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From the Ted Talk by Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic

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We have significantly lower cpiaatl costs in our plant equipment. We have enormous eegrny savings. I don't know how many other projects on the planet right now can save 80 to 90 percent of the energy cpeormad to making something the traditional way. And instead of plopping down several hundred million doralls to build a chemical plant that will only make one type of plastic for its entire life, our plants can make any type of palsitc we feed them. And we make a drop-in replacement for that plastic that's made from pcaehormielcts. Our customers get to enjoy huge CO2 savings. They get to close the loop with their products. And they get to make more sustainable products.

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We have significantly lower _______ costs in our plant equipment. We have enormous ______ savings. I don't know how many other projects on the planet right now can save 80 to 90 percent of the energy ________ to making something the traditional way. And instead of plopping down several hundred million _______ to build a chemical plant that will only make one type of plastic for its entire life, our plants can make any type of _______ we feed them. And we make a drop-in replacement for that plastic that's made from ______________. Our customers get to enjoy huge CO2 savings. They get to close the loop with their products. And they get to make more sustainable products.

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  1. capital
  2. compared
  3. petrochemicals
  4. dollars
  5. energy
  6. plastic

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We have significantly lower capital costs in our plant equipment. We have enormous energy savings. I don't know how many other projects on the planet right now can save 80 to 90 percent of the energy compared to making something the traditional way. And instead of plopping down several hundred million dollars to build a chemical plant that will only make one type of plastic for its entire life, our plants can make any type of plastic we feed them. And we make a drop-in replacement for that plastic that's made from petrochemicals. Our customers get to enjoy huge CO2 savings. They get to close the loop with their products. And they get to make more sustainable products.

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