How Plastic Bags Get Recycled

[@jeanpeter5578]

Very interesting, we need more of these recycling plants worldwide, especially in the UK!

[@lgarla23]

I'm glad you posted this video, now I can show this to all the people in my family who say "you can't recycle plastic bags"? Go figure

[@regularuser]

You can't put it in the curbside recycling bin. You have to bring it back to store and find the plastic bag recycling bin.

[@michael931]

Yeah, I didn't think they really got recycled. And I just looked them up and they are still there doing this in 2022.

[@CP-ux9zd]

@@regularuser and unfortunately most times that Al sends up at a landfill or incinerator according to an in depth investigation. Not always, but usually.

[@GiantPetRat]

I live in Wisconsin, where recently, plastic bags can be recylced. It makes me feel SO much better when I don't have to throw them away. I've always wondered how the process worked, and it doesn't look seriously complicated, which makes me hope that other states will soon follow suit.

[@lanceg911]

Pretty much all stores Walmart Kroger Albertsons etc have a drop off for used plastic bags to be recycled

[@ReginaH326]

Thanks so much for sharing this video. I searched for videos on this process after I was told by my city recycle program (in Houston, TX) that they do not accept plastic bags because they get caught in the machines. I knew there had to be a way to recycle them, and while I'm happy Houston is finally making a stronger recycling effort, I hope they incorporate plastic bag recycling very soon!

[@stevenunya2182]

I used to do prototyping for a plastic injection molding company in Michigan. The warehouse had tons of spiders in it. One day, one of the warehouse guys took a spider and put it in a barrel of new plastic pellets. The spider freaked out, curled up and died within a minute. Not sure what is in that material that caused it, but I never stuck my hands in the material from that day forward.

[@michael931]

Amazon says to recycle their blue padded envelopes this way but what about the adhesive labels on them?

[@kaedee6135]

I love the idea of recycling ♻️ I've been recycling everything possible in my home however I began to wonder if it even made a difference if I did it or not. Some friends told me not to worry about it that I wasn't going to make a difference that it wasn't worth my stress. I just figured that if we all have that same mentality then they'll definitely be no difference. We're a family of 8 so I hope that me doing recycling ♻️ will have at least a tiny bit of difference. 💚🌎💙

[@moniquevandeplas5210]

there is a man somewhere in the world (I will get the details for you) who was brave enough to stand up for his area along the water and so no to garbage there. People said there was no point. All the fish had died anyway. Over time though, fish started to resurface. And others started to join in. There is a reason for Stand Your Ground saying. I say this in empathy because I was just at the recycling station the other day and wondering if there was any point in me recycling all the plastics especially after I found out what they did with them.....but keep in mind as systems grow, they adapt.

[@bellestarre8589]

@@moniquevandeplas5210 It's tough to be positive when only 9% (according to some statistics I read somewhere) of plastics get recycled. BUT that is better than zero. Every little bit helps. I've been recycling for 30 years. Styrofoam is recyclable at Publix grocery stores. Keep up the good work & keep spreading positive feedback Monique!!! ✌☮ 🪴 🐟 🐕 🌞 💧

[@kikianasahmad2328]

Very good job. I want this implemented in South Africa as well.

[@travoltamukisa]

wonderful ideas

[@devoidofeelings4338]

Mad about recycling. Everyone should be watching this video..

[@luxguy82]

Thank you for making this video. It was really interesting and just the right length!

[@NinegpsMatchmaker]

I totally love this! This is great proof that grocery bag recycling is real!

[@tbsdrummer87]

I love how much pride he has in his job

[@AromalC]

Thanks for the video. That was really informative. Everyone please don't forget the slogan. Recycling is good, but reducing the usage is the great thing you can do. Reduce - Reuse - Recycle.

[@mactavish2401]

These help me explain, that plastic bag ALWAYS can be recycle... Not just end up for nothing. Thanks for the video. God bless Ya

[@Jaybird2064]

How many times can the bags be recycled? In other words, can north Vernon recycle the bags they’ve produced from recycled bags?

[@counselingmom]

I'm worried. Is this toxic for the workers? Heating up plastic?

[@thomastrainsmore2010]

I recycle plastic bottles along with plastic bags, and they get thrown into recycling, Good video, btw.

[@softplasticrecyclingscam6186]

0:35 The plastic goes through what, (floating tanks?), and magnets? Are floating tanks actually just containers of water where plastic is somehow separated?

[@phaedrussmith1949]

What does the recycling factory run on, pixie dust?

[@mikeb46]

Great video. Why did someone think loud piano music would make it better? Sometimes I had trouble making out your words. SHEESH!

