5 BEST Alternatives to Finally Replace Plastic

Spray foam is badass though.

So.... how much does all of this stuff cost exactly?

After previous form I still want to know the breakdown products of the PLA, see if it's not just another phony bio-plastic, particularly 'aero-biodegradeable' microplastic nightmares. It would also be good to know if the seaweed cartons are hypoallergenic; I've not heard of anyone being allergic to seaweed which has been a huge problem with corn based products.

Try finding plastic free tumblers. ALL the lids are plastic. There are only a handful of water bottles available with zero plastic.

Last I heard the cost problem with hemp is that the farming machinery simply isn't made anymore. Where's the gigafactory for hemp machinery?

Very informative, hopefully some of these alternatives will soon be available in developing countries, like the Philippines, where I live. My dream is to enforce restrictions on the movement of plastics between islands of our archipelago, so that smaller islands can become fossil-based plastic free much sooner. Hopefully there can be some mechanisms for encouraging these kinds of local initiatives. The UN is investing a lot of effort in assisting Small Island Developing States face crises in climate and plastic consumption, hopefully there can soon be similar initiatives for subnational small island developing jurisdictions. Our archipelago has hundreds of these local government administrations.

I dont want a water bottle with app connectivity 😂 I'm happy that they paid you for the ad break though

His normal voice is back! Yokata!

I'm definitely interested in the the use of Hemp and Mycelium as a plastic alternative. I would also like to see more advances in PLA composting as I am a hobby 3d printer and I hate the sheer volume of waste it generates that could be recycled or composted but isn't because there is no good infrastructure to do it. I'm also interested in the seaweed idea, that seems like an amazing way to use a plentiful and potentially invasive plant for something good. And, hey, what Fun Guy doesn't like Shrimp Cocktail?

The cost remain the main issue. If those solutions were competitive there is no doubt it would develop faster.

Matt, I am impressed with your findings on plastic in this episode. Thank you.

Plastic...always getting the bad wrap. See what I did there

What would be absolutely cool would be a transparent to mostly transparent/semitransparent mycelium-based plastic that can hold drinking water, safely, for up to 2 years, but after the contents have been downed the bottle can be cut up, boiled or soaked in near boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes, then be cut up and used for either noodles or mushrooms in your Bolognese sauce.

I am curious about the sustainability of farming these material. If some of these technologies are embraced would it be possible to actually produce enough to replace plastic?

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When it comes to buying bottled water, they're only "single use" if you're lazy.

Dog gone it, another video I WANT to watch, but am unable. Please make your videos more accessible. Get rid of the background music throughout!
Thank you and if you do, you'll probably thank me because of the number of people in the same boat as me who will watch and like your videos.

So, let me know when you remove the music so I can actually watch it and be able to join the discussions.

Oh wait, I've already reached out to you in other videos about this issue of inaccessibility. But you're obiously way too busy to be concerned aobut a large population base that need quiet when listening to instructional commentary.
But maybe since this video is quite new, you may actually read my coment and consider allowing me to be able to watch your videos?!?


Thank you and blessings to you.

When it comes to food we don't really have a choice. Fruit, vegetables, bread and many other things come in plastic. We can either buy them like that or not eat them.

Rock on !! Great video and information !

Funny how it takes 100 years for government to release things we used in the beginning of the last century. Hemp. Edison's batteries in the 20's and 30's. Seafood.
(Soon hydrogen on demand for ICE -- Stanley Meyers)

Thank you so much, I just found your channel. Your Videos are very informative and very well researched. Very interesting topics, I am impressed!

liked for literally grasping at straws

Glad to see hemp is replacing plastic for construction!
Now People won't live in plastic bags anymore 😂😂

"ITS BREAKS DOWN" whats it break down into, because if they do this to all plastic imagine what the world will be filled with now, microplastic hell

Single use plastics... trigger 🤣
I work in retail, food packaging etc single use plastics are far better than the ones that never see the consumer. I stock a lot of products with plastic wrappers that need to be removed before they go on the shelf. Quite a few have transitioned to thin paper to protect the products from transport scuffing and scrapes but there are still far too many that pack in plastic that never even sees the consumer.

I use polypropylene gallon jugs foir storing drinking and plant/animal watering waters for years (each jug used for years)... I would use glass except they are no longer readily available and polypropylene usually has fewer amounts of plasticizers and fillers than other plastics do...

You completely lost me at the seaweed pouches. Like what the actual fuq dude

As the world's population and economy expanded we were bound to meet these problems because the Earth is largely an isolated system. It's a very big one which was why for a long time humans had a seemingly insignificant footprint on its ecology. Now our population is rapidly increasing, it is much easier to see just how closely related to its ecology we are instead of being separate from it.

Use glass

Don’t use this on automotive parts. Rodents will eat it.

if it's inexpensive it will thrive. if not, it won't happen.

While I think its great for new innovations for food packaging and grocery bags, but we were using paper for both forever, and paper is biodegradable and recyclable and a lot of food is still packaged in it. So just stop using plastic for grocery bags and most food, directly reducing waste.

Or or or you could use actual leather which won’t break down and can be used for a long time, and will get better with age. Just a thought.

Cost, pure and simple, will rule this decision more than anything.

Hemp, kudzo, cotton, any non-edible plant that we can make stuff from competes for arable land that could be used to grow edible crops. Are we really willing to starve people to make carry-out bags?
You didn't mention the energy requirements for these alternatives. One of the biggest reasons we make stuff out of plastic is that it is just sooo bloody cheap to make. So cheap that recycling plastic costs way more than making it from scratch. OTOH look at all the plastic bottles we throw out, those are usually made from plastics that are fairly cheap and easy to recycle but we throw them out anyway. Maybe we do need packaging materials that will compost with a simple additive because we can't be bothered to recycle.

Important show. Thanks for your work. Oil plastics must go now.

What I think is that it isn't really a matter of consumer preference for most of these. With packaging, your average consumer just doesn't know what it is that projects their product until they open it. And accepting it, these materials will slowly find more and more use as they get cheaper until they reach a threshold of costing as much as regular plastics and then they'll just be everywhere.

No, I haven't used any of the materials you mentioned, but I am excited to learn of these options. Keep up these great videos.

I wish that the USA would adopt European environmental laws.
It's not going to happen.
Reason: Republicans, conservatives and corporations.

The biggest issue is the actual quantity demand…Few things allow for that

Put a tax (or “disposal fee”) on every bit of new plastic (fpclothes,bags, invisible bits inside appliances etc) and people will be rushing to try out these options.

If financially viable it all sounds good. But I do wonder if a few weeks stability will be sufficient for a food container.

Ban paper straws. I avoid chipotle strictly due to the use of paper straws

Oh, I can just use dead animal products to replace my problematic vegan leather!

I'll keep this short but your're wrong about daily water consumption (or your LARQ app is flat out lying to you for likes, essentially). I'll post a plurb because I can't post a link here to a McGill University article defining their research. McGill University: " The actual notion of 8 glasses a day originates from a 1945 US Food and Nutrition Board which recommended 2.5 litres of daily water intake. But what is generally forgotten from this recommendation is, firstly, that it was not based on any research and that secondly the recommendation stated that most of the water intake could come from food sources." In the elaboration, you learn fun things like how we still lose water to sweat in cold climates, but it is nearly pure water and doesn't stink becuase it lacks they mostly oily sweat from different sweat glands that react when we're hot or exerting ourselves, physically or mentally. Love you!