August 7, 2024 • 65 mins
In this 100% compostable episode of Planet NJ, Gene Benfatti and Mark Nathan of PlastechFree tell us about their plant based alternatives to everyday plastic products.
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Good afternoon everyone wanna to walk with another
episode of Planet, New Jersey.
Believe it or not, This is episode number
5, And we thank you for being aboard
the spaceship with us today. In the southern
region of the planet, and I'm in Burlington
County. Number 6, I'm sorry, then I see
him shouting out be graduate. You were not
watching.
Episode number 6. I'm in Bro County Search.
No reason to number them anyway, whatever.
(00:39):
Is 91 degrees here. And, you're in new
Jersey, we are still melting, and we have
been that way for the last couple of
weeks. We wanna start off with a big
shout out, and thank you to our official
sponsor. If Planner, New Jersey, New Jersey manufacturers
insurance, also known as Mj for all of
your auto home and work
compensation needs.
Your host for today is myself, Randy Stevens.
(01:00):
And as usual, alongside me is the Arts,
Casey's Correctly. I hope she likes that. And
the guru of comm, which I I'd nicknamed
them that myself, then Si.
And of course, our special guest for the
day, plastic tech free. We have jean,
and Mark, and you guys can say hi
to the people.
(01:20):
Listen, we're looking forward to this 1. This
1 should be good. We met these guys
at an environmental regulatory conference a couple weeks
back. We've been working on scheduling to get
them with us over the last couple weeks,
so glad that they've remembered,
following up, what was the holiday weekend for
most of us here today. So glad that
you guys are here? Excited about it. In
casey I'll throw it over to you to
get this thing broken up. Wow, thank you
so much, Randy.
(01:41):
Yeah, We are absolutely thrilled. Yes. It's a
hot 1 today.
So since it's summertime.
Our ice breaker for the day is if
you have someone visiting,
New Jersey that has never been here,
what would you suggest they do or
eat.
That's a good 1. That's the good 10II
(02:07):
guess, just in general.
In general. If it could be a favorite
time of year, whatever it is you're thinking
to what... If you have somebody from out
of out of town or out of that's
never been to new Jersey. Like, oh my
gosh. You have to do this.
Hey
(02:32):
No. That's for us. That's for us to
pitch chat of it. Yeah. There is no
audience.
We're not live.
Go ahead, Marco, what were you saying?
Mh.
(03:15):
Garden state?
Oh, the garden state.
See, I was expecting the beach answer. I
wasn't expecting anybody to go. Drive west, find
a deer, find a bigger tat die.
Get better. Here in New Jersey.
Wait, yeah, but it's so true because, like,
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you know, with the sop, I feel like
when most people think of New Jersey, they
think of the opening of the sop.
And there's so much more to I live
on the I live in As park. So
it's fabulous them, you know, on the beach.
It's completely different all over. You got cranberry
bog. Yeah. It's got different fields no matter
where you are on. It's a small state.
(04:05):
It's got everything.
Absolutely. I mean, I'm in Southern Jersey and
we're... Like, I'm around all the farmers markets
and farms and that sort of thing, like,
like, really what farm to table I think
is what they call it. I think the
question is so ironic because Ben and I
were talking before we started. He was at
a a popular buffet rex up this weekend.
They and dope to the point where he
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began to snooze at the table. So I
was on kick it
This sp to chao. I don't know if
you've ever heard of this. But they they
just keep bringing you meat until you either
pass out or begged them to stop.
I
we were I was
fog to chow. Yeah, it's a Brazilian steakhouse.
(04:47):
Like, so...
Yeah. I... I had been spec
my my daughter and my wife and A5K
earlier in the day, and I don't know
how hot it was, but at least 90.
So Had just been standing out there in
the heat, and then we went right from
that to the the thing, and oh my
gosh. I I passed her out.
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Yeah,
my answer would be food, though. I I...
Unless the person was from New York. I'd
tell him to get pizza. I'd be like,
You definitely want some New Jersey pizza unless
you're from New York then it might be
arguably a step down.
Oh, I don't think so. I think New
Jersey Pizza is better. Said, arguably. Yeah. That's
but... Yeah. If you were from New York,
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you'd have a lot of passion about that,
you know, you Oh, no doubt. Anywhere else,
that you it'd be absolutely. Like an objective
step up, you know? Mh.
I send him the casey's neck of the
woods to get something from a boardwalk.
It's
Yep.
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Nice. Jean gene. What's yours? You did hold
up the sign. Unfortunately, this...
Most of the audience is gonna be audio
only. So he wrote get a taylor ham,
egg and cheese sandwich on.
Kangaroo roll. And more pork roll depending on
where you are in the state.
