This video infoclip illustrates different aspects of plastics: plastic bags use in supermarkets, littering by plastic bags, collection of maritime waste and recycling of plastics. From 00:07:03 to 00:07:42: © The Associated Press - The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 30/11/2020. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP - www.aparchives.com

Infoclip: Plastics

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Customers in a supermarket using thin plastic bags to buy fruits and vegetables (3 shots)

A Lightweight plastic bag, thinner than 50 microns is seen. It is an example of the vast majority of plastic carrier bags used in the EU.

Shots of the thinner plastic bag being filled with fruits and vegetables (3 shots).

Shots of people paying in the supermarket are seen. Products getting packed in differents types of plastic carrier bags are also seen (4 shots).

Customers leaving the supermarket (2 shots)

Shots of Used plastic bags which are now trash in the streets of Brussels (4 shots).

Launch of the Ocean Initiative (#OurOcean), with the participation of the EC staff (3 shots)

Cleaning of the beach by the participants (3 shots)

Cleaning of the beach by the participants (12 shots)

The human word "Ocean" to celebrate the Our Ocean Initiative

Exterior view of Income Recycling Headquarter in Beijing, China. The following footage was filmed in 'Incom Resources Recovery Recycling', a plastic bottle recycling factory based in Beijing, China. The company created automatic machines which encourage the recycling of plastic bottles, by offering various services in exchange for the deposit of the bottles. In this way, the company installed in the metro station of Xinguozhan in Beijing, an automatic machine offering a metro ticket in exchange of recycled plastic bottles

Interior views of the Income Recycling Headquarter (5 shots)

Views of rows of Incom plastic recycling machines and workers assembling parts, China (5 shots)

People putting plastic bottle inside the Incom plastic bottle recycling machine, China (3 shots)

Views of plastic bottles moving along conveyor belt (2 shots) &copy; The Associated Press - The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 30/11/2020. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP - www.aparchives.com

Close-up of plastic bottles &copy; The Associated Press - The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 30/11/2020. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP - www.aparchives.com

Views of plastic bottles dropping off conveyor belt (2 shots) &copy; The Associated Press - The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 30/11/2020. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP - www.aparchives.com

Bottles being put into square bundles &copy; The Associated Press - The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 30/11/2020. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP - www.aparchives.com

Infoclip: Plastics

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