Humanity produces roughly 400 million metric tons of plastic each year, yet only recycles or reuses 9%, at most, of all the plastic collected. While nations are currently locked in negotiations to design a global treaty meant to rein in plastic production and address plastic pollution, researchers are working to develop fully biodegradable and naturally occurring plastic polymers known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs).
In this episode of Mongabay’s “Problem Solved” video series, we take a look at how PHAs are made and what we need to combat the global plastic pollution crisis.
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-- Video Chapters --
0:00 Intro
1:25 The Journey of a Wasted Plastic Bottle
4:44 How To Make Bioplastics
8:28 The Global Plastic Treaty
10:16 Outro and Credits
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Nice video!!
A global zero waste approach like implementing REFILL and REUSABLE is the best way to go. Single Use is one of the core problem of waste. So why not refill n reusable !
Interesting, but with the amount of plastic already in the environment that will linger for centuries, it feels like the horse has already bolted.