Petroleum based food additives aren't new and have been known for a long time - they are commonly used to keep foods soft longer (example - soft batch cookies), more common is mineral oil which doesn't go rancid. Kind of mixed feelings, preserving food longer is a good thing, but not a great use of petroleum, and disgusting to many.
I agree! From a "harm reduction" standpoint, taking litter and turning it into something useful can be good. Also *maybe* more food security. Making sure it is food grade is important though (Also in the post-fossil fuel world, sustainable bio-crude, or syngas/methanol can be used for chemical synthesis, so green methods can be used)
How lovely is to see so many people growing sustainable projects in Africa, it seems they are making so much more than those G7 leaders. The world needs action, not meaningless words. Good job everyone who’s taking part in these local projects.
Very inspirational. I’ve just set up a plastic shredder workshop in my established design workshop in the U.K and love hearing about all these stories . Thanks
I loved to see all the east african initiatives together. How did you get that organised? We are planning a latinamerican Precious Plastic Congress in few weeks, SOO COOL to be part of the awesome community.
Hey Gus, glad you enjoyed :) I was actually very lucky to be part of the Flipflopi Expedition (theflipflopi.com) where we sailed around Lake Victoria on a boat made from recycled plastic! So I contacted all the Precious Plastic spaces along our route. So happy I could meet and share about them :)
I think if they're already producing most vanilla flavoring from petroleum based products, I would rather they switch to a recycling based method which will use up a bunch of plastic waste. Of course no one wants to hear that there is petroleum and plastic based things in our food, but on a chemical level if they are extracting or synthesizing the natural chemical with the exact same structure and bonds your body SHOULD respond to it the exact same way as that natural chemical. So I see it as a positive, at least until single use plastics can fade from use, and then they should make another change.
How much vanilla extract do we need? We have billions of kg of plastic to figure out how to reuse and I’d be shocked if I consume more than .1 kg/year. What precious plastic has done as far as education and impact is very impressive to me. Thank you again!
Food, water & air for human health should be treated as precious but with respect & available to all - I am starting to see why modern mankind is having all these mysterious & new illnesses: mental blocks; Allergies; tremors; 😢😢😢
Using synthetics as a food staple! ...I was already horrified when hearing cellulose (tree chips) were in breakfast cereal - "it is a natural" (earth) product so that loop hole allows food manufacturing to get away with it.
Fossil fuels are actually incredibly efficient for flavourings. You could plant thousands of fields of raspberries to make flavouring for ice cream, OR you could do a chemical reaction with a couple grams of fossil fuels to make enough flavouring for that same amount of ice cream. Way fewer emissions and way cheaper. What’s not to love? I think we need to do more research before we come to conclusions.
"We might as well just eat plastic then, right?" Come on, you know this isn't even slightly true. A whole lot of what we eat is synthetically produced with chemicals that are completley inedible. As long as the final product is the pure chemical without any contaminants, it's completley fine. Vanillin can pretty easily be seperated through use of Ethyl acetate and some salt which is then distilled anyway. Most caffine is actually synthetically produced and then added into products later. I really can only see them being able to make vanillin from already produced plastics as a positive.
Those covid vaccines will most likely cause more harm than good when the long term health effects become obvious so not poisoning innocent people in Africa is actually a good thing. My opinion. Love what you all are doing! Super inspiring!
I'm really impressed with mandukus fencing.
Thanks.
@@mckaymanduku We'd all love to see more of it! :)
Yes, that stood out more than anything else on the whole video ro me.
That fence would be really hot seller in the US.
I wasn't expecting it to be so uniform after seeing him wind it by hand. It was a very impressive result
Nice one Kat super interesting news from East Africa!
Petroleum based food additives aren't new and have been known for a long time - they are commonly used to keep foods soft longer (example - soft batch cookies), more common is mineral oil which doesn't go rancid. Kind of mixed feelings, preserving food longer is a good thing, but not a great use of petroleum, and disgusting to many.
I agree! From a "harm reduction" standpoint, taking litter and turning it into something useful can be good. Also *maybe* more food security.
Making sure it is food grade is important though
(Also in the post-fossil fuel world, sustainable bio-crude, or syngas/methanol can be used for chemical synthesis, so green methods can be used)
How lovely is to see so many people growing sustainable projects in Africa, it seems they are making so much more than those G7 leaders. The world needs action, not meaningless words. Good job everyone who’s taking part in these local projects.
Very inspirational. I’ve just set up a plastic shredder workshop in my established design workshop in the U.K and love hearing about all these stories . Thanks
The fence is amazing! Great idea!
