We are running out of places to put the 2 billion metric tons of garbage humans make every year. But people, companies, and governments all over the world are trying to save it from landfills by putting it to good use or eliminating it altogether. Here are 16 stories about efforts to turn tires into bricks, seaweed into a plastic substitute, and more from our fourth season of World Wide Waste.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - One Nigerian Entrepreneur's Solution For Millions of Old Tires
00:10:08 - How Used Hotel Soap Gets Recycled Into Brand New Bars
00:19:05 - How The World's Largest Paper Company Makes 1/3 of Cardboard Boxes In America
00:30:57 - Can Indian Seaweed Replace Plastic?
00:40:46 - Can Pineapple Skins Replace Soap?
00:49:20 - How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs
01:00:22 - Most Ocean Plastic Flows From Rivers. Can Giant Trash Barriers Stop It?
01:10:34 - How Bricks Made From Invasive Seaweed Clean Mexico's Beaches
01:18:37 - How A Sheep Wagon Became One Man's Doomsday Survival Plan
01:31:31 - Sewer-Diving Robots Clear Toxic Waste People Used To Remove By Hand
01:43:44 - How People Use Trash To Get Around Israeli Blockades in Gaza
01:55:21 - How To Recycle Makeup And Toiletries Packaging
02:04:53 - How Disney's Magical Trash Tubes Ended Up In New York City
02:12:56 - How Bricks Made From Trash Help Build Schools In Ivory Coast
02:21:10 - How Polyfloss Uses A Modified “Cotton Candy” Machine To Make Plastic Fibers For Insulation
02:28:23 - How Adidas, Asics, and Other Shoemakers Deal With Waste
02:40:40 - Credits
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