# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=5hNZtseYru4
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-27T15:00:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

Humans have a huge waste problem. We dump 2 billion tons of trash every year. In response, businesses are profiting off inventive ways to reuse it or prevent it in the first place. From turning tough-to-recycle plastic bottles into beautiful fabrics to mining for gold in thrown-out computers, here are 10 stories about people trying to solve the worldwide waste problem.

00:29 - How 1.5 Million Plastic Bottles Are Turned Into Clothing Every Day 
18:35 - Can Bamboo Replace Paper And Plastic? And Should It?
30:06 - How Scrappers Cash In On Gold From Your Old Computer 
43:00 - Can "Golden Fiber" From Swamp Reeds Replace Plastic?
55:26 - How Indians Handle Millions Of Tons Of Temple Offerings
01:10:35 - How Nespresso & Keurig Spend Millions Trying To Solve Coffee Pod Waste 
01:26:04 - How Biodegradable Coolers Are Made Out Of Coconut Waste
01:35:42 - Why Are Chip Bags So Hard To Recycle?
01:52:45 - How Bad Is The Wind Turbine Trash Problem? And Can We Solve It? 
02:05:11 - How Three Siblings Turned 2,000 Tons Of River Trash Into Sandals And Furniture

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- **Views:** 446,764
- **Likes:** 2,825
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- **Comments:** 135

## Tags

worldwidewaste, environment, sustainability, businessinsider

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