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How Bricks Made From Milk Cartons Can Help Typhoon Victims | World Wide Waste | Insider Business

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One of the world's largest carton manufacturers is trying to reclaim some of the 192 billion containers it makes every year. It's working with Thai schoolchildren to turn milk cartons into bricks and roofing sheets that can benefit victims of natural disasters.
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How Bricks Made From Milk Cartons Can Help Typhoon Victims | World Wide Waste | Insider Business

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@brandonmaxfield1052 Жыл бұрын

I really like the idea for roofing sheets but the bricks raise some concern when I saw floating in water I immediately imagined a flood completing wiping out a brick road made with those bricks and housing structures might face similar issues, I can see the bricks used to make shelving units for storage though

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

This is just eye wash, bcz u cant see micro-plastic floating around when u walk on plastic bricks.

@RandomsFandom Жыл бұрын

You won't find many smart Asians, the smart ones are in America. Everything else is copy cat hackery

@modestoca25 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeP_BosE eye wash??

@Altreux Жыл бұрын

Because its not a good idea, you want a house that could shelter you, and not a house that can turn into a raft when theres a flood

@skynotaname2229 Жыл бұрын

If you've thought of it, they probably did to.

@me_ca136 Жыл бұрын

And again, education is one of the most important pillars of Our future!

@mattk8810 Жыл бұрын

Too bad they didn’t learn all that shit will leach.

@samuraiboi2735 Жыл бұрын

Well depends on how the school teaches them so yeah make sure it aint made out of sand

@VenomStryker Жыл бұрын

That's why Republicans want to get rid of it. Then we can all be a bunch of uneducated MAGA morons. 🤣

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

PET (polyethylene terephthalate) | PETRA is from where TETRApak comes from... phthalates can leach from PET plastic 24*7 , and accelerated with every degree rise in temp. total GREENWASH for this never ending cycle

@tomaszszupryczynski5453 Жыл бұрын

you mean brainwashing. cos that is what modern school is. they make you dumber like tv

@robertrichardapril Жыл бұрын

So this is basically a fluff piece for Tetrapack. They designed a package that is incredibly hard to recycle and do the bare minimum in order to maintain good faith with the public. If they want to make a difference, they have to account for the entire life cycle of all their product. Its insane that they make such an environmentaly hostile product, and this video calls the recycled bricks "eco" products. This video puts the onus of change on the individual and communities, while the root cause of the issue is the product design. Tetra pack makes a fortune with this product, while communities around the world foot the bill to recycle complex products. Oh, but it's cool cause tetra pack finances a couple recycling programs here and there. This video is essentially a big PR ad for tetrapack.

@Lord_Zed Жыл бұрын

Glad someone said this...

@leuc1823 Жыл бұрын

nice

@korwynze6288 Жыл бұрын

i completely agree that the source is super unsustainable, and that tetra-pak is essentially doing the same thing as alot of oil companies right now. but atleast something is being done. its far from the ideal yet, but its a step i suppose.

@arti3973 Жыл бұрын

Yes, In addition i want to see all tetrapack executives and stakeholders living in houses made from those "eco" plastic bricks and rooftops because the material seems to be miracle

@tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

communism will work better when we create more complexity

@ravi2047 Жыл бұрын

It's great that the waste is being recycled. It's still a drop in the ocean of waste that's created. The true solution is to reduce single use items and also create a circular economy.

@denisalala Жыл бұрын

Introducing milk in schools = creating a problem and then presenting a solution for it. Great job...

@wingsoflotus Жыл бұрын

The company caused the problem... it's just right that they are the ones to solve it. Government all over the world should make a mandate about such companies... and the least these companies can do is to make initiatives like this.

@judithangal6754 Жыл бұрын

A correction: Tetra pack is a Swedish based company and not Swiss.

@ake_lindblom Жыл бұрын

The HQ has actually been moved to Switzerland, but I agree, it's like calling IKEA Dutch.

@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

øøf

@sammylevikemp Жыл бұрын

Tetra Pak is a Swedish-Swiss multinational food packaging and processing company with head offices in Lund, Sweden, and Pully, Switzerland.

@yatesy117 Жыл бұрын

Great love to see stuff like this and recycling into outdoor furniture

@fynkozari9271 Жыл бұрын

If it's so harmful for earth why did they produce it in the first place? I drink msngo juice using McD paper straw.