Thank you friend
Thank you so much. My pleasure for the compliment
I loved to see all the east african initiatives together. How did you get that organised? We are planning a latinamerican Precious Plastic Congress in few weeks, SOO COOL to be part of the awesome community.
Hey Gus, glad you enjoyed :)
I was actually very lucky to be part of the Flipflopi Expedition (theflipflopi.com) where we sailed around Lake Victoria on a boat made from recycled plastic!
So I contacted all the Precious Plastic spaces along our route. So happy I could meet and share about them :)
I think if they're already producing most vanilla flavoring from petroleum based products, I would rather they switch to a recycling based method which will use up a bunch of plastic waste.
Of course no one wants to hear that there is petroleum and plastic based things in our food, but on a chemical level if they are extracting or synthesizing the natural chemical with the exact same structure and bonds your body SHOULD respond to it the exact same way as that natural chemical. So I see it as a positive, at least until single use plastics can fade from use, and then they should make another change.
i coulda swore most fake vanilla was castoreum.
Great monthly news! 👌
The fence is outstanding
Am humbled dear
Looooooooovely kat! Manduku your work is incredible
Thank you sir
I'm excited about safety aspects! I was making some wiki pages on this recently, and glad others see the need !
Those branches seemed to really have some good products !
The abacus was neat. I wonder if you could make a "Slide Rule" or "Mechanical Calculator" as well! (Also maybe just standard metersticks/rulers)
Those school desks! The concept of "RepRap-able Schools" !
food into plastic yes.
plastic into food? no.
It already happens and you probably don't know. Chemistry is Chemistry. A pancreas making insulin, or a vat of yeast mush make the same thing.
Amazing update. I love seeing the community at work! Thank you for all the great work!
How much vanilla extract do we need? We have billions of kg of plastic to figure out how to reuse and I’d be shocked if I consume more than .1 kg/year.
What precious plastic has done as far as education and impact is very impressive to me. Thank you again!
I'm waiting from INDIA,Tamilnadu
I really like this channel ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Keep on doing this
Manduku is THE MAN
Thank you so much
I LOVE 💘 all that you're doing!!
✌😎👍
I'll pass the word!
Love the washing machine! I'm so hyped trying to get on this PP-train!
You guys are a blessing for the planet
Hi, the East African groups were all very inspirational but Manduku certainly leads the way for me.
Great job everyone!
Food, water & air for human health should be treated as precious but with respect & available to all - I am starting to see why modern mankind is having all these mysterious & new illnesses: mental blocks;
Allergies; tremors;
😢😢😢
Love this show!! Wish I could help support more :( You guys are awesome!
Amazing 🤩 works
Do they also have rotation molding machines? Could add an entirely new dimension to their designs.
You can make a pizza oven out of aircrete, right?
This is very inspiring. Would love to work with you if you are ever in Sri Lanka. ☺️
Using synthetics as a food staple! ...I was already horrified when hearing cellulose (tree chips) were in breakfast cereal - "it is a natural" (earth) product so that loop hole allows food manufacturing to get away with it.
Fossil fuels are actually incredibly efficient for flavourings. You could plant thousands of fields of raspberries to make flavouring for ice cream, OR you could do a chemical reaction with a couple grams of fossil fuels to make enough flavouring for that same amount of ice cream. Way fewer emissions and way cheaper. What’s not to love? I think we need to do more research before we come to conclusions.
Buggered if I know how anyone thinks you can “conserve 30% of the ocean”. 😂🤣
more video please, THIS A GOOD PLACE
Why started fireing?
You can build a sound barrier in Portugal 😇👍
"We might as well just eat plastic then, right?"
Come on, you know this isn't even slightly true. A whole lot of what we eat is synthetically produced with chemicals that are completley inedible. As long as the final product is the pure chemical without any contaminants, it's completley fine. Vanillin can pretty easily be seperated through use of Ethyl acetate and some salt which is then distilled anyway.
Most caffine is actually synthetically produced and then added into products later.
I really can only see them being able to make vanillin from already produced plastics as a positive.
WOW
21:53 Nice
The chain link fence is very instead
Осталось наладить экспорт в Европу!
Please don't change the name if the channel again and again
I
dont
eat
plastic
thank
you
Those covid vaccines will most likely cause more harm than good when the long term health effects become obvious so not poisoning innocent people in Africa is actually a good thing. My opinion. Love what you all are doing! Super inspiring!
PET plastic flavor can't taste any worse than salted caramel.
Yes Kat, no one before your generation gave a crap about anything. Your generation will save the World!!!! You don't read a lot of books do you?
You will eat ze plastic