About 20 years ago, Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has actually gotten worse. In an effort to find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute, a cash crop that's grown here for centuries. Can one scientist bring more of this "golden fiber" to a country drowning in plastic?

00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - How To Process Jute
03:16 - The Original Plastic Bag
05:12 - How To Turn Jute Into Plastic
09:31 - Evaluating Bangladesh's Bag Ban
10:37 - Bag Bans Around The World
11:45 - The Future Of The Sonali Bag
12:20 - Credits

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