How Close Are We to Reinventing Plastic?

[@Seeker]

Hey Seekers! In the video, we mention the "smell" of methane-but as some of you have aptly pointed out, methane itself is odorless (and colorless, for that matter). The smell, traditionally associated with sewer gas, actually arises from methane mixing with hydrogen sulfide, a gas that commonly comes from decaying organic matter, or tert-butylthiol, an additive that is often added to natural gas for safety. Thanks for making sure our science is up to 'sniff!'

[@BoWeava]

LOL nice! Cool video, thanks for the info👍. Hemp Plastics video next?

[@off_Planet]

You're garbage.

[@JoeSmith-ec9ph]

Your channel is garbage!!!!!

[@northwestalternativemedia2125]

Hemp cellulose plastic has been around for over 100 years

[@mumbairay]

If plastic lasts such a long time, isn't it then a carbon sink...

[@zellpenguin]

“if you go to a dollar store, you’ll find that things cost about a dollar” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Except most items are not

[@pierotaype4613]

@@sebastianelytron8450 go to dollar tree, everything is a dollar

[@Repz98]

Hemp oil is cheaper to produce and more green. Sadly, you live in a world that is based on reality, and in reality they always favor whats practical. All cars today are made by fossil fuel oil lubicated industry machines, because hemp isnt practical. A multimillionaire company have already looked into what people think they havent, they pick the best choice. So next time you pickup something and get emotionally angry and sad becuase a company dont do what you think they should, its because they have already picked the best choice. Welcome to reality, we have reinvented plastic multiple times but there are important factors to why they arent used, that you dont know. Please use this logic and apply it on everything you see.

[@sagebrooks6907]

Are you serious they really have stores out there that sells things for just a dollar now wow you should make a video about it about how you found this awesome new store that sellsgoods for just a dollar🤯😱😯🤩yourgonnabefamous

[@Martial-Mat]

@@Repz98 "So next time you pickup something and get emotionally angry and sad becuase a company dont do what you think they should, its because they have already picked the best choice" What complete patronising corporatist nonsense! They don't choose what's best, they choose what makes the most profit or what's convenient. Built in obsolescence is not what's best. It's what ensures they can resell you the same item every few years. Bags that kill half the planet are not best, they're convenient. Plastic is not what's best - not my a long shot. There are millions of situations where plastic could be replaced by something less harmful, but it would cost more or be harder to make. Yes, the cost of getting rid of plastic may be taking a reusable bag to the supermarket, or using glass bottles, or making your electronic goods out of something a little harder to work with. So what? If mankind is not willing to suffer a little inconvenience and money to save the planet that we don't deserve to survive. The trouble is, the decision makers are almost all ruthless, amoral pieces of crap that only care about their profits.

[@REGNiZZ]

10 mins of my life well spent

[@tommywaltz400]

Convert to judaism

[@shahidrazashah8631]

@@tommywaltz400 lol

[@efrenadom6273]

@@tommywaltz400k

[@danielhedrick4234]

We recently went to the deepest part of the ocean... The Marianas trench in the Pacific...there was very little life as expected, but do you want to know what was there?....... A plastic shopping bag!

[@MrLevonnovel]

😭😭😭

[@meepcity48]

Wasn't there a teletubby too

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

That shows how much we don’t care about our planet

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Will Aluminium Cans Replace Plastic Bottles? ……,…….,…… ,.......... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWckIKKmqd_b9E

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL That causes the exact same problem... Aluminum is no more biodegradable than plastic

[@subodhshrestha1993]

Poly means many, mers mean parts Every chemist ever

[@paraIIIax]

- that doctor that pops up in my feed everyone in a while

[@petercarioscia9189]

"emia, meaning presence in blood" -ChubbyEmu

[@insideTheMirror_]

Αlso writes and keeps saying "which comes from the greek words "Πολλά" -> many , "μέρη" -> parts".

[@harrysinghaulakh1]

its all over-head from there on out

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Will Aluminium Cans Replace Plastic Bottles? ……,…….,…… ,........ kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWckIKKmqd_b9E

[@sanojgreen8874]

Kudos to every scientists and conservationists that makes things like this happen

[@ChrisGeden]

Methane doesn’t naturally have a scent that we can smell. We add one to it for safety.

