The Shocking Truth About Biodegradable Plastics

It does not take "hundreds of years to degrade". Tops is 100 years.

Well, this video was 7 years ago. Now we have PHA, only problem is making the cost more affordable

what about tipa?

Make plastic out of hemp!!!!

Thanks

Most of this video is false. Whom ever did the "research" for this video should be fired.
Do your own research on these products.
Start with hemp based items.

Hemp plastic is the answer. The problem is that the oil industry is in control of most of the governments in the world.

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Where is this guy these days? I’m missing him...

Paper bags are not an option either as paper is the 3rd largest polluter in the world. HEMP!

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What about sugarcane bagasse based containers or plastic? 😐
I use such containers 🙄

Why can't all countries in the world just ban all plastic especially single-use plastics forever? We have a plastic pollution crisis and some governors aren't doing much about this problem that needs to be addressed now.

So when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s the stupid governments of the world forced plastic companies to make it all bio-degradable.. and now, because of this, we now have huge plastic islands in the ocean and fish with plastic molecules in their bodies, and in ours after we eat the fish.. maybe we should just go back to real plastic until theres something else? The grocery store in my town only gives paper bags now because my town banned plastic bags, so now, instead of using plastic from the crude oil we are using trees for paper bags and it's ok to destroy forests??
(Btw the oil manufacturers need to do something with the 45 lbs of crude oil that doesn't contain gas or 10 w 30, etc, and plastic, which also comes from crude, is actually part of a solution to the toxic crude oil leftover sludge and with nowhere to put it problem)

but isnt it true that if u would use the long polymers nature has already created like starch that if u make that into plastic wich is possible that is can outomatically compost? because nature has already evloved microbes that can digest those polymers.

The irony is that the environment bacteria CAN consume/degrate plastic in 1-5 months

sir, help me to know more about hemp based plastic bottle or carry bags.

Wow so whats the solution

Don't mean that it can't be renewable and plastic has important uses and is recyclable! Maybe not good for throw away consumer items but we will always need it for other things and it is a great solution!

Thank you so much for this explanation!

Very informative and you are super well spoken sir ! Thanks for sharing !

It takes more energy to make paper bag then plastic. Why not use the suns energy via solar concentrater mirrors to make the plastic into fuel. You could have rebate centers where people would be encourage to turn in their plastic stuff to get some money.

Paper bags and old fashioned paper egg cartons are fully degrable and decay into natural materials in any compost facility. And we can continue to grow pine trees rapidly, so the resource is 100% sustainable. Shame on the industry for pushing "degradable plastic", just more Madison Ave marketing spin.

What about hemp plastic?

Paper is 100% degradable and there is almost no use of plastic in packaging and food serving that cannot be replaced with various forms of waxed and ply paper.

What about hemp plastic?

just reuse, recycling isn’t worth it. get a reusable bag. i’m from Hawaii and plastic bags are banned, and our cars are filled with reusable bags.

Simple stop producing 90 to 99 % of consumer plastic.

Maybe we should at least stop making more plastic and re-use what we already have ..

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And what about the polution that is produced while the Toyota is manufactured?

i bring my bagpack to the supermarket yea i look like a student but i dont care because i can carry stuff easier and i also have another one of those gym bags with those strings on it just incase i buy more things

Love to hear your comments on products produced by Xyleco. Biodegradable plastics, clean burning fuel, sugar that doesn't harm you? Comment please.

20190621: The message in this video is, biodegradable can simply mean the plastic thing disappears. But a polymer of even a million monomers needs a powerful microscope to detect. I buy green plastic bags for my food scraps. THEY SAY these green bags are biodegradable. BUT I DON'T BELIEVEe they are perfectly degraded back to ATOMS. The world of BUSINESS (even within Families) is full of lies. The biggest lies are the lies of omission. Where the SELLER does not tell you their PRODUCT has hidden negatives. Like it's designed to FAIL after 13 months when the warranty expires in 12 months. Maybe there is no such THING as a completely biodegradable POLYMER. If that is true then the oceans should be filling up with them. Or, do they sink to the bottom of the ocean? I can't find out. But I think it is an important question. And the answer is NO! They float. And they get into the blood streams of all organisms. Then the questions are about toxicity.

here In India, we have already developed such plastic not only complete Biodegradable but also good for fertility of land !IIT Guwahati teams

damn he turned around quick to sell us that plastic car huh smh

Or you know what just make hemp plastic

Am i the only one watching this shit in 2019? What’s wrong with people lmao

Why don't we like...shoot it off to space???? Plenty of space there no?

how about 'plastic' made from hemp ?

Hemp plastic ❤️

GOODNESS GRACIOUS WHY DID WE BECOME SO STUPID WHEN WE MADE PLASTIC?????? WHO'S WITH ME? LIKE IS SO!!!
Also Trace you talk so smooth with no mistakes!
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The problem with real biodegradable plastics is that they degrade too easily, therefore they have no use in most food applications, such as soda cans, milk packages, etc. For durable applications in buildings (such as water pipes, sewage pipes, electrical cable insulation) being biodegradable is actually a hazard, because these products are expected to last at least 50 years without meaningful degradation, a bio-plastic would not be able to resist that long, and I am sure nobody wants their sewage pipe from the toilet in the floor above to degrade and start leaking...

Wax worms eat plastic and convert it to ethylene glycol...

Sponsored by an oil company ?

Paid by petro.

I saw a video that says HEMP Bottles are bio degradable So it depends on the type of plastic bottle you are talking about..