[@patrickrichmond9896]

This is cool and shows us what happens when we drop our plastic bags off at the grocery store. I cant find out the name of the piano piece. But it goes well with this movie.

[@erickim4445]

Who are the people who disliked this video? Seriously. What objection could you possibly have to this video?

[@dongreenberg9088]

We really don't need all those plastic bags. It's not rocket science, buy reusable! NJ BANNED most plastic shopping bags and usage dropped by over 5 BILLION bags, thats BILLION, within about 19 months according to the NJ Food Council, an industry group for grocers & supermarkets. I also find it ironic that at around 3:12 an employee is handing a single use plastic water bottle to someone!

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

Apart from the start up cost, what dose it cost to keep that plant running, electric, property, payroll? Seeing how this plant works is amazing but reality can sink in if you can't pay the upkeep cost. Either way amazing video, thanks for making it!

[@JimTMcDaniels1]

Yes we must reuse or recycle what we can! I’d like to share a Great Recycling Idea for reflective insulated bag from Blue Apron that you might want to share with others! I live in Colorado and I like to make battery heat barrier/insulation blankets(wraps) our of the Blue Apron insulated bags, for all my vehicle batteries. So my batteries last longer protected from engine heat, as anything over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, accelerates the battery’s internal damaging corrosion and water loss. Also the battery can perform better in our bitter cold that greatly reduces their output ability over 50 percent and reduces their charging ability when you need them most. Automotive Batteries are expensive and seem to only last 3-7 years. There aren’t many things we can do to extend our battery's life span. There are just a few sellers of aftermarket battery blankets(like the picture below) and even when you find a seller, they don’t always fit larger batteries and are basically too expensive for most to consider. It’s well known in the automotive industry, that our vehicle’s battery’s life is shortened in temperature extremes of the hot engine compartment and the either or hot and cold climates we live in. Because of this, many automotive manufacturers equip their new vehicles with battery blankets usually made from a cloth exterior and fiberglass like interior. However the vehicles considerate enough to originally equipped with these battery blankets too often loose their blankets during battery replacement. Often because the fragile blanket gets torn during removal, OR the new battery installer does not want to bother with slipping the blanket on the new battery, OR the original blanket does not fit the new battery, OR the installer is unaware what the blanket does OR assumes it is part of the old battery case. Making a battery blanket is so easy with the Blue Apron reflective insulation bag which does not conduct electricity. I place the battery into one of the corners of the bag and cut the bag down so that it wraps around the sides of the battery. I use my screw driver end to punch a hole at each bottom corner so if water ever gets in the bag, it can leak out. Then I fold the sides and use box tape to hold the cut areas, the tape sticks very well. Then I use scissors and cut the bag to the level of the top of the battery. Done! Take care!

[@lancelotbeuville7944]

What kind of electricity do they use to power the machines ?

[@LilGigiGabor]

how many of these factories is there?

[@austrorus]

suppose bringing to the shop your own, many times usable, basket, bag or another utensil, is still a long time away?

[@softplasticrecyclingscam6186]

People are now so low in energy and so then so dumb, that they cannot do any reasonable amount of action and thought. People are total losers now, and that means arseholes. But I am referring to adults only. Children are not yet there. health101.org/articles.htm

[@GeorgeWBush-be8xq]

Some people just dont care or to much bring own bags especially in a ghetto areas or areas filled with non whites

[@izabellanglais9228]

Thank you Jennifer for this super interesting video :)

[@happysunnyrain1531]

I didn't like the shaking in the beginning but I liked the rest of the video. Thanks 👍

[@MAuroraCharvat]

You should have one or more recycling plant in each state of the union. Imagine all these plastic bags save from the garbage landfill and our waterways and being given new life. Can they make other items with those plastic pellets I wonder...Might be a profitable investment to look into starting one by some environmentalist entrepreneurs if there isn't one in their area.

[@sulamanbutt5479]

What steps have taken from your medical concile to remove plastic bag polution

[@pramodsapkal1428]

Where are this is located

[@nickdyess581]

Wait so after its been melted and made into pellets, they still find Bolling balls?

[@rishalsonkhongtani4036]

Great I 😍 I'm crazy to clean up the environment by this process needed to implement like this in meghalaya i am from shillong.

[@patrickjensen6688]

I use one bag to stuff the others into I also throw other plastic wrappers in there such as paper towel bottle water wrapping even dry used zip lock bags and other items don't know if correct but that's how I found this vid.they should really do more of this with news they don't inform very well

[@deanbarker4905]

What is the machine right at the start that opens up the plastic bales ? On the dry line

[@CRiver396]

How much greenhouse gasses does this make?