@4Gehe2 Жыл бұрын

Y'know... Hre in Finland we just recycle them back in to cartons. The thing with this "recycling" is that it doesn't reduce the need for virgin materials. If they had WTE plants to incinerator with scrubbers, there would be no need to landfill most things. This isn't a solution, it is just ensuring that no recycled material can go back in to the material stream.

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

@ow2347 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeP_BosE Wait, "Tetra" in Tetrapak comes from the fact that the first product they released was tetrahedon-shaped..

@emag7837 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeP_BosE thats wrong. Tetra is the shape of a early product. Read history and stop spreading desinformation.

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

@@emag7837 so ? I design drugs so that Ppl live a lil longer, I'm least concerned or bothered to prove tetras history, or its naming that rhymes with anything else. Tetrapak does exist bcz it has petra in it... N thats an undeniable universal truth. Tetrapak will always look like harmless paper in ur nearest landfill but 10 yrs down the line tetrapak will still retain its BEAUTIFUL tetrahedral SHAPE , while u n ur community will have some nice dose of microplastic in ur veins. hope that helps.

@josephcampbell3097 Жыл бұрын

How about rethink your packaging if that much work has to go into getting rid of it.

@alimaleki217 Жыл бұрын

If they want to protect the environment they should give milk to the students in paper cups not single-use cartons.

@wallacechui9857 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Waste and recycling wouldn't be an issue if there was no waste to begin with. Instead of using disposable juice boxes, they should just buy milk in bulk and serve them in washable reusable cups.

@kdap1000 Жыл бұрын

I agree.Who is gona recycle the bricks and the tiles full of aluminium pieces? Better serving it in paper cups or glass

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

@wallacechui9857 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeP_BosE Cool info. But everyone under this comment already agrees that plastic is bad. So who is this for?

@skynotaname2229 Жыл бұрын

Or put the milk in glass bottles... or waxed paper milk cartons...

@debrawest292 Жыл бұрын

Now that's solving problems in good way.. love it..

@marin4311 Жыл бұрын

Tetrapak is one of the main culprits and erned billions for what has become a major environmental issue, and a threat for Humanity. We should stop using these disposable poorly recyclable containers, and ask Tetrapak a fine to pay for the environmental issues they have been responsible for.

@tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

humans are a threat to the planet. we should recycle them .

@Narvoza Жыл бұрын

Can we start a petition for people to sign? One step starts the road

@saurabhdome Жыл бұрын

What can they do? They can't just switch to complete paper in any way. It will lead to poor quality and less reliable product. Recycling is the only option and if they manage to get the rate of recycling to 40-50% it should make the difference.

@lukask.6572 Жыл бұрын

Pure plastic containers are much much more sustainable than anything in tetrapak's portfolio.

@DeathToMockingBirds Жыл бұрын

@@saurabhdome Refill stations, return and re-use bottles, or if they insist on recycling, a material like glass or aluminium can at least keep it's structural integrity over many cycles. This is downcycling, one more step before the landfill.

@ayoutubeuser1278 Жыл бұрын

Surely there must still be a great deal of microplastics in that wood pulp after processing. Still a wonderful initiative

@stagnantfox3027 Жыл бұрын

to be honest at this point it doesnt matter anymore, newborn babies already have micro plastics in their blood system because we as a species have effectively infected the entire planet with micro plastics already. You'd probably see comparable amounts of plastic in edible fish than recycled wood pulp from multi layered products.

@kongyihfann5546 Жыл бұрын

And phthalate....yikes

@andyn46 Жыл бұрын

This video is some great press, I’m sure this project will go no further after it’s done bringing in good will

@arjuniyer5610 Жыл бұрын

What a page really enjoying watching your videos and the details

@ayeshaclassesgk Жыл бұрын

Business insider❤️ I love your vids, keep it up!❤️Alway's remember to keep your head up high and held high and keep doing what you love and what makes you happy

@GenknownTutorial Жыл бұрын

Wow, Cool innovations...

@vaishnavisingh059 Жыл бұрын

Creative and innovative solution for waste management.

@youredxspanktube Жыл бұрын

the philippines should follow suit this is amazing!

@yodaz101 Жыл бұрын

That is wild.....go for it...Nice...

