- -: Where Does Recycled Plastic Go? To China and Back
October 15, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/30/The_Story_Behind_Our_Obsession_with_Bottled_Water Peter Gleick, author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, briefly summarizes the economics of shipping recycled plastic to China. Once in China, plastic waste is used...
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- -: Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic
October 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can,...
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Van Jones: The Economic Injustice of Plastic
November 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Van Jones explains how saving plastic and saving lives can be done simultaneously with the right passion for the planet and respect for all species.
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Thomas Thwaites: How I Built a Toaster - From Scratch
November 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)In this amusing talk, designer Thomas Thwaites tells us how he built a toaster from scratch. He narrates how he came up with the Toaster project and the various challenges he had in trying to make this product. He demonstrates how difficult it is to literally produce one of the simplest gadgets t...
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Charles Moore: The Seas of Plastic
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Charles Moore shows how our overuse of plastic has become a deadly enemy of the oceans and the living things that depend on it.
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