[@tomd.8617]

What did you do with that "fresh bag of warm pallets"? Did you trash it? ;)

[@safepethaven]

That's PELLETS, the small plastic formed spheres; pallets are something different altogether...

[@marshwiggle]

Great and informative video but the background piano was very distracting to someone like me with hearing difficulties....

[@sulamanbutt5479]

Have yoy ever recycle condems also???,

[@deepblue7457]

Is that casted part for the frame of MRI?

[@shehryarayub7845]

How much cost to build that type of industry??? Please anyone help me

[@shanalynnex3]

Fascinating!!! Thank you

[@andyandys5356]

What's she going to do with the plastic pellets when she gets home...play around for a little while and throw it in landfill afterwards?

[@osamasemsem8996]

How I can visit this place please ??? Iam sooo interesting to know more about it

[@dwightarnold6980]

Worked at a landfill. Saw seagulls get them wrapped around their legs alot. Go back to paper at least it won't hurt birds and other animals.

[@LilGigiGabor]

Thanks for sharing Earth911TV ... Gill;Dx

[@patrickjensen6688]

Sounds geeky make the handles stronger

[@arayakhan560]

It's not yacky, it's fantastic, i recycle all my plastic bag by taking them to the groceries store bag recycling bin

[@jessiemcfarland3666]

Pretty good video.

[@builddrive1023]

Great video! What is the bale opening machine anyone? looks great.

[@deanbarker4905]

Jack H did you find out what the bale opening machine was?

[@Ecotourist_aruj]

Is 100% recycled or some % is released as poison gas in environment?

[@dino5869]

100% recycled

[@pritter21]

Great video. Thanks.

[@charlotte_3476]

Definitely need to educate everyone better, you can take your bags down the supermarket to put in their bag bins! I find it really depressing seeing bags stuck in trees along the road side/the river (witches knickers) or stuck in the drain along with all the other rubbish folks drop. Don't get me started on polystyrene either! (not the singer RIP)

[@yangwekesa3818]

totally dope. my sisand i are learning a lot. we appreciate it.

[@SpencerFcp]

Recycling and using the least amount of plastic is important! So I'm going to take this bag of useless plastic pellets as a souvenir.

[@softplasticrecyclingscam6186]

Exactly. Reduce, then reuse, then recycle.

[@briansokoloski776]

At the time this was made what was scrap plastic bags paying per ton in money last time i heard was paying $200.00 a ton and that was 10 years ago in Vancouver BC Canada

[@davidjackson4868]

in Australia plastic bags in coles and woolworths are no longer used other retailers are also joining the ban >>>>better than recycling :)

[@softplasticrecyclingscam6186]

The US of Australia shoppers are just dumping the new thicker bags into their household rubbish bins. That means the problem is worse than ever. And the supermarkets secretly dump customers recyclable plastic bags.

[@AG058]

thanks

[@relentlessmadman]

how (what is the process from my house to your door!)_ It is very interesting to see how your industrial size proicess works but you are leaving out the important part of the process! How do I get my waste plastic bags from my house to your facility

[@softplasticrecyclingscam6186]

There are local shops that collect bags for recycling. Do you know them?

[@sulamanbutt5479]

What yor local media played roll to reduce envioumental polution like plastic bag

[@KelvinW344]

So... why are people still using plastic shopping bags?

[@jrzzrj]

many...like myself ....use heavy re-usable cloth bags......I solved my plastic bag refuse problem....

[@merewetherful]

Some people I know say they use it as garbage bags. I saw a tutorial on here about how to make bin liners with newspaper. Heaps of fun to make and more effective than plastic bags.

[@brucethedruid]

Dude, where do you live? I take cloth bags all the time to various stores, and not once have I been questioned or made to feel like a criminal. Stores love it when customers bring their own bags so they don't have to use paper or plastic bags. I just put mine in a shopping cart or basket. Never had an issue.

[@teaivazidic4041]

Yes,why people still using plastic bag?😣😣

[@calanjameshunt]

damn thats one hell of a extrusion plant...

[@1acroyear1]

Any amount of money says she took that complimentary bag of plastic pellets and threw them in the garbage.

[@merewetherful]

Yes what a bitch

[@anthonydavisjr2429]

OK learned nothing but got to watch a video that reminded me of "The Blair Witch" or other shaky cam movies. Was this being filmed during an earthquake? If it was props to you for remaining so calm.

[@semitavitae4729]

Wow. Just wow.

[@yahmom626]

Who hurt you, u angry little man :c

[@LilGigiGabor]

how expensive is it to replicate this method worldwide but moderately. no need tomake more plastics just recycle those industries into recyling centers?

[@MASSgg-sq9ck]

Eu tenho esperiença para trabalhar essa aria ja trabalhei 5 anos em produção plástico eu gostaria de encontrar esse emprego aki no estado unido eu estou morando em nova York mas estou disposto para ir qualquer cidades

[@sulamanbutt5479]

They must went to NASA and or be some where like commissioned officers..

[@sulamanbutt5479]

How ashaming work you are doing

[@sulamanbutt5479]

Being a enginerr dont you think that it is demorlising work for those how have done thier gaduation on scholerships

[@kohort1]

They need to incorporate a bin for plastic bag recycling curbside. I argue that plastic bags are the worst type of plastic and the least recycled.

[@md.shaifulislam7272]

@hi, i would like supply polybag from bangladesh. anyone would like to buy at cost effective rate?

[@COMPAQCQ70]

should see the river in Milwaukee. loaded with Plastic Bags and latey, plywood lol

[@keirankainth]

She’s got that Meg from family guy voice going on.

[@mrtaster9736]

Kim Kardashian wants to know this plastic plants location she needs new implants

[@jonathancook4022]

Well this busts the myth that plastic bags can't be recycled - i think its more of a case that the councils simple don't want to or can't afford to...despite being able to offer a sellable product at the end

[@JoseCruz-kp7ru]

I aways check to to see what is recycled and what is not, plastic grocery store bags never.

[@dazedapparition7845]

Did everyone miss the comment in the video about bowling balls making their way far into the process that they get separated? How TF does that happen? Who sees a plastic bag recycling receptacle and inserts a bowling ball? Is this is the common sense of the world now?

[@michaelhanik393]

Hi. Lady... get your self a camera stabiliser please.

[@WellDoneHumanity]

lilac stupid 8 years on.. I’m sure she’s glad for your input

[@everettoehlschlaeger8139]

Should be Nation wide... i would prefer if there were no groovy jazz music during the video...

[@dobbythehouseelf422]

i mean its great that they're doing it, but theyre also making a ton of bags, which will probably just get thrown away, so they're processing recylced bags back into working material just to make the same terrible product? seems a lil silly to me.

[@AL-sp2vq]

I know other companies recycle them to make plastic lumber for decks

[@thebreifcaseman269]

There so much plastic in the world if you banned making new plastics and was only allowed to recycle them you would see a dramatic drop in the amount of plastics entering the oceans and wildlife habits as companies would be only buying there plastic bottles bags e.c.t off companies that are recycling plastics, also these companies recycling plastics would make more money and would most likely pay large amout to other companies for supply large amounts of used plastics for them to recycle giving government or even private companies to invest in collecting plastics from the oceans, rivers, roadsides and wooded areas due to the fact that I would them be profitable to do so. The only issues would be being efficient enough in collecting plastics that you could pay staff and Still make a profit.

[@BostonMatthews]

In-house recycling systems from Munchy (The original) - www.munchy.com

[@pakarmyzindabad9713]

Awesome but not you show its properly

[@briansokoloski776]

China must have larger plants since they are dealing with scrap plastic film from all over the world

[@graigmilanmeriloo6665]

cool

[@lothean2099]

I like the video, but the music makes it boring.

[@alwaili5879]

so they recycle plastic bags to sell back to companies that make plastic bags

[@christinavelazquez8931]

Use reusable bags, collapsible crates! If America has this why do we send plastic bags to Malaysia? 😤🌎

[@AmraphelofShinar]

Shake cam!

[@sulamanbutt5479]

This is a sheap thing out here

[@snitox]

This is where we need a advanced ai shorter

[@enjoisk8a911]

I love to see a circular economy in action, but it feels weird to recycle plastic bags into more plastic bags. At some point we should be trying to convince consumers to stop using plastic bags, and producers to stop making them. This is just one facility that is recycling what percent of bags nationally? Cant be very high

[@stinkintoad]

Why why why do they not do this in the US???

[@CannedHam6]

Why why why do you think North Vernon, Indiana is NOT in the US???

[@hamasaki123123]

My recycling plants bigger than this... world biggest recycling plant?lol..

[@jaredharbaugh8419]

Less waste but how much electricity is being used. Does the electricity come from a coal burning plant? If so still polluting not to mention using valuable resources.

[@RIVEXNGLE]

u trollin brah? :O What would you propose be done with all our excessive, useless plastic waste?

[@jaredharbaugh8419]

@@RIVEXNGLE I didn't ask you

[@greywolf0167]

Jared asked a good question....why not solar energy installed?

[@greywolf0167]

or wind

[@KerryZelazny]

I wonder why this video is getting down voted?

[@mahmoudmusbah6443]

Disturbing music