At That's our using pork crawl.
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A p we called, pork egg and cheese.
I like it.
I like it.
Absolutely. It's so funny. I I grew up
in New Jersey. I it wasn't until college
that I even heard.
First of all, it wasn't until college that
I had my first sandwich that was pork
roll or Taylor ham, whatever you wanna call
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it. I want. And then I don't even
think, like, I knew there was, like, debate
over this until a couple years after that.
So... Yeah. I can't believe that. I think
I had pork is probably like my first
food. That's I guess Very particular, in know
very your first move. So I think grounded
up into the baby formula or whatever. Like...
The little jerks. It's like mandatory. Or... Nothing
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more New Jersey than that. Like, taylor ham,
pork roll,
baby food.
It's part it's part of your questions you
asked actually me get your license case it's
just jersey but sure.
Okay. Take have been pork role. I don't
think you need a hundred percent to get
the license there.
You can get a couple of them wrong.
I'd Oh, my gosh. I know it well
(07:14):
just before I move all my daughter had
a an internship at Disney world. So she
was in Orlando for, you know, half a
the year. And all they had was Cc,
pizza, like the Cc buffet or little Caesar's.
And as soon as she got off the
plane before she got home, We go to
place Mauricio. It's our local pizza oil. She's
like, we go to Mauricio first. It's all
I've been thinking about.
(07:36):
Pizza man
As Park.
So that's on the beach. That's, like, on
the shore.
Well.
But alright. So, like, I don't know if
you guys are running and dive into some,
getting to know you questions. We can warm
up for
for podcast.
(07:56):
So... Yes.
Both.
Are there are some people who only hear
us and some people will see both. Mh.
No. We'll be on Youtube for the for
the fans.
Everybody wants to see Casey. Oh, yeah.
Everyone see, everybody.
(08:17):
So... Oh, okay. That... I'd love to ask
this question.
The answer is are always so different. What
was your favorite Tv show growing up?
It's a good 1.
Will start with you. Yeah.
(08:40):
Marks like 19 83 to 19 86 was
there. 19 86 to 19 89 was the
(09:00):
Oh,
Hello I guess the Rock files... So we
would watch that in Manic if I that,
Maddox.
Oh, Get. Rock for file... Rocker files,
they have a a channel Me Tv? I
don't know if you have that, but they
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had heart to heart on. I if you
remember parts of heart, Robert Wagner?
I recently. I would watch them at night.
It's bed, and I watched the whole series
and it started to loop, and I was
like oh my gosh. I've seen every episode
of heart to heart.
Prices right was a favorite for me. I'm
saved by the bill. Same bell Hit by
(09:42):
the bell free.
Just a little... I watched basically everything. Like,
there was nothing I didn't watch. I don't
know.
Wonder years. Oh, God. We're going back. Years.
Oh, the wonder just some good.
(10:09):
Smoking like true partnership right there. Gotta take
a shot with when you can.
Well, my mom was... My mom had 6
brothers and sisters, and she talked about when.
Las would come on the Tv. They will
fight each other to see who could shake
his paw on the Tv. We guess the
lord pretend to shake his paw. Remember last.
Wow.
(10:30):
Wow.
Well, that's it. But, yeah. They're of a
friend might my cousin when she went to
school, she went away to school. And so,
you know, at first when you go away.
It takes a little while to make friends.
So she loved the show, and she'd always
be like, they're my friends.
It's so funny. I I saw this thing
on Youtube. They took the laugh track out
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of friends,
and it was so... I mean, I'm sure
this would be, like, any show you take
the laugh track out of, but it was
just so cringe worthy. Like,
so every time,
Well, no. They... So it was a live
audience, I guess, but these... I don't know
if they used Ai or something, but they
every time the audience would laugh. That was
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just removed and it was, you know, just
the the ambient being sound in the room,
and it was so bad. You know, like,
I guess, when they tell you, like, this
is funny laugh, you know, it's
it makes it, like, easier to flow along
with, but I I don't know. It was
bad. It was really bad. Contagious.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Google. I'm I'm sure they've done it
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with a lot of shows, but friends in
particular, because there are a lot of people
who will tell you maybe, like friends was
almost never funny, and it was just, you
know, we were we were conditioned to think
that. But I don't know. It was never
my show growing upside. I couldn't tell you.
I felt was good. So I felt you
were laughing regardless. Yeah. I felt is still
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funny.
Yeah.
Oh, my god.
Yeah.
Oh, we were just at a wedding last
weekend. And somebody got out of the dance
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floor to do the elaine. A dance like
Elaine when it thumbs out. And That's awesome.
