{"id":2884,"date":"2018-02-06T12:50:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2018-02-06T12:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:50:28","slug":"plastic-entrepreneurship-for-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2018\/02\/06\/plastic-entrepreneurship-for-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Entrepreneurship for Anyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the big issues mentioned by Poverty Inc. was the need for job creation.\u00a0 A group of social entrepreneurs built this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/40486883\/these-diy-machines-let-anyone-recycle-plastic-into-new-products?utm_source=postup&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Fast%20Company%20Daily&amp;position=6&amp;partner=newsletter&amp;campaign_date=10302017\">website<\/a>\u00a0in order to help solve both that problem and the problem of plastic waste build up&#8211;a problem we saw many images of in the film.\u00a0 Their design is low-cost and enables anyone to start a DIY recycling program which allows the entrepreneur to both break plastic down and to craft it into anything they want (bowls, ladders, etc.).\u00a0 I think investing in these machines would be a great way to provide people with the means to start their own businesses and become manufacturers.\u00a0 They could hire other locals to find the plastic, work the machines, and\/or sell the goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the big issues mentioned by Poverty Inc. was the need for job creation.\u00a0 A group of social entrepreneurs built this website\u00a0in order to help solve both that problem and the problem of plastic waste build up&#8211;a problem we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2018\/02\/06\/plastic-entrepreneurship-for-anyone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2885,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}