What happens to our 2.2 billion tons of trash?

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Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering

2 жыл бұрын

Did you know that we generate an estimated 2.2 billion tons of trash every year?
If it's not recycled or reused, where does it go?
We answer this crucial question.
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@sarthaknikhal5540
@sarthaknikhal5540 2 жыл бұрын
A fast biodegradable replacement for plastic is the best way to tackle this problem
@luckylunaloops
@luckylunaloops 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure a manufacturer would want to put their product into a container that quickly disintegrates? Doesn't seem like a profitable way to do business. I'd like to see markets allow consumers to bring their own reusable containers to fill at the store. Purchases could be made in bulk and/or by weight.
@trader2137
@trader2137 2 жыл бұрын
no its not, because plastic is cheap, and your biodegradable BS is not.
@simpmaster7995
@simpmaster7995 2 жыл бұрын
@@trader2137 Biodegradable plastic made from jute is as cheap as normal plastic if produced in large industrial scale.
@StrongFreeLovin
@StrongFreeLovin Жыл бұрын
Plastics were created during ww2 to cut the production costs, because war was taking a lot of resources. We should go back to paper.
@KingCease
@KingCease 7 ай бұрын
Simple.
@mayurshukla7687
@mayurshukla7687 2 жыл бұрын
Efforts should be taken to make Recycling trash more commercial and profitable .......governments should support startups which encourages waste management ......people should be made aware of waste management
@marilouf3740
@marilouf3740 2 жыл бұрын
We should have a store just for refill only like liquid detergent instead of buying a new one bring the container and refill the liquid detergent or any products that is refillable. Restaurants give discounts if customers bring their own containers😀. Just an idea 😀
@buddys7099
@buddys7099 7 ай бұрын
Bringing in containers to a restaurant would grossly exaggerate the likelihood of disease outbreak and create highly unsanitary conditions. After COVID, I think no one would want to have that
@ComonSava
@ComonSava 3 ай бұрын
In Colorado we have a store called The Refillary that does just this! You can bring your own bottles
@suryamobilephotography
@suryamobilephotography 2 жыл бұрын
Ways to Recycle PLASTIC 1) Making roads in areas like urban Kenya 2)With some chemicals making waterproof paints 3) Coating copper wires with plastic insted of rubber
@fplbenchwarmers6144
@fplbenchwarmers6144 5 ай бұрын
There's 600,000,000 square miles of ocean on the earth. 600,000 square miles of trash represents 0.1%, and there are 5 of these garbage zones, so 0.5% of the earth's oceans are filled with garbage. That's too much.
@buddys7099
@buddys7099 7 ай бұрын
The solution to our trash problems lies with a global cultural change. We first must start with returning to making things that last for generations, then we must change our consuming habits to consume and desire less, and finally we must return to the mindset of keeping things longer, reusing things in creative ways and being generally less wasteful. The problem does not lie in the disposal of trash, the problem lies in the creation of trash and the disposable mindset that we have.
@caseyspencer4705
@caseyspencer4705 7 ай бұрын
My 8 year old says “send it to Mars”.
@joshuawray5917
@joshuawray5917 Ай бұрын
make the cash refund on all plastic bottles and aluminum bottles and cans the same as California. some states pay nothing for plastic and little for aluminum. here in Pennsylvania you could fill a pickup with cans and probably not get $100.00 from it
@swapnilshah5910
@swapnilshah5910 2 жыл бұрын
Well I think best way is each and every cold drink and plastic container product price rate would increase by 40% and whenever they return empty bottles companies want to get back their 40%. This way majority of people get return empty bottles and container
@buddys7099
@buddys7099 7 ай бұрын
How does that help? The majority or "recyclables" never get recycled anyway; the ones that do end up in a foreign country then sold back to us at new material rates.
@JustforFun-cb7bo
@JustforFun-cb7bo 2 ай бұрын
Don't make non natural thrash 🎉 SO simple. Like how the people done thousands of years before modern "civilization"
@alexwin257
@alexwin257 6 ай бұрын
We need to educate the people. That’s what we need to do
@straightuntotruth
@straightuntotruth 2 жыл бұрын
The effect shall cease to manifest only when the cause is removed. Thus arises the need for shunning ruthless and no-one-cares attitude by the consumer of plastics and be highly vigilant of its usage and avoid it whenever possible. When each individual becomes conscious of the consequences of his actions, the mankind on the globe shall drive in a sustainable manner.
@bigdaddyd-rk9pn
@bigdaddyd-rk9pn 3 ай бұрын
one of the few things that hasnt changed much in the past few hundred even thousand years
@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667
@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel with awesome content!!!
@jamesgroover3151
@jamesgroover3151 11 ай бұрын
Maybe all plastic that are not recycled, could be processed into a building material, furniture, filler,etc. Give government incentives to companies that recycled their own materials. Maybe incentives for companies that use biodegradable materials for packaging and penalties for companies that don't want to participate in global clean up programs . Hopefully this helped..God bless us
@Lnm.42
@Lnm.42 Жыл бұрын
Who’s here bc of school
@Truthfully4evr
@Truthfully4evr 2 жыл бұрын
Get "Elon Musk" to build a huge trash space rocket and launch it into a black hole! 🕳️ 😂
@Slushkin
@Slushkin 25 күн бұрын
This.