[@randompersson]

Oh cool. I didn't know that

[@maxxime184]

that's buthane

[@medievalogic]

Damn, didn't know that!

[@sohitmalik9865]

@@maxxime184 None of the alkanes have smell or color. Methane ethane propane butane etc all are colourless and odorless.

[@dsheshin]

Ya. Ross once said it

[@allankamen9875]

This was a very interesting and informative video. Thank you Seeker. I graduated with Chemical Engineering almost 30 years ago, this is well beyond what we had studied at the time. I have many new ideas from a video like this, this is seriously interesting technology.

[@JeelaJuran]

Really love this host! She's witty, snarky, doesn't speak at lightning speed and annunciates beautifully. Unlike many KZbin hosts I found myself relaxing as she spoke, not stressing. So Thank you Olivia! I hope we see you again and again on Seeker.

[@Thaddeus28]

Nice rack too

[@Toledotourbillion]

Omg. We need more good news like these.

[@1st_ProCactus]

You must be American. You don't know what good information looks like.

[@snez3538]

ProCactus Im American and I approve this message

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Will Aluminium Cans Replace Plastic Bottles? ……,…….,…… ,........ kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWckIKKmqd_b9E

[@wolfthorn1]

I knew it! Farts will save the world one day. I told you so mom. Now pull my finger.

[@DiyEcoProjects]

*Seeker:* can i ask something please? you didnt cover the degradable aspect of this new material. Does the plastic degrade and thus we are left with polymer chains in the environment? at the moment the sea is chugging with tiny micro beads. Or does the plastic when it degrades somehow turn into something else?

[@josiahklein70]

Whatever breaks down bacteria can probably break down PHA. I'm unsure beyond that. EDIT: *anaerobic bacteria

[@Dunkelelf3]

well i was working in a plastic manufacturing company before.. we had a product development department and experimented a little with bio plastics.. the thing is that the source shouldn't be petrol but wood or plant based and then those bio plastics usually don't leave microplastic.. they can be broken down into nothing by bacteria, fungi and so on.. i mean we have found certain bacteria and fungi that can basically eat certain types of plastics.. the problem with it is that great now we have a way to get rid of polyurethane for example.. but that's only a fraction of the used styrene polymeres we produce.. it doesn't help with polystyrene, abs, polyethylene, etc. etc.. well polyethylene COULD be burned.. when you burn pe it's breaking down into water and co2.. however this is the worst you could do in terms of energy and carbon footprint because producing it in the first place needs lots of energy.. so recycling the plastics is always the way better option.. but recycling plastics isn't all to easy really.. the company that i worked for had a bunch of grinders and bought lots of scrap plastics back from customers, leftovers from deep drawing or just failed attempts that didn't work etc.. however the problem about it is that it's not so easy to distinguish one plastic from the other just by looking at it and if you for example mix abs and ps the plastic is ruined.. it will shatter like glass.. that's why the seperation is really important but that's the hardest part.. and this is the reason we have so much waste instead of companies that bother to recycle.. once we had a customer that send us abs but there was pvc mixed in.. now the problem is that for pvc extrusion you use different machines and that you run them way colder for pvc than abs so the machine blew up and we had a ginormous damage.. it gave a huge fight with this customer and we didn't trade with them for a long time anymore.. so really plastic would not be so bad if it would be handled better so it can be reused as you can basically recycle it indefinitely if you keep it clean and mix a little fresh and new plastic within from time to time.. just that it isn't handled well, gets mixed up or formed into products where it's not really seperateable from other things anymore..

[@tos-sn5pl]

DiyEcoProjects be great if plastic is seed based or some sort of food based for animals or plants when thrown out

[@off_Planet]

Just don't make it available in Asia and we're golden. Those fuckers can't seem to grasp the concept of not throwing trash into the ocean.

[@joshuadominic2116]

offPlanet first off: you’re just racist and all this bs is clouding your thoughts. Secondly, research. The west is much more notorious for pollution and then shipping garbage to Asia to make themselves “clean”.

[@Seeker]

Hi Seekers, thanks for watching! For more on the fight against plastic pollution, check out this video on a new device designed to help clean up plastic in rivers before it reaches the ocean: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZuxapurYqp3bbM

[@Kichu-lt1sw]

Bruh...

