s mane 😂😍

[@thirstbasket]

Hey jute, don't make it bad. Well best of luck to this man, I hope he gets his funding! Very important work.

[@Puzzle7777]

Bangladesh have take the initiative to make 10lakh fibre bag every day,which will replace the polythene

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

InshaAllah

[@watchdealer11]

I would love to have the fiber in its raw form with that golden shine! It would make a beautiful dress.

[@theepicsealshow123]

it would dull quickly and turn brown

[@redbean9410]

then go buy it

[@watchdealer11]

@@theepicsealshow123 Even better... An ephemeral treat that can only be enjoyed momentarily, much like life!

[@MrMackievelli]

It's much to tough of a fiber for wearing. It's the stuff that makes burlap.

[@1234zxcvasdfqwer]

are you high?\@@watchdealer11

[@morghana3775]

If we held corporations accountable for the environmental cost of one use plastics, I guarantee we would see a rise in innovative products like these more available.

[@okapibibi]

This is a wonderful creation and I hope it succeeds. We need to get rid of single-use plastic in our lives, and the sooner it happens the better. I just wonder what solution we will find for liquids held within plastic containers, such as bottles. This one made of jute clearly can't be used for liquids, but it could entirely replace all other plastics. Best of luck to the people of Bangladesh in their quest to solve the plastic problem!

[@Hereford1642]

When I was young, all the bottles were glass and you paid a small deposit on each bottle. When you returned the empty bottle you got the deposit back and the bottles were collected by the shop and the delivery lorry took them away to be washed and re-used. They still have these deposits in Germany. The system worked well because kids would collect discarded bottles instead of smashing them because they had a value. I must admit that I sometimes drank more lemonade than I actually wanted just so I could take the bottle back and get some sweets. When I was 18 (1978) I happened to work for a while as a night service cleaner in the local cider manufacturer and part of my job was to clean out the huge automatic bottle washing machine ready for the next day. All their bottles are plastic now.

[@Peregrine86]

Glass, aluminum and waxed tetra packs for liquid. We list need to ban plastic bottles and pouches

[@anik1612]

Plastic is the main threat to Bangladesh. We have to work together to fight against environment pollution.

[@jessifer23f]

Would be great as trash bags for home and business use. But if they had them thicker for multiple use and when they start tearing, it would be safe to throw away and still affordable to replace.

[@guylandry9257]

Not really, it would leak. Still a good replacement for many things.

[@jessifer23f]

@@guylandry9257 I didn't say to use it as milk bags.

[@etet245]

It's designed to biodegrade in 8 hrs in water, so not great for holding wet trash

[@spoookley]

@@etet245wet trash is an issue, but if you give the inside of the garbage bags a waterproof/hydrophobic coating then that solves it

[@etet245]

@@spoookley If you're talking about the sprayed on hydrophobic coatings, they have their own environmental issues (plus it's expensive), really wouldn't recommend it for something as short term as holding trash

[@machizomultimedia]

I enjoyed the documentary on the Golden Fibre of Bangladesh, Jute. Thanks for featuring these eco-friendly projects in Bangladesh. It's truly fascinating!

[@jacksonnc8877]

Gems like this man are what the world needs free thinking amazing people who ask one question can we do things better! Thank you for making this world a better place!

[@croftonstroud370]

I just have this feeling that the inventor is honest and genuine. I pray that this idea explodes and makes our environment sustainable. Note it is very soluble so if disposed in the oceans ( accidentally) animals like turtles won't consume it, mistaking it for jellyfish which could kill them . Beautiful documentary, bravo 👏 🙌.

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

prayers wont save the planet, and this wont either unless it's miraculously also much cheaper than plastic

[@johnlightfoot9967]

In the UK the use of jute by supermarkets is decided by the supermarkets. 10-15 years ago most would sell you a jute bag, now your options are only plastic. It is a shame because a lot prefer jute.

[@pauldupre2269]

Love this, hope it goes worldwide

[@inventor121]

I wonder if bag are the solution to actually scaling up. I know this might seem odd, but the material is a polymer so it could be used as a plastic replacement. So i argue that they sould start with something that could work on a local infrastructure scale, namely packing material. Those large air filled plastic bags or something similar to bubble wrap might generate more investment as companies use these all the time and on rather predictable scales. This would allow the client to roadmap a plan and generate investment into a larger plant.