@korey1112
@korey1112 Ай бұрын
Dollar tree junk is one major contributor.
@irfanullah8255
@irfanullah8255 2 жыл бұрын
Sir, it would be better to provide a pdf for each video❤️
@alvisedwald
@alvisedwald 2 жыл бұрын
If incentives in trash management were serious, it wouldn't have been a problem. That's why I wonder what is the economics of turning trash to electricity because if it worked so well, men would be going out of their way to do it everywhere instead of erecting solar farms and all that. What's the economics of trash management? (Does it pay well or not)
@synjyn01
@synjyn01 2 жыл бұрын
I would bet you are heading in the right direction. It always comes down to money $$. Follow the cash. Burning trash for electricity is probably not a very lucrative investment that is why we don't hear or read much about it. I agree with you 100%, instead of wasting time and money on solar and wind maybe we should consider burning the trash but, government couldn't get rich off it.
@girogabrielyedra5156
@girogabrielyedra5156 2 жыл бұрын
Singapore and japan are doing great
@levihaokipiii9954
@levihaokipiii9954 2 жыл бұрын
Governments of countries should do --> Change of garbage landfills areas by electric producing systems.
@djpatel78
@djpatel78 2 жыл бұрын
Western countries created the plactic and that's a big problem for the environment. All other stuff can be composed and farmers can use it.
@Des_Arena667
@Des_Arena667 2 жыл бұрын
Waste Plastic Can We Use As Road and house Bricks
@sultansultan7812
@sultansultan7812 Жыл бұрын
STEP 01. PUT ORGANIC AND SEPTIC IN 01 CAN WITHOUT POLIBAG STEP 02. PUT GLASS/PAPER/METAL/RECYCABLE TRASH IN ONE CAN WITHOUT POLYBAG STEP 03. PUT ANTISEPTIC/PLASTIC/UNRECYCABLE TRASH IN 01 CAN 1st one is buried 2nd one is recycled 3rd one is um... 01. Energy plant 02. 100% Recycled with hardwork and research
@aakashchheda8688
@aakashchheda8688 2 жыл бұрын
All is to reduce reuse & recycle... Which will balance everything...We humans , animals & Environment..🥰
@bhblueberry
@bhblueberry 2 жыл бұрын
Only a fantasy but what will happen if we nuke em in some closed area making enormous pressure?
@faridjafari6356
@faridjafari6356 10 ай бұрын
Recycle more and burn more to make electricity.
@saichand7589
@saichand7589 2 жыл бұрын
Simply we avoid all non biodegradable things
@Moana1622
@Moana1622 2 ай бұрын
Increase the recycle price for plastic and watch the world react.
@lonelyboy662
@lonelyboy662 2 жыл бұрын
Should plastic be removed from ocean and it could be used to produce power and then dumped in non human living area
@stephensmalldridge9504
@stephensmalldridge9504 2 жыл бұрын
Ok you showed how the methane is extracted Why I wonder didn't you show how that water seepage is pumped up into huge silos and called black water. Then trucked to water treatment plants where it is treated to become DRINKING WATER
@almogalon7484
@almogalon7484 Жыл бұрын
No loy ppls resaicle becuze we dont know if u trow the plastik they taske the water in it to toilet
@210debashish
@210debashish 2 жыл бұрын
Doomsday incoming
@muhammedendesutku2714
@muhammedendesutku2714 8 ай бұрын
rule 1 = do not produce garbage
@jasonkeigley6424
@jasonkeigley6424 2 ай бұрын
ALL 4 OPTIONS ARE A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY. THERE IS A WHOLE AREA THAT THE USA IS NOT USING THAT IS SO MUCH BETTER.
@ogaslaw46388
@ogaslaw46388 Ай бұрын
I'm no expert. But what I know is we use to use less trash, even decades ago. Also, we drank from glass bottles. Today it's mostly plastic. Plastic bottles are dangerous as some gets into our cells and organs. Especially if we leave plastic bottles in our hot cars before drinking. Today, there is so much "throw away" everything. While we harp about recycling, we are really a throw away generation. So, I know I'm no expert. But even what I see looks like a giant set up by forces we can not see. Who is pulling the strings? When I was a baby, my mother changed my diapers and washed them. Today, they are all throw away. Nasty subject. Sorry. Anyway, I try to get my drinking water from our well, if I can. I put in glass bottles and take to work. Put in Fridge. In between runs (to the landfill), I drink from them when I return to the yard. In that same refrigerator, it's almost full of plastic bottled water that the others use, and dispose of. lol. Most don't know about this stuff. We came from a time where there was a simpler way of living that generated less trash. Yes there WAS trash. But much less.
@joebrown3362
@joebrown3362 Күн бұрын
make plastic t-shirts, boats, tumblers, paper straws and plastic tables (comment from grade 5&6 Students)
@shuten_dojiii
@shuten_dojiii 3 ай бұрын
send it into space straight for the sun to burn lol jk
@arunapatil2581
@arunapatil2581 2 жыл бұрын
Can we dump waste into space ???
@suryamobilephotography
@suryamobilephotography 2 жыл бұрын
It will be too expensive to carry millions of tons of grabage, even if we do their may be problems in launching rockets in near future
@FamilyAlways-sr9hm
@FamilyAlways-sr9hm 3 ай бұрын
Tell people to use less trash tell people to use not paper plates play play we can wash tell people to like use electrical tell people to not throw the clothes away donate it and save the Earth 🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍 you can donate toys
@soldadodezion
@soldadodezion 2 ай бұрын
Send it to the sun or a gas giant planet
@inventor934
@inventor934 2 жыл бұрын
3 rd viewer
@ferehiwottewolde4218
@ferehiwottewolde4218 2 күн бұрын
Fiiiiiiiiireeeeeeee
@SC12
@SC12 2 жыл бұрын
burn plastic in space
@MKng-dm8mr
@MKng-dm8mr 6 ай бұрын
Stop using plastic and start reusing the ones that we already have
@SethOsborne-bw5yw
@SethOsborne-bw5yw 2 ай бұрын
byfusion. and find a plastic substitute
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