[@joesguiltyguitar]

Waste management is key to a good future , thank you for covering this topic and we'll need more of a fix on this stuff.... keep it up $

[@AquaAdAstra]

@@osmosisjones4912 rocket launches produce a very small amount in the grand scheme of things. shipping, power, and automobiles however...

[@artiomvas]

Methane doesn't stink it is colorless and odorless. They add aroma so you could smell a gas leak.

[@chesterpoindexter7594]

There's another idea in the works - kzbin.info/www/bejne/paObdIWHj55kfMk

[@hybridix9883]

a City in the Philippines (Quezon City) is going to ban plastic by February 2020 (hotels, malls and others i can't remember)

[@OddWorlderer]

Good luck

[@TonzLanggoy]

Cagayan de oro already banned plastics in malls and other store.

[@hybridix9883]

@@TonzLanggoy well I didn't Knew that

[@wildone106]

Im sure the poor people will really appreciate that

[@potatoraider7320]

Already done in iligan, aside from malls and heavy shopping, plastic bag is atleast used for that

[@RMTren]

*16 years later when it's discovered that bacteria feel pain* Bacteria Activists: SaVe tHe MicrOOrGaniSmS!¡¡!¡!!

[@greenheadmetalchips6669]

That's not possible, bacteria do not have pain receptors, let alone uh that lmao

[@RahulYadav-rg4qs]

Plastic is danger

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Will Aluminium Cans Replace Plastic Bottles? ……,…….,…… ........., kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWckIKKmqd_b9E

[@tgoddard1988]

Would love for this to become mainstream in the next couple of years! But we really need to find a way to break down what we already have floating around (literally) I know we are working on 2 different types of bacteria that produce enzymes which are capable of breaking down certain types of plastic, but I’m worried we will achieve a way of breaking down plastics and then just keep using them...

[@heyfindmenoob]

ive seen countless new plastic replacements on the internet, only problem is they are usually expensive af for "no reason" which is why you only ever see them on facebook videos

[@mahmudchowdhury9933]

Sonali Bag or Golden Bag is the solution. Its made out of jute, biodegradable bioplastic alternative to plastic bags, particularly polythene bags, developed in Bangladesh by Mubarak Ahmad Khan.

[@mahmudrafsan1]

❤️

[@saffronsunlight3206]

groundbreaking innovative green product made of jute

[@ayesharclothing3127]

🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@mahmudchowdhury9933]

It is indeed

[@Galactic_fart_sniffer]

Awesome!

[@Therabithole]

Methane doesn't have smell, it is artificially added for safety reasons.

[@hermestrismegistus4311]

Bravo to Mango Material for tackling this huge problem, hats off to them

[@vagatronics]

0:16 No, its not, by the way

[@gio_7077]

I know right I saw that then went to the comments to see what that airhead was talking about lol

[@chloemcholoe3280]

I wish I could turn my plastic waste into filament. It’s be so awesome. I’d keep my water bottles and have free filament after a while! Same with everything else or stuff that break

[@flippa_da_boss9998]

“If you go to a dollar store, you see items which are about $1” - Sherlock Holmes

[@Sushobhit333]

cid

[@boykush3732]

Unless u go to the actual "dollar store " stuffs up to 4:50

[@willinton06]

boy kush 4.50*

[@boykush3732]

@@willinton06 i meant the time lmao!!!! My bad,Ya got me 🤗

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Will Aluminium Cans Replace Plastic Bottles? ……,…….,…… ,........ kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWckIKKmqd_b9E

[@marcuboy]

The host speaks really well. Tone and enthusiasm keeps you engaged with the video instead of leaving after a few minutes. I appreciate it. The knowledge given is great too.

[@TheDwightMamba]

I am in the slow process of switching all of my food containers to glass. The difference in leftovers is noticeable. Glass is chemically NEUTRAL. Why aren't we melting more sand?

[@TheLastBOOMBOX]

Glass is pretty brittle, IDK

[@Mikewee777]

@@TheLastBOOMBOX it is more heavy than brittle. No one wants to spend more to carry more unless they are training at a gym.

