Each year humans worldwide produce an astonishing 400 million tons of plastic. Much of it goes on to pollute the Earth, destroying the habitat we live in. But in this TED-Ed video, Tierney Thys and Christian Sardet explore an intriguing new solution to the plastics problem.
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