most of them failed.
california lawmaker lorena
gonzalez wants to phase out all
single-use plastics in her state
by 2030.
>> we end up eating these fish
that have microplastics in them
and end up digesting them ton
our own bodies as well.
>> reporter: plastic producers
are starting to take ownership
of the problem.
coca-cola recently admitted it
produces 3 million tons of
plastic each year.
reportedly more than 20% of the
world's bottles.
the company says it will create
packaging made of at least 50%
recycled material by 2030, in
part using chemical recycling.
at edgeless there's no such
thing as too much plastic.
the company says almost all of
it can be reused an infinite
number of times.
and recently it started
processing something most people
thought couldn't be recycled,
styrofoam.
>> we call this a coffee cup,
but in the recycling world it's
a single-use product that
usually ends up in a landfill.
but not here.
it will be crushed.
it will be densified.
and eventually it will...