And G, And you know what Jane for
the move that you just hit right there,
That's the reason why we have the visual
with Youtube business There go there you go.
Oh, gosh.
They will. They will. Alright. So it I
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guess it's my turn. I I wanna talk
about a plastic free.
Don't have a good transition. I'm just gonna
jump. Yeah. Yeah yeah. I don't have a
transition. I'm just gonna jump right into it.
No bit. So tell me about how you
guys got... Started. What was the what was
the story?
Started
(12:59):
Okay. What you in invent?
In your feet? Is that what you said
your foot? Oh, okay. Wow.
Was it due?
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I want 1. Love. Yeah. Yeah. That's my
house this weekend.
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That's adorable. That isn't adorable.
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Wow.
Wow.
How fantastic.
Yeah.
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Well,
well,
Yeah.
(16:45):
Wait before we go on to the other
product I did wanna ask a quick follow
ups. So how how are they
strength wise? Like, do they hold up? You
know, maybe the same as, like, a a
plastic bag would?
Actually
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Oh, wow.
Well, it's fantastic.
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So so so they're strong enough to hold
my gallons of milk that used to rip
on me from the group. Start before they...
Before they banned the
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Right. Yeah.
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Oh, so
Yeah. I was wondering what that was made,
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Adam because I... Because when you go to
shop or where a grocery store wherever, and
they have those for 33 cents, those your
reusable bags like that. I was, like, what
is this? Is it plastic and it feels
so weird?
How
Wow.
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Well
Wow? Good to know. That is good to
know.
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Oh, I'm enjoy. This is kinda like magic.
Like, I wanna know
I don't want visual secret sauce formula.
But, yeah. I I'd love to know, like,
how this gets made in the first place?
Like, how do you make a bag?
Our plants is crazy.
But
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Yeah.
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Gotcha.
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Oh, wow.
Right.
Yeah.
(23:27):
So you said airbags are more like 6
months. Is that whatever I?
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Yeah. I was gonna ask. What what would
happen if I just if I took 1
of these bags and just left it my
my garage
for
a, a year. It would just be gone
after the year. No. Okay.
(25:04):
Right. Yeah.
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Okay.
Wow. Wow Wow. Oh, interesting.
I'll be looking for some recipes to share.
Hey. 1 thing I know is compulsory.
Compost compulsive needs to be in the title.
(25:49):
III has to be in the title somehow
no.
You got it.
Okay.
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And not harmful. That's good because then that
means that if I, you know, like, let's
say I got a bunch of these and
I just hadn't gotten around to using all
of them yet. It doesn't mean that, like,
they just disintegrate by the time I get
a chance to use it. That's great.
Okay.
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Wow.
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Mh. Yeah.
That
g.
Oh, good. Now Was just gonna say that,
you know,
the... When I was in... I was in
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the London not long ago, and I noticed
there so many more things were made of
glass. And I feel like everything
is made of plastic. This just... For example,
salad dressing we always got. Was always in
these cool glass bottles. And just last week,
we went to buy it, and it was
in plastic.
And it just drove me nuts. Like every...
You know, it's just over. We know it's
terrible
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why they persist on making these things of
plastic.
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Perfect timing.
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Oh,
Yeah. Oh, I know. Wasn't reading about that.
Mh.
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Well.
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Yeah.
I wouldn't
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No. It's fantastic. I mean, it it's and
it's absolutely necessary like you were saying. It's
it's said, but I was blown away when
I went...
To Europe, and I guess I just didn't
pay attention to it before. Because I've been
there, but it just struck me that I
was like, there's there's
There are fewer things made with plastic. I
feel like everything they plastic go over here.
And I just noted it. And so that's
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interesting.
I I was at a shopping mall, and
I saw, you know, they... I had, like,
a a plastic bottle, you know, that I
was drinking. And
I go to recycle it, and they had...
It was like a a trash bin, and
there were holes. And 1 side of it
was trash and the other side was recycling.
And I threw it in. And I guess
I threw it in just like, way too
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strong at just the right angle that it
went in 1 side and out the other.
And so I picked it up and I
go over and I look in and sure
enough, Both sides are just going into the
same trash can. I was like, you've gotta
be kidding.
This 1 of those moments were use see
the world for what it really is, and
I was talking depressed.
The veil back.
(31:25):
See
Yeah. Yeah. I've seen that. Right. I've seen
that.
(31:49):
Oh, yeah. Exactly. I know I watched... Happened
to.
And
an Npr when they started to talk about
this couple years ago. And, how we have
very few recycling facilities
in the country, mainly, it seems like we've
recycled 10 more than anything with plastics.
Is just off the charts. We were just
the wool was was over our eyes. Mh.
