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hey the person you see next to me amazed
me and I think she will amaze you too hi
my name is Sharon Barak because this
person is solving the plastic pollution
problem yes this problem is no secret by
now that plastic is hurting the
environment every year we produce 300
million tons of plastic and 50% of that
is single-use plastic like this you use
it once for a few seconds you throw it
away and it stays in nature for hundreds
of years in the forests and in the
oceans causing harm to everyone
single-use plastic is a problem and
that's where Cherone comes in this
chemical engineer used to work at a
plastic company until she quit to go
solve the plastic problem after years of
research and hard work she made a unique
product that looks like plastic that
functions like plastic but is not really
plastic because this product it's not
plastic at all but it looks and feels
like one
so how many materials did you mix oh so
when you put her product in the water
it dissolves within minutes after you
finish using it can you throw it away it
will just go back breakdown and
biodegrade in nature it real plastic
stays the same her product is so
environmentally friendly that even when
it disappears in water you can still
drink it from this material she can make
plastic for packaging for food covering
for bottles for anything and when it
works it really has the potential to
solve this problem and make the world a
better place
now Sharon has assembled a team here in
Israel to take over the world with her
invention and it's so exciting you know
to do it my way to know that I can
really do in difference she is eight
months pregnant and together with her
partner is working every single day to
make the world better for her children
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see you next week it hasn't been done
for