[@kittyspritzer799]

Is there a way that Business Insider might be able to design and manage a crowd source funding model for some of the experimental technolgies they feature? With the viewership that they have, there's already a built-in population of people who are EXTREMELY interested in doing things differently. A little bit of money from a whole lot of people could make a whole lot of difference for these entrepreneurs that simply lack capital and public awareness.

[@infinite5795]

We also grow Jute in Odisha, its called Naļita in Odia, but it's mostly used as rugs, bags or traditional Odia pattachitra paintings here, but this alternative is something, which is quite environmentally conscious. Good job Bangladesh, we hope Mubaraka Bhai gets all the infra, recognition and support that he needs. We South Asian countries suffer similarly, due to pollution and this is a huge step in the making. But lets hope, corruption doesn't ruin this initiatives.

[@muzahidulhaq6047]

We also use the term 'Nalita' or 'Naailya' in some areas in Bangladesh. There is a Thana/Upazila (subdistrict) of Sherpur District of Northern Bangladesh, adjascent to Meghalaya Border of India, and famous for Jute cultivation, is named Na-lita-ba-ri i.e. the home of Jute!

[@TheTurtleThief]

Would love to see this in stores!

[@theworldlab2529]

I myself am a farmer's son from Bangladesh. Day by day the amount of cultivation is decreasing. The main reason for this is that it has to be sold at a much lower price than the cost of production.

[@claricetat1578]

We need more people like you Mubarak Ahmad Khan

[@awesomebrotherhood7698]

I am wishing them best of luck. Because I am from Bangladesh. We have no oil, gas or any other substance resources. We have jute as a commodity that can make a difference.

[@jarifnoor6419]

I hope this project will be a 101 % success. Please protect this work from dishonest and greedy eyes.. may we create a better world .

[@fashunlei1333]

I think big companies should learn to use jute material in packing snacks or food if feasible coz this I think could help lessen the waste of plastics..Counties all over the world should support this... 😊

[@MohammedAllali__]

Instead of investing money in attempting to replicate plastic with jute, why not reinforce the plastic bag ban and encourage jute factories to flood the market? Logically, your product is neither stronger, cheaper, nor more reusable than a traditional jute fiber bag. Additionally, it is not environmentally cleaner. The processes involved in transforming jute require a significant amount of power, water, and chemicals.

[@Aquasliph]

👆🏼This. Chemicals are not the answer to environmental waste.

[@1234zxcvasdfqwer]

You might be in the wrong comment section, people are not encouraged blindly by facts. I also agree i get tired of people trying to reinvent the wheel. if it can't beat plastic cost effectively it needs to be go beyond trying to beat just plastic bags, because it won't. Also i like how you draw the lines between how turning it from a normal jute bag into this alternative to plastic really defeats the entire purpose.

[@MohammedAllali__]

💯🎯@@1234zxcvasdfqwer

[@Macachee]

@@1234zxcvasdfqwerIt doesn’t defeat the purpose if the plastic alternative is BIODEGRADABLE!!!!?!?

[@wing3789]

Im skeptical. Where does the chemical that is used to extract cellulose go after use? Does it create another pollutant in waterways? Same thing with the binder. What is used for the bleaching process? Its always great to learn about those who dedicate their career in solving our problems, but at this point, it almost feels as if 90% are just green washing

[@KiloFeenix]

I love this. My biggest concern is how we replace the plastic we don't want to degrade quickly, like glasses, electrical or cars.

[@KMASIF-mi9yj]

Some long term use plastic can stay. With those we have to focus on recycling instead degrading

[@Tao_Tology]

It's stunning(ly sad) that even someone who is looking for new materials would say "there are no alternatives" to single-use plastic bags. I'm _fairly_ sure that human civilisation was coping for really quite a long time before throwaway-plastic-after-ome-use bags. There are objectively alternatives.

[@darkpheonix77]

He was saying there are not a replacement at the time so banning them was a bad idea. Rather it should not be banned until a replacement (like the one he made) was ready.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@darkpheonix77 And, again, there objectively _are_ alternatives since human civilisation really did manage to function without them.

[@인형바보]

​@@Tao_TologyYes objectively, but not economically. You can of course change it, but does it make sense financially? Is it as effective? Is it as durable? We switched to plastics because of reasons, and the current status quo is that nothing can be compared to how cheap plastics are for its durability. It's the same as once you taste something better you can't simply go back at eating something worse.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@인형바보 You can try putting conditions on your idea if you like, it doesn't stop it from not being true.