@demonatemu Жыл бұрын

ok but why doesnt tetrapak make their packaging easier to recycle or out of something else...

@Iceyfire12 Жыл бұрын

That would require extensive testing and probably this is their best way of doing things! If someone else can find a better way people would demand for that!

@kaspervestergaard2383 Жыл бұрын

@@Iceyfire12 But there are better packaging already though.

@RishiSingh-rn7dv Жыл бұрын

Yum ! Microplastics in my food , drinking water , breathable air and now my Walls as well. Nothing like taking like Microplastics in the morning better than coffee , take that Nescafe 🤛

@pizazazaza Жыл бұрын

This isn't the solution, this is just a diversion.

@jbaby362 Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Jibberish18 Жыл бұрын

This is a clever solution but it has major downsides. For one, these bricks will be leeching plastic for YEARS as they slowly degrade. For two, those workers that are standing around breathing and touching in all of that micro plastic and aluminum. And so many other things that this video doesn’t show. As you said, it’s solution made solely for the company to continue to make their flawed packages rather than spend the money to change them into something much more easily recyclable and impactful. Shameful.

@DursunX Жыл бұрын

accurate observation. the chasm between the two is still governed by convenience and profit.

@Leepiecheneef Жыл бұрын

ok and?

@hollowone777 Жыл бұрын

@@Leepiecheneef change your consumption habits. I hope that's not too difficult for you. You're a coward if you do nothing.

@iambrian769 Жыл бұрын

With Terapak we won't have alot of drinks we enjoy so good effort. Watched From The Caribbean 🇻🇨

@K4R007 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel.

@Socrates21stCentury Жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@mannyespinola9228 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

YES, keep on increasing more Micro plastic in places where ppl aren't that educated n get rid of it . Great !!

@georginaclarke7937 Жыл бұрын

Excellent👍 use of tetra pack this should be worldwide

@josephmessner5312 Жыл бұрын

This is a good idea for re-use !

@josechristianbaltazar4535 Жыл бұрын

Ang galing nito sana Meron din sa pinas nito

@rita2959 4 ай бұрын

Molto bravi. Esempio entusiasmante.

@delavan9141 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Floating bricks!

@deandee8082 Жыл бұрын

the world needs to start doing this!

@bxck Жыл бұрын

No, I don't think so. The amount of microplastics being inhaled in the factory and escaping into the environment will cause more issues than it will fix.

@jimrichards3916 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@radow869 Жыл бұрын

That is cool!

@joeshmoe6930 Жыл бұрын

I love how yall keep making stuff out of garbage like it's not just going to end up in the ocean again or some shit. Yay.

@sisterofslaanesh666 Жыл бұрын

It's something, and that's what matters - we try and keep going and we will get there with recycling.

@ll3590 Жыл бұрын

Très bonne initiative

@QuietStormX Жыл бұрын

Great!!!!!!

@steven8148 Жыл бұрын

Omg...look at the amount of energy being used to recycle those item. Something is still not right

@Sillyboy9572 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant 🎉

@americanandpunjabilifevlog3951 Жыл бұрын

Good, anything that can reduce waste is the best thing… Let’s make the world best again🌍

@willcookmakeup Жыл бұрын

Now this is super cool. What a fantastic idea and it really presents huge benefits to many people. I love that they can make it into basically anything they want and all of it would otherwise be trash

@hollowone777 Жыл бұрын

I guess.

@nopubli8548 Жыл бұрын

When we were little the milk containers were several liters of glass or in metal jars (100% reusable), but now they give them individual containers of Milk Cartons (with plastic, cardboard and aluminum) ... they have made us idiots.

@arti3973 Жыл бұрын

That is true - and proudly saying the milk can be fresh for up to one year - sic! The lifespan of that cartoon is probably counted in several days. But hey, lets make a s**t on carpet so we could sell our carpet cleaning solution for the problem we made ourselves

@TheTolubo Жыл бұрын

@@arti3973 i am from switzerland and we use TetraPacks also for other liquids like icetea and the hold much longer than a year to be honest.

@arti3973 Жыл бұрын

@@TheTolubo well, I live in europe, so Im also a part of problem buying that stuff - the afterthought I got is that I cant remember when the milk in bags have dissapeared from eastern europe - now they seems more sustainable than tetrapacks and plastic bottles.

