Image: Precious Plastics team members with the plastic recycling workspace in the Maldives

12 minutes

[ Innovation ]

What’s Our Waste Worth? A Fresh Look a the Value of Our World’s Plastic Waste

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What if we saw plastic waste as a valuable commodity and not just trash? The plastics littering our beaches and streets are an untapped resource just waiting to be explored by creative entrepreneurs around the world. Find out how!

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Image: Gomi Designs speaker in bright multicolors on a bookshelf

9 minutes

[ Innovation ]

Turning Plastic Bags into Speakers!

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Some of the most important innovators of our time are finding ingenious ways to look at waste as a resource. Here’s a clever group that has found an artistic and functional way to use single-use plastic bags!

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Image: Plastic waste mixed with sea rubbish

18 minutes

[ Conservation & Sustainability ]

Our Plastic Waste Problem: It’s Not About Perfection

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We all know that plastic waste is a huge problem, but what are we supposed to do about it? Turns out there’s a lot we can do with just a few little changes!

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Image: Person kayaking with their back to the camera, heading off into the sunset

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What Happens When Athletes and Scientists Team Up?

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To put it simply: breakthroughs. This nonprofit is making it possible for scientists to get the data they need from every corner of the planet by teaming them up with the adventurers who are already there.

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Image: Entryway and castle made out of plastic bottles at the Plastic Bottle Vilage

10 minutes

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A Village Made of Plastic

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What might happen if we placed more focus on the idea of inventing ever more creative and practical uses for what’s already been made? Why keep making more “stuff”? There’s something popping up in Panama that can inspire us all!

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