[@aequintas2131]

But there are alteranatives, he has one of them right there, just make a multi-use bag out of jute, or stop 2 steps into his r*trated process and just make paper bags out of the cellulse

[@jj6282]

I wish this product global success. Hopefully other things like to-go containers could be developed from this material as well, replacing so mamy petrol based items we use today. Plastic products are slowly killing our planet, as well as contaminating our food supply

[@CodingAqyanoos]

Wow my respect for those people ❤

[@ile84]

Yea that "secret" sauce is all in likelyhood sodium sulphite/sulfate, that is widely used in pulp mills to extract cellulose from the rest such as lignin, in paper industry. They might use recycled plastic or just new plastic as 30% of that mass, since jute was only 70% in those new bags. What part of their "jute bag" leaves ashes? If they removed all other stuff exept cellulose I mean, then there must be some other alkaline chemicals in it that leaves ash behind in the 30% of something else such as binders. Cellulose itself does burn all to x amount of CO2 and y amount of H2O.

[@arleigh31burke-zc2om]

Yea, I think the 30% is just plastic. Which is why only Bangladesh authority issued certification for this plastic bag

[@biafra13743]

Support Biafra let's see,what they can invent.

[@abusufianrihad453]

I wish one day these bags will raplace the whole plastic bag system.

[@zuranien7559]

As a Bangladeshi I can say that Plastic bag usage have way more consequences than you can think.

[@joel455667]

People need to get into this idea looks good

[@harunkhan549]

Please get the international Patent Right. That is important. It has massive demand in future. And if produced on mass production level the unit price will go down and down. It compete out all existing bangs in future.

[@skylarmickel]

This would be awesome if this bag did take over for the plastic bag but sadly I don't see it happening. Because most companies care about making money than anything else so that bag is even one penny higher than going to buy it. I personally like the idea of getting away from single-use plastic items. I live in the United States and even when we drive down the road gargo fishing or something like that you see plastic it is a serious problem everywhere.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

That is the most plastic looking plastic alternative I have ever seen. This seriously can take over plastic.

[@bdloosetalk]

Finally Bangladesh in Business Insider 🇧🇩❤❤

[@hamidurv]

Bangladesh's golden fiber has fallen victim to the schemes of neighboring India. For a long time, they have oppressed Bangladesh's industry. We call on the global community to protect beautiful Bangladesh from India's dishonorable actions

[@major2707]

Your double standards governments 😁

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

saw an Australian company making clingwrap with similar process via zac efron's Netflix show. glad that there are now at least 2 places that do this good work

[@livingbeings]

6:00 “secret chemicals”

[@Tigerlady248]

And '70% jute'. Whats the other 30%?

[@stephsexoticpets]

please get this more funding 😭

[@onequestpixel]

This is so exciting to hear about! Would love to see more support for this project and any others like it!! 🥳

[@rokhamler3352]

This could be more tear durable than PP plastic bags when dry - since it is probably a composite material from what i heard in the video - the cellulose fibers probably form the reinforcement while the "natural polymer" is used as the matrix and therefore bonds the reinforcement. Question is if the "natural" polymer is indeed biodegradable once it is extracted from wherever they get it or if it is just another plastic resin that shreds into tiny microplastic pieces that then pollute the environment. The big competitor of this product is not really PP plastic bags (those still do not have a strong alternative from what can be discerned in the video), but paper bags, since the product dissolves fairly quickly in water as mentioned in the video, similarly paper is weakened by water.

[@mariec7092]

Most of the potential uses worldwide would not be for litter though. But I wonder what exactly are those bags we see in the water in the video, and they're like trashbags (although I don't think so because there would be an impossible to survive environment then)

[@AfanGirlBBH]

Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@odanequarrie9169]

With the capital and infrastructure coupled with management this bag will be competitive but I suspect the petroleum industry will not allow this great alternative to plastic to thrive.

[@agnes6454]

Excellent Job Sir ! Respect n Best wishes from 🇮🇳

[@NinoGucciani]

Nobel Peace prize if he's able to accomplish the small obstacles standing in his way as well as major funding

[@RechtmanDon]

Short term cost is greater than other bags, but long term means saving the environment.

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

too bad corporations dont give a shit about that, and they're the ones who choose to package everything in plastic. until we find something cheaper, or impose a hefty plastic tax, absolutely nothing will change.

[@sureyyaaydin297]

If this professor would live in Amerika or EU, The project would be funded easily. Unfortunately He lives in Bangladesh. Such projects are undervalued in such countries.