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

This is just eye wash, bcz u cant see micro-plastic floating around when u walk on plastic bricks. increasing more Micro plastic in places where ppl aren't that educated n get rid of it . Great !!

@_GMP_ Жыл бұрын

Rather than improving distribution & transport system for more efficiency They changed the whole packaging In Indian school milk powder is provided by govt & local schools mix water & drink reusable stainless steel glass

@kingkushoriginal3017 Жыл бұрын

Takes the old cardboard house to the next level

@Ass_of_Amalek Жыл бұрын

the milk lobby must have done some really crazy promotions in asia. that belief that kids grow tall by consuming dairy products (and that westerners are tall because of it) is super widespread in china, too. that's part of why when china had a huge scandal of melamine-poisoned milk products about 10 years ago, the resulting chinese demand for imported milk powder from better controlled markets in europe, the US, australia and new zealand was enormous, and led to supermarkets all over restricting sale amounts (because the chinese diaspora were buying all the milk powder they could get, to individually ship to china where it was worth much more).

@tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

milk is only for the west

@nitikashanker376 Жыл бұрын

Superb idea

@hanzee9008 Жыл бұрын

The best 👍👍👍

@radow869 Жыл бұрын

It's good they are teaching the children to be responsible.

@JeffreyStrader Жыл бұрын

WOW!

@SherwinIRL Жыл бұрын

This is so innovative and cool

@trudiethomas656 Жыл бұрын

Great use. Hope more and more countrys and companies do this.

@HenryLeslieGraham Жыл бұрын

plastic bricks = more microplastics in the environment = more pollution. well done

@mj-hk6iv Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@camazotzz Жыл бұрын

recycling is mostly a justification for single use containers to exist. Single use plastics are rarely if ever recycled this piece is likely green washing for Tetrapak so they get good PR meanwhile the vast majority of the waste they produce still ends in the landfill or worst, the ocean.

@l0gical974 Жыл бұрын

I love how all videos like this are anywhere but the USA, gotta love it lol, america needs to step up its game

@willworkfordoge Жыл бұрын

This is likely because these recycled products don't stand up to materials testing in the US or other 1st world countries. Products probably not allowed in construction because they break down too quickly or release microplastics into the water table.

@sidehop Жыл бұрын

I'm on the side of recycling programs can be reduced by not producing products with horrible material to begin with. We all know in the US, recycling was a total marketing scam to make us believe it was being truly recycled which was not. I don't trust these companies making any significant impact as they're not trying or care enough for better innovation.

@ericakusske3321 Жыл бұрын

I was literally just talking with my husband 2 hours about corporate responsibility for post consumer waste of the products they produce. This sounds like a good start. But why is this recycling program that was started by Tetra Pak in 2006 in Thailand not at least collecting in and processing near every major city globally 16 years later? And what do we do with these building materials when they are eventually degraded and broken or abandoned? So it sounds like a good start but I have questions.

@warapornmahlman8603 Жыл бұрын

Erica what kind of the material of your roof made from? (I bet they are not from the recyccle milk container) Same question to you what would you do if your roof is degrading?

@bxck Жыл бұрын

Microplasics, too.

@ericakusske3321 Жыл бұрын

@Waraporn Mahlman corrugated steel. I've got another 15 years on this roof at least. It was put on 5 years ago. And when it is time to replace it, I get to use the old stuff to make raised garden or greenhouse beds, or chop it up and melt it down in the forge out in our workshop to make cast things. We're pretty handy people.

@thedaveiknow. Жыл бұрын

Maziwa ya nyayo.

@user-kp2ov1gm4w Жыл бұрын

1:41 She is soooo cute, reminds me of my niece.

@Shushi.- Жыл бұрын

Oh wow never have been this early, 30 seconds ago?!

@Elvendertig1130 Жыл бұрын

I love videos like this. Thanks.

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

GREEEN WASH

@annabelleh478 Жыл бұрын

Good resources

@dohnlabalaba9470 Жыл бұрын

I wish they could donate this roofs to my school. Our students come from low socio-economic background. Most of our roof are rusted and are beginning to leak. I have written to companies for sponsors but no one seems to help in our country. The ministry of education gives money for the school in budget allocation to cover many focus area but our roofs are expensive to buy per iron sheet to cover affected buildings.

