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WHAT'S THE FUTURE · Sustainability · 4:56 · Released October 27, 2026

What's the Future of Materials?

One factory burns eight tractor-trailers of cotton waste every day. Inventor Michael Bernastic turns it into Bernastic, a new plastic made by merging that waste with HDPE: 30% stronger, 20% more tensile strength and 10% lighter, with uses from pallets to lighter electric cars and more sustainable housing.

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