[@drpk6514]

You should have shown the plant and how it is farmed.

[@Papaden12345]

Please stop misleading the public on plastic substitutes and their effectiveness at being biodegradable. This video is a great example of greenwashing. When you take cellulose and turn it into a polymer the chemical properties of the end product act much in the same way as traditional plastic properties. Just because a product was made out of plants doesn’t make it biodegradable. If it looks like plastic and feels like plastic at the end of the day it’s plastic whether it was made out of plants or not.

[@manojkhalkho4668]

Big marketing companies should go for this products. Yes this can solve the problems of plastic bags,rightly as said by its founder Mubarak. All environmentalists should promote this product if they are sincerely fighting for the cause. My mubarakbad to shri.Mubarakji for his endeavours.❤🇮🇳

[@Marvelous225]

Happy to see a country like Bangladesh excelling in this field

[@sanchezs7614]

Here in California when i was a kid I back in the 90s i would see plastic trash bags everywhere and now that they started charging $0.10 per bag as well found alternatives there has been a big difference in plastic bag liter ❤

[@mariec7092]

I was thinking maybe it's not the high price of the jute bag that is the problem but the cheapness of the plastic....

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

Ok, first of all, burning a plastic bag doesn't produce petrol. It produces primarily CO2 and maybe some other byproducts depending on the exact plastic being burned. Burning this jute bag also will produce CO2 and maybe some byproducts depending on what the other 30% that are not jute are made out of. And no, the CO2 from burning the jute bag will NOT remain in the soil. It will go into the atmosphere exactly like the CO2 from burning the palastic bag will. The difference is that the CO2 released from burning the Jute bag had previously already been in the CO2 cycle and thus will not be a net addition to it like the CO2 from burning the plastic bag will be. As for those 30% of non-jute material, i strongly suspect that almost all of that is gonna be glue. Probably some sort of resin. Second, taking the company at their word, one of those jute bags will decompose within 8 hours in water. But that's not neccesarily a good thing depending on what you want to use your bag for. If it's just for a one way trip from the supermarket to home then it's likely ok (though you might want to be careful when buying refrigerated goods as those will accumulate condensation and thus start the decomposition process). But if you want to use this jute material for long time storage that could be a problem because you have to keep it dry in or it will decompose. Also, how much decomposition in 8 hours are we talking about? I assume he doesn't mean the bag will be completly gone in 8 hours because that would make the bag unusable within just a couple hours or maybe even minutes. So how long does it take until the bag is completly gone. As for the argument that the jute bag is more resitent than a plastic bag , i'd like to know how thick exactly that jute foil they make the bags out of is. Because if it were to be considerably thicker than an average plastic bag then it being more resistent is not surprising at all. I'd like to give them the benefit of doubt that when they compared the carry weight of the jute bag and the plastic bag they used a plastic bag with material of the same thickness but they didn't explicitly state that and that made by scammer sense tingle. Also, i noticed that the handle of the jute bag and it's rim, the exact places that are structurally weak, are made with a double player of the material which naturally increases strength and reduces the risk of failure. Also, i strongly suspect that with the process as it is described here you could probably just use any plant material to make this sort of bag not just jute. Jute is special because it has very long and very strong fibers. However, he destroys that advantage by grinding the fibers and then completly dissolving them into a pulp. Thus you could probably just as well use straw or woodchips as base ingredient. Now don't get me wrong, i'm not at all disparaging this product. If everything the guy says about his production process and ingredients is true it's probably still a more eco-friendly than pretty much any plastic product and as for the price, like is said in the video, if continous mass production is achieved the price will drop naturally. Maybe he could also reduce the thickness of his material to further drive down the price though i suspect that the strength of the material will drop signficantly if the thickness is reduced. Much more than with plastic.

[@djplonghead5403]

I would just keep reusable bags with me instead of using one time use bags. A cloth bag will last long and can jest be washed if something spills on it.

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

@@djplonghead5403 That is of course the most sensible solution. Unfortunatly there is nothing less common than common sense. And some nations seem to be utterly addicted to single use plastic bags i eally don't get why.

[@DarkMeyer777]

As long as the chemicals used in this product are "organic, available freely, doesnt require alot of energy to produce, bio degradable" then i would think this would be a life changing invention

[@KNYD]

I don't really see a use for these bags. Wouldn't it just be cheaper to make bags out of juut as is, why make it look like plastic? I get that materials like what the sonali bags are made of could be useful in product packaging. But why must shopping bags look like they are made of plastic? Why not just have juut bags as is? Surely they would be less labour intensive to make, more durable and less polluting?