@richardjohnson9543 Жыл бұрын

This seems like a great idea but how durable is it? Would a house built with these materials still be standing after a couple of decades or more being exposed to the elements? And the bricks are lighter than water which means a flood would be disastrous

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

@kaspervestergaard2383 Жыл бұрын

Probably haven't tested shit.

@froginthewaves8450 Жыл бұрын

Nice, those kids are being brought up right.

@RainWalking Жыл бұрын

Very Inspiriing & motivating

@samirakhaliq5512 Жыл бұрын

It's a very good idea....but my question would be..... how much fuel/energy does it require to make these bricks and roofing sheets.....if you are burning more fuel and producing toxic chemicals in the process then it's efficiency is questionable

@arti3973 Жыл бұрын

The answer is simple - it is not. Its not cheaper nor efficient. The material probably get very brittle after just few years - plastic isnt that good resisting UV light, not mentioning that nobody knows what chemicals might be released in that process

@taiwanchina88 Жыл бұрын

Cool

@peculiar_wood Жыл бұрын

I think that the amount of cartons it takes for a single brick is a good thing. Taking up a lot less space.

@Hans-yb5jc Жыл бұрын

nice photo OP, dude

@12380123 Жыл бұрын

Good step showing circular economy..but need to invest in the program

@GG_420 Жыл бұрын

This brick breakes down faster than normal plastic and produces tons of microplastic

@Veritech Жыл бұрын

When you do this you just create microplastics that are released into the environment. For example, when a plastic block gets cut, broken, or breaks down from the sun, it releases plastic into the environment.

@ieshi23 Жыл бұрын

I remember that in Chile there was a similar campaign after the 2010 earthquake (and tsunami). Though I never saw the results and couldn't find much on google

@tomholroyd7519 Жыл бұрын

200 BILLION! I remember being shocked as a child when I went to an aquarium, that when a turtle shit in the water, a dozen fish swam up to eat it. This is good. Make your product easier to eat!

@matzacomn Жыл бұрын

Good job Thailand!

@creativemedia. Жыл бұрын

This should be implement in India

@DeeP_BosE Жыл бұрын

@ent1311 Жыл бұрын

A good idea would be to print the number of cartons that are in each brick on the brick.

@TheNinjatsu Жыл бұрын

Very creative but it only increases the usage of plastic instead of minimizing it

@quasar9111 Жыл бұрын

India..look and learn, clean and safe

@ermv Жыл бұрын

Great! More microplastics on the environment... Plastics should be tightly controlled, such as nuclear waste. Every single molecule of plastics should be accounted for and kept in storage until mankind finds out a way to properly dispose of it

@Antonh. Жыл бұрын

Correction: Tetra-Pac is Swedish/Swiss.

@JevonWright Жыл бұрын

> makes 192 billion difficult-to-recycle products a year > convinces children they need to work harder

@JohnHausser Жыл бұрын

Insert a McDonald’s🍔 patty joke Cheers from San Diego California 🇺🇸

@yomo6325 Жыл бұрын

kinda cool

@patientzero291 Жыл бұрын

ASEAN countries need to finance huge recycling facilities for each member for repurposing newer products as a business venture.

@Chr.U.Cas1622 Жыл бұрын

👍👌👏

@NameEncrypted Жыл бұрын

The targeted group is small they could have used glass bottles to eliminate waste. It's poor industry gives birth to problem which indeed is solved by innovative ideas 👍

@melliwmw6667 Жыл бұрын

You shouldn’t use plastics in places with a lot of light, like a roof

@hoodieninja_7203 Жыл бұрын

Well shit, a quarter of output is a lot better than I was expecting.

@123hattan Жыл бұрын

Could they just not decrease some layers? I mean the original Tetrapack cartons are just eco-unfriendly.

@victordalisay482 Жыл бұрын

i HOPE my Country(PHILIPPINES) Adopt this.

@axelo6450 Жыл бұрын

Tetrapak isn’t a Swiss company it’s from Sweden.

@makerbotplanet Жыл бұрын

This whole thing is a tetrapak PR campaign. Tetrapak is the company that created this problem in the first place by mixing cardboard and plastic when nobody else was doing that. It makes tetrapaks unrecyclable by traditional means. Just because they have now "solved" the problem they've created by turning it into "low cost housing alternatives for the developing world" doesn't offset the huge amount of waste that they themselves manufactured