[@BeautifulPeopleBTFLPPL]

Will Aluminium Cans Replace Plastic Bottles? ……,…….,……,...... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWckIKKmqd_b9E

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

Around 1:00, Ideonella sakaiensis, Galleria mellonella, + Pestalotiopsis microspora, collectively sigh. At 4:00, they feign distraction. By 7:00, they are only too keen to bring to our attention their unbound potential and coming utility. Crossing 10:00 in, and they yet yield. What an exciting turn! The host was a delight withal, if down on a hydrocarbon she shouldn't be.

[@mollywimpey3184]

Hemp. Period. Solves everything.

[@imgayasheck595]

Algae

[@mumbairay]

This!

[@chloemcholoe3280]

What’s hemp

[@apathyguy8338]

It's just to bad that you clearly smoke it before you manage to make it into anything.

[@vulxonite1404]

@@apathyguy8338 that's not what you do with hemp.

[@SlinkyJosh]

What about hemp plastic?

[@Juddly01]

Seeker your content is leading edge and OPG 's presentation is most excellent.

[@off_Planet]

Do you have brain damage?

[@ascetic3312]

@@off_Planet Whether you agree with them or not, there is ZERO indication given in their comment that could lead any even slightly intelligent person to believe they have any form of brain damage. If you want to argue something, argue it and back it up rather than go the asshole route and call them a name.

[@okie9025]

You are almost certainly a dumbass with absolute IQ. Seeker, Vox, Bloomberg, Buzzfeed, and the like are all shitty american media corporations that only people with shit for brains believe, endorse, or enjoy.

[@triptank7857]

Wow... sounds like some people have some serious hate for seeker, makes me wonder what they are doing, watching their videos aye? 🧐🤔🤷‍♂️ Just here to hate on people enjoying their lifes perhaps 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@ascetic3312]

@@okie9025 First off, I'm not saying whether these groups are good or bad, but all the hateful rhetoric coming out of your brain and out of your fingers only makes you sound like a douche and adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. If you hate it so much, stop wasting your time watching it and wasting other peoples' time with meaningless comments.

[@artgeometrix6346]

It's impressive, the rate at which science is advancing. New discoveries every day.

[@MyNameIsBVD]

Joe Rogan: “Have you heard of hemp plastics”

[@boykush3732]

Hemp plastics ..man weed is the miracle plant the bible mentions

[@MyNameIsBVD]

boy kush exactly, I love how the solution is right there

[@theundead1600]

Without a trillonare to back it. It wont. Hey what bezos number oh wait didnt he say ge got hacked never mind.

[@Locutus]

Your host was really good, full of enthusiasm, and able to speak clearly and precisely, unlike many other presenters on YT, that are working for large news organisations.

[@sebcw1204]

cut oil subsidies to give these guys the proper capitalistic competition.

[@kckdude913]

Wow I didn't even know oil companies received subsidies

[@kckdude913]

@@TheFalseShepphard I know right? Supposedly green energy is stupid because it's too expensive and fossil fuels are just cheaper and cost less to produce energy from it. Then WTF are oil companies getting government subsidies if it's so much more profitable?

[@kckdude913]

@@TheFalseShepphard My guess would be to compete with countries like Saudi Arabia and the OPEC, who can basically lower the price of oil at will by flooding the market with it. But that just protects our oil companies. If we want to be independent from the OPEC, then I think renewables are definitely the way to go.

[@JeffSpurlock]

I worked as a buyer for a plastics company, spending about $10mil per year on our raw materials. Not a single one of my vendors referred to the resin as “Nurdles.” I see that term when googling it, but when working in the industry, we definitely did not use that term. I’ve never heard them called that before. We always referred to them as resin collectively, or resin pellet individually.

[@Green__Man]

So glad we're finally addressing plastic and how much it sucks, on ya lads 👍

[@Adumb80085]

TripleAipom bro what we’ve been saying we need to do something about this for years

[@thefirstsin]

Yeah finally I can see some *bewbs*

[@Moe-dn3yt]

Exactly this is so encouraging

[@TheTsaqif]

Bro don't be so harsh to my boy plastic here, of course he has a bad side to him. But imagine what would life be like now without the invention of plastic. Plastics are just so convenient to use that in a way it shapes the world we live in today

[@sirwaffleman860]

Plastic doesn't suck. It's one of humanity's biggest inventions.

[@michaelgraham768]

A company called avani eco has bioplastics that would easily replace single use and packaging plastics, other types of plastics don't necessarily need to be replaced by a plastic like product, some can be replaced with metal or glass and while you pay more, they last longer

[@packnpak8860]

Back in my days i used to watch Jessica Chobot on IGN for my daily fix and now is this lady

[@ramiroberiol1000]

You can transform plastic into oil again, and the best thing is that you do not have to separate the plastic, making the process cheaper, the bad thing is that it would not reduce emissions, but at least it would be an incentive to clean the seas and land, and stop extracting oil from the ground

[@Alex.the.humble]

She’s so beautiful.

[@leonardoconstantino1540]

Don't get distracted Don't let her take you

[@metooo668]

Why not?

[@gabbar51ngh]

She's quite attractive but I am here to learn about plastics.

[@gregs7519]

MGTOW

[@UltimateAlgorithm]

I would say plastic is far more beautiful.

[@MrInvisiblecrayon]

For all the people suggesting Hemp and Hemp byproducts please look at the underlying economics. The system shown in this video utilises current infrastructure to capture and reuse methane. If we were to globally stand up a Hemp based solution we are looking at a massive land surface and the impact on biodiversity would be catastrophic. There would certainly be ways to optimise growth but Hemp needs to be planted on a relatively horizontal surface. Scaling vertically is where the presented solution has the advantage. The other consideration is the barrier properties of plastics is not currently available in hemp based products. Thus it could not be used in anything food or pharma related. Everyone always gets on the Hemp/Cane bandwagon as if scientists haven't heard of it before. Hemp products certainly have their place in making the world better. But in my opinion they are a placeholder for a better technology.

[@robaskins5916]

We had this almost a hundred years ago or longer hemp plastic#hempplastic

[@silviafox78]

We can actually use sugarcane and have a higher production value than what we can get from hemp now. Sugar cane is more efficient than Hemp for production of Biofuels and is currently used in over 20% of the fuel used to power vehicles in Brazil

[@ShitStainedBallSack]

Hemp is my favourite plant

[@luizfilipecouto1030]

@@silviafox78 54% this year

[@silviafox78]

@@luizfilipecouto1030 - oh dang! That's incredible!

[@luizfilipecouto1030]

@@silviafox78 And we are producing more too

[@thisis675]

So with PHA made products she mentioned that they "de-grade when you want them to de-grade." How long before they degrade in the land fill as compared to PLA? How long can I use a PHA product before it starts to lose its mechanical properties?

[@Ghosti_47]

1:17 A water... My dead brain: *A water ballon*

[@itzsleazy6903]

Dunno what this presenter is called but the improvement between the first video I watched of her to this is amazing. Keep up the entertaining and insightful content

[@morkovija]

I feel personally attacked because of that milk jug remark! Outrageous!x)

[@nicolasdufour787]

We need a conglomerate that can clean the plastic in nature (especially oceans), that can reuse the material and most importantly make a plastic that can be broken down to ultimately disrupt the consumer plastic industry.

[@meandnoother]

Olivia is a fine new addition to the Seeker team! Keep up the good work!

[@gus9351]

She's been here long before right? or am I trippin?

[@meandnoother]

@@gus9351 I hadn't seen her before until a few weeks ago, I believe.

[@wild_encounters007]

I love her energy, enthusiasm, plz save her for me!

[@ZatoichiBattousai]

Hemp Oil Plastics! and drop the crude oil plastic all together...

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

No, teach people not to throw plastics away and recycle, reuse and reproduce them. People only focus on recycle which do little help without reuse and reproduce.

[@mrflinstone57]

You know I'm watching this now, summer 2020, where the world is facing a pandemic and the fuzzy cloud that is politics. I feel like politics are literally just lead by a bunch of people with strong opinions who do nothing but argue with each other. I support some politicians, who really serve to represent the people, but certainly not the system as a whole. THESE are the people who should possess the most power in the world-the scientists & the engineers. They have the potential to end hunger through regenerative agriculture, they have the power to end poverty through smart urban planning & infrastructure, they have the power to create a healthy planet that doesn't kill itself in an unsustainable loop. These people are intelligent. They speak with concrete facts hard to argue with. Not tv stars with a lot of money (that means NOTHING). Thanks Seeker!! (aka dnews) I now have new vids to binge watch

[@victorarnault]

Brazil have technology to produce bioplastic from sugar cane since 1995!

[@mlc4495]

Side effects include razing the Amazon rainforest to grow said sugar cane. Try again Brazil. Oh, and stop electing literal Nazis as your president.

[@cyrusthegreat4784]

@@mlc4495 I bet you are the same dumbass who keeps eating beef yet complains about the Amazon fires . Stop eating beef and the demand of soybeans will drop drastically . I like how everything that is not aligned with leftist policies is considered alt right Nazis .

[@insideTheMirror_]

@@cyrusthegreat4784 That seemed...angry, mob of Midgets... idk

[@mlc4495]

@@cyrusthegreat4784 I like how everything/everyone that criticises you weirdos is considered "leftist".

[@Yahgiggle]

bioplastic has been around a lot longer than that too, its about finding a bioplastic that wins over the plastic we use today for price and production costs, no good making sugar plastic if it costs 50x more

[@t-rexngatokorua8733]

Hopefully soon... As someone who works at a plastic manufacturing plant, we try our hardest to be sustainable and eco friendly. We make products out of 50-100% recycled material and everything we make is 100% recyclable... But I'm always seeing our products in rubbish bins or on the ground etc.. We've tried bio degradable before but then everyone complained that it cost too much. You can't win lol

[@pawlufelice]

omg, please remove background music... feels like trying to learn something in a club

[@OganySupreme]

I don't mind it.

[@isolvechess1941]

@@OganySupreme I mean youtube should have that option

[@jimhofoss9982]

solar heating barrel, with a tap at the bottom....throw in your plastics, melt, then pour into custom moulds, for construction materials, bricks, plastic boards, etc.

[@theking8356]

That's GREAT animation!

[@SchiwiM]

I think it could be much easier to evolve an organism by dna development that can digest plastic. Maybe some fungi or bacteria. That would also helps with the already existing plastic in our oceans and everywhere else

[@mikebreeden6071]

This does sound great but I wonder how long it takes for these to degrade naturally in the environment. I dare say it's a lot less time than current petroleum plastics, but I do wonder how long.

[@timfridly705]

thank you for every people who involve in.

[@monad_tcp]

Replace everything with glass !

[@DarkShroom]

man my physics/chemistry teachers would have had a go at you for saying "plastic" because plastic is a property and not a definition.... it now seems to mean polythene and pvc, but can mean silicon based ones (plastic implants) etc? so if you reinvent something with the same properties, it's just gonna be "plastic" again right

[@Ntmoffi]

I'm a simple man. I see a video with Olivia, I click like.

[@BarbaraInspires17]

Loving Bea Johnson Zero Waste Home. I use bio plastics at times. I'm trying to avoid plastics altogether. Most manufactures will not hold themselves accountable of the trash their creating by shifting blame onto the consumer. The mentalities & perspectives NEED to change. Every since I have personally made a choice to become a conscious consumer, I'm saving money. The goal isn't to recycle more but less. I highly recommend her book or KZbin channel for more information.

[@domingo2977]

Seeker has found a lot of cute pretty hosts for their channel?

[@ElleLillian]

Is that seriously your takeaway from this video?

[@isolvechess1941]

@@ElleLillian yes Karen, can we not be a little light sometimes. Why so serious

[@Juuk-D]

In Denmark we have something called "pant" it's where they will add 14 cents in cost to all glass bottles/cans, 22 cents for half liter bottle and 44 cents for anything bigger, we then have these bottle machines we can return our bottles in to get that extra cost back in store credit or cash, so there is almost never any bottles in bins or thrown on the street, because if someone throws a bottle a homeless person or a student on low cash will pick it up and recycle it for cash, as an example sometimes there are huge parties in parks in the summer, and there are thousands of cans and bottles floating around, but there will be atleast 20 people picking the empty cans up and easily earning $100 + each, this is very effective, also we have been using milk cartons made out of paper for centuries, i don't understand why some countries still use plastic containers for something like milk.

[@connornavich]

How about glass ? Remember glass?

[@lupuscorvus841]

I'm curious about whether or not it would have a similar endocrine-disrupting effect that current plastics have. I'm all for reducing use of plastics and solving the pollution problem, especially as it pertains to the oceans but I'm more focused on the negative health consequences that plastics have had not only on our environment, but on ourselves as well.

[@harrisonturner1401]

scientist: "If you go to a dollar store you will find things that are around about a dollar"

[@williamhogan1816]

Hey what happened to converting the plastics we have back to the hydrocarbons they were made of in the first place? Then reuse as plastic again or used as fuels. Maybe even just melt the plastics and reform In to another product for use. What’s wrong with the plastics we have now?

[@jubreakitjubawdit5188]

...oooooor u folks could just make plastic from HEMP...

[@SnozBerryQueen]

Bingo

[@smoothcat1556]

But, how will big oil make money?? Lol

[@jubreakitjubawdit5188]

@@smoothcat1556 preach it Mr. Cat lol

[@trabladorr]

There's nothing magic about hemp, it's just a good source of cellulose. The most common cellulose-based bioplastic, cellulose acetate, is really slow to biodegrade unassisted.

[@jubreakitjubawdit5188]

@@trabladorr except for the part where its not gonna poison us and the earth like micro plastics today are doing...

[@schwartzy65]

Finnish company, Woodly Oy, is developing a new kind of plastic that is carbon neutral. The packaging material, also named Woodly, is made of cellulose that comes from sustainably managed and FSC certified forests. Woodly has the same qualities as regular plastic, and it can be used in the production of different kinds of recyclable packaging. The innovation has gained international attention since it received a high placement in a ranking list by Bioplastic News, a publication that evaluates bioplastic companies and brands.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

We need to reinvent plastic straws. They really şuck.

[@fionafiona1146]

(juced waste) Apple based ones don't turn to gue. Alternatively we could use longer fibre paper (not chopping but pounding the base cellulose (like traditionally done and kept up in Japan, preferably from some longer fibre products than wood, historically hemp).

[@AsG_4_]

fiona fiona pounding takes energy ... so unless you got a million people pounding straws have it

[@burninmind]

Or don't use them at all ... For 99.99% of people having a straw is not necessary for drinking stuff

[@fionafiona1146]

@@AsG_4_ Grinding takes energy and since patience makes that sort of paper recycleble more often I'd opt for the choice if I knew my paper waste wasn't burned 90% of the time or knew the paper mill could control energy usage in ways that add stability to a renewable grid (as overproduction /cheap electricity will be necessary by the next decade).

[@bultenlol]

Or just remove them completely, we'll do just fine without it.

[@zainabmejja9936]

This would be so sustainable! Taking care of land and ocean pollution, but also getting creative with useful new inventions 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@rahultherash]

Your new host is good...... Brace the new talent👏

[@globalko]

We can get bacteria to produce any material we want by plasmid transfusion, so that is not a problem. The properties of plastic is that it is not biodegradable which is why it is used

[@beanbagthemeanbag1303]

Bring the host back for more videos.

[@Junokaii]

I'm no enviro nut by any means and am a strong fossil fuels supporter, but I think things like this is very beneficial because it means it gives fossil fuels that much more of a lifeline to produce things that either just can't be produced without it or gives many of the things we depend on it for such as traveling to be prolonged.

[@lemonwithalime]

" strong fossil fuels supporter " Why?

[@Junokaii]

@@lemonwithalime Why not? Can you name a resource that has had such a profound impact on the positivity of human flourishing? Yeah we're finding alternatives now, but everything from agriculture to makeup has its base from fossil fuels. Contrary to belief, as I suspect from your need to put strong fossil fuels supporter in quotes, why the snit? Why can't I be both an environmentalist and a fossil fuels supporter? They're not contradictions of one another.

[@john_fpv]

Maybe government can subsidise ?

[@kd7623]

Government should suicide

[@kd7623]

@Dave P. every government, that ignores long term losses over short term gains.

[@brenobarros2687]

Hey @seeker , methane doesnt stink, the smell is added so we can smell it. Methane is smelless. Great video by the way.

[@sairamchitrada4918]

Good looking anchor 😄

[@itzspookytv686]

Love the video seeker and great job presenter kept me interested the whole video💯👍

[@OddWorlderer]

Weaklings, I drink my liquid from a silicate bottle :p

[@esbensloth]

Is it tinted emerald?

[@tos-sn5pl]

Would be a massive step for humanity and all if we went cold turkey with plastic and started to share and exchange with echother also connecting with stores better bringing in your own bags and bottles etc, but as humans we need to replace what is taken out..

[@ksriharsha2911]

The best channel on KZbin!❤️

[@taylankilic6756]

K SRI HARSHA legitimately though

[@SahilP2648]

Not by a Longshot. Check out Kurzgesagt, Michael reeves and Corridor digital

[@stel1000]

Mers that means parts said Ahmed. Meri and read like Mary. And means parts(mostly when you separate something in groups) but mostly means places. Parts is also called komatia which is more direct of a translation. Komatia is like pieces or parts of a puzzle let's say. We use meri cause it is about where and how the connections happen and how many they are.

[@paladin0654]

This is the next project for PETA: protecting bacteria.

[@elijahcaudle7365]

Ffs

[@johnnyclub]

There are companies much further in the development of PHA-materials. The methane-based technology is not new, a company called Newlight Technology has already scaled it up. But for now, the most 'competitive' way for making PHA is by starting from plant oils. Companies like Kaneka already have large scale production capabilities. And by 'competitive' I mean 3-4x the price of a PE or PP.

[@j9u315]

i love her... ❤️❤️❤️

[@isaach.1135]

I'm less concerned of a future replacement and more concerned with the current problem. What about the ways we are currently reusing or repurposing plastics that already exist? We aren't going to run out of it any time soon since it takes forever to degrade so what are we doing to what we have and why is it still an issue? What is at play? It appears to be more of an issue in society and less of the actual material itself

[@dub2459]

They should add that magnetic fluid into plastics, it will at least make it easier to clean up using magnets.

[@FluffyJuelz]

That would do infinitely more harm than good.

[@_inetuser]

one question, do small parts act like the female hormone like it's the case with petrol plastic? i.e. in our drinking bottles

[@_inetuser]

or can our stomachs digest it

[@JohnnyVinthe813]

this video is misleading. I you are using it for consumption you will still have to use a BPA liner if the material is consumable inside.

[@harpreetsinghtoor315]

When did the video say it's only reinventing plastic used in consumption. There's so much plastic used that's not in the f&b industry and this could help there. Before calling a video misleading use a little of the brain you were born with.

[@salmonstone2358]

Why would it require BPA? Is BPA not Bisphenol A? Carcinogenic? You can buy many BPA Free products so why would you assume it's use be required?

[@victorthurse6027]

If anyone want a more detailed explanation, the first I heard of a company working on this was on the KZbin channel o Employees of EarthShift Global. CO2 Sequestration by Methane Eating Bacteria, 28 Mar 2019 .

[@juidude634]

I really hope that we can change all the plastics in "bioplas"! Or we die in plastic🤒🤢🤮😇. And big thanks for seeker! Keep the knowlidge flouing👍

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

Well we wouldn’t need this if people weren’t lazy, it’s not the plastic fault for causing this worldwide problem

[@rajivmvg]

Crazy video loved it, kudos to seeker as always.. u guys are the best.🤗

[@harshsharma-je8wo]

I fell in love with girl she has amazing non verbal communication

[@jmd1743]

Did you know that the Ganges river is the source of water for over 400 million people? It's also one of the most polluted rivers on the planet, so there's a lot of used plastic in that water. I seen where an entity is producing plastic building bricks out of recycled plastic. Slat who should have gotten the NYT person award for starting a company that produces equipment to clean the oceans & rivers could take his technology to the Ganges. That way he cleans up the water to make it safe,he would also be able to turn that plastic to provide those who're in extreme poverty a safe house to life in.He would be able to provide jobs to those who clean up the river, those who would melt the used plastic into bricks, those who would use the bricks to build a house, and those who would install solar & plumbing for clean drinking water through new public infrastructure.

[@0brine]

Wow your shirt fits you so well! Oh my god i like it so much 😉

[@thestrel555]

creep

[@mlc4495]

Virgin saddo.

[@jackspencer63]

PLA also biodegrades in marine environment as well

[@LarryPhischman]

There's a cam girl who looks just like her.

[@faaaaaaaaaa66]

What's her name? In the name of science... Hahaha

[@isabellabraganca1095]

What about air gel? Is it biodegradable? Does it have enough qualities to replace plastic?