[@ivan55599]

"l prefer to keep recipe secret that no-one can try to steal (read: also improve) it, and that l can get rich while inventing something remarkable."

[@frankchiedo4109]

where to buy/import sonali bags?

[@shrachi91d]

An excellent initiative. Mass participation by common people can reduce use of 'killer plastic'

[@johnransom1146]

Why not just use the normal jute and make reusable bags with handles. Seems like he’s trying to reinvent the wheel

[@pepito_white]

Because You can use the bioplastic bags for sealed food like those lays or twinkies etc

[@johnransom1146]

They just showed shopping bags @@pepito_white

[@pobon4632]

It's a great initiative for the time. The time has come for all the sincere people to recognize the serious damage that plastic is causing to nature. We all should start avoiding plastic bags and give full support to the researchers and entrepreneurs like Mr. Mubarak in the video. I'm feeling joyful that a native individual of my country is trying his best to make a positive change to the world!

[@alienrobotcommando]

Come to the US and help me set up a small factory for this!

[@PvtFlowers]

aw yeah? and pay american wages?

[@alienrobotcommando]

@@PvtFlowers would it affect you? 😅 I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be considered for employment. 😂

[@PvtFlowers]

@@alienrobotcommando you think they are gonna want to pay at least 7.25 an hour when they can pay these gents like a dollar an hour?

[@alienrobotcommando]

@@PvtFlowers good thing I'm me and not them, huh? 😃

[@user-sm3pp8tb1y]

Necessity is the engine of ingenuity, bravo

[@abovewater99]

Question: would be how flammable is it? 😂

[@al6243]

Plastic is also very flammable you know. What's your point?

[@notateendemon]

this channel has taught me about so many companies who are making their own bio plastics, leather, fabric, art, and all sorts! The only reason why these companies aren't a global norm, is because no one wants to spend the extra money. It's so tragic that westerners like myself are taught that "we haven't found a solution to plastic waste yet" when there are SO MANY solutions. Pineapple, coconut, seaweed, banana leaves, grass, coffee, all kinds of food waist! But no one is willing to invest so these companies don't have enough funding to expand!!

[@nomanee87]

Sad to see workers' safety compromised on many occasions throughout the process. Exploitation. At 2:20 & 2:25 - loose clothes near the spinning machines. No face masks while working in fine dust environment.

[@jonathanjones3126]

2nd and third world countries workers don't seem to know better

[@staninjapan07]

His perseverance and the product are both impressive. I would love to invest in this... if I had the money to do so.

[@iambrian769]

We Have Alternatives In The World...We Just Have To Get Behind Them.

[@businesshappylife1495]

Bangladesh & once again PM SHEIKH HASINA 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@gamersworld6682]

Correction, not British india anymore. Just, india 🇮🇳 or u can say bharath india 🇮🇳

[@EBR-xm6xe]

British India is not India. Do some study on it. Todays india was a part of British India. Bangladesh was not a part of India. We were free from West Bangle 1905/6. We helped to build pakistan. In 1971 we separated from Pakistan. We know better the conspiracy of India.

[@_unknowndream_]

Real, but they wont admit their dirty conspiracy ​@@EBR-xm6xe

[@mrgallbladder]

No, it can't. Next question.

[@FunNFury]

I wish Bangladesh success in this endeavour, it would be awesome to be able to replace plastic. - From your neighbour India.

[@The-three-eyed-Prophet]

i hope this will suceed globaly ...

[@ichifish]

It's hard to believe that plastic was just becoming popular in the 1970s. It didn't take us long to poison ourselves.

[@ZoKitchen]

That’s a nice biodegradable

[@JohnPetro-d6f]

Plant polymers and natural packaging needs to be implemented worldwide NOW before its too late. This is our only planet were getting, ever, at this rate...

[@AfanGirlBBH]

Plz write an article on these labour,,how hard they work and how less they get paid in my country😢

[@mdrayhanmiaa]

I am proud of my Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@FallenSkater1940]

i hope to see more jute products being used in the future, thank you to our Bangladeshi brothers and sisters who are fighting for the future of our planet 🌎

[@etiquettefanatic5985]

Jute products look classy and gives a feeling of a warm home so I prefer these.

[@aydidmohammadarabshah5583]

Kudos to GOVT and scientist.This really a big solution to our Ecology.