(32:16):
Right. Right.
Then can I ask your question?
Yeah. Go ahead.
Or you can't, you can't consciously not do
it. Yeah.
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Wait, Randy was gonna ask question first. Then
I'll get to the other product. Just it's
just I'm curious here. So
it's to Gina Mark.
You guys are based in Jersey? But, I
mean, is... Are these bags readily available throughout
the country throughout, you know, globally? Like,
I and, again... Obviously, I'm... Don't want the
business, you know, plan, but know, how far
reaching are these available to Ta folks or,
you know are we kinda still launching or
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branch branching that up?
You
Okay.
Well.
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Okay.
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Oh, I hate those. Yes, sir.
It's melted before. I'm even done with the
drink. Dna
start straw. I love using his straw, and
I don't like the paper straws. Yeah. I
feel like, a terrible person if you clause.
I don't you can't even find them anymore.
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Now you have the the plant based
material Does that change the taste of the...
Like, can I taste your straw in the
drink?
Yeah. This tastes like a plastic free straw.
This might actually
this might actually run into the question of,
like, what are your other products? But
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what is the the model in terms of,
like, like, I as a consumer, I'm not
generally buying plastic bags. I would guess the
goal would be to get these into, like
a... A supermarket or something. Well, what's what's
kinda like the goal there? And then, you
know, you can talk about some of your
other products too because I'm sure some of
those really are sold directly to the consumer.
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Play better than the big ones. Oh, I
like it already, Mark. Mh.
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You should write in big bold letters right
on the bag. This is not plastic.
Guess said something up that I thought said
it.
(36:41):
I'm saying 300 point font. This is not
plastic. Hey yeah. And then you can put
the rest of the story in smaller type
underneath that. But yeah Hey, Vin. They they
bring 1 of those factories over back across
over here to Jersey. Week we can we
can might be able to...
Absolutely. Absolutely. I just see free ground sign.
I would love to go to the store
and not have to bring my giant bags.
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Likewise. That in the strap breaks that happened
to me the other day. I had 1
of my here.
Recyclable, you know, what those those bags you
have to bring, and I had all my
juice and it just the strap broke and
I...
Well, I like Jeans point because Jean said
earlier right? We got rid of the plastic
bags for for the bigger bags that have
more plastic in them. And it made me
think up during Covid when you weren't allowed
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to go on the rest. Restaurants. But if
you ate outside an a tent, then it
was like that was a, you know, that
was okay. Like... So
(37:52):
Oh,
it's an awfully specific 1. Yeah. It's odd.
(38:15):
I like Mark's point. Just grab a handful
of them, stick them in your pocket, dude,
and you're just on. Because, I mean, From
truth to be told. I forget most of
my reusable, the bigger bags anyway and have
to loaded in the car in that whole
process. Let me stick them in my pocket.
Yeah
Yeah. Well, you re buy them. Now you
have a hundred. You have ridiculous amount. A
ridiculous amount of recyclable bags, and I tried
to give the web everybody has a ridiculous
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amount of these bags.
A
Exactly.
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Right. This is only our sixth episode, and
I wanna say this is at least the
second time we're railing on this.
So
this is obviously a hot button issue. If
if you're are part of the New Jersey
legislature, come up with an answer, do better.
Tell me about some of the other products
though.
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Okay.
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I feel bad for the the microorganisms
that are eating that 1, but
But you love it?
Okay. They know when to stop. Yeah
(40:53):
Not yet.
Not yet.
(41:16):
Right.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
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Look right.
Mh
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Yeah.
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Well,
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Yeah.
And I feel like that's why America's behind
the rest of the world. You know? We
just... We... We don't wanna... We're so stuck
in our ways. Like, it's like, we don't
wanna do anything outside of the the normal
path. But, yeah, I love that, you know,
everything you're doing is just the same. They...
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That compose bag that's awesome. I... We would
compost and I have a lot of friends
that do it, and
that's... It's kind of just a... Pain and
deal with. Like, that then makes it so
much easier. You know? I not friends we,
you either have your, like, compost disposable, like,
bin or bowl or whatever, because it's not
like, a regular garbage,
it's, you know, it's totally different, and that
makes it feel more like, you know, more
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like a garbage and you can't put it
away. And then throw the whole thing in.
It's awesome.
Awesome.
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Sure.
Of course.
That's a give it.
I've never made that mistake of my life.
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Mh.
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Wow.
Well,
Oh, and you feel terrible. You hate to
use it.
(48:19):
Can your plastic ware cut through a watermelon
mount? That's the question,
like,
Go
Should be like 1 of those Youtube sensations
would be like, it's.
Yