Petroleum plastics have been around for too long.
To know how to solve the plastic crisis, it’s important to know how we got here.
History Of Plastic
The Birth of Plastics
This indestructible material has and continues to wreak havoc on our planet and is arguably the top environmental issue we face today.
Plastics in packaging all started so innocently in the 1940s, because plastic was such a big improvement for almost every kind of packaging. The world’s population has nearly quadrupled since that time and plastic production has continued to grow.
This indestructible material has and continues to wreak havoc on our planet and is arguably the top environmental issue we face today.
73% Of Beach Litter Worldwide Is Plastic
This is the reason why 99% of this documentary is focused on solving the problem of single-use plastics.
1 Million Plastic Bottles & 2 Million Plastic Bags Are Used Every Minute
These radical numbers are continuing to rise despite the efforts made. These two single-use plastic items are at the top of the list with reports from clean-up efforts.
Plastic Production Has Doubled Over The Past 50 Years
And with the world’s population growing, these numbers continue to grow as well.
Old News Is Actually "New" News
The latest research and technologies prove that there are new PHA plastics, as well as other old technologies that have been developed that can replace old PET (petroleum-based) plastics with bio-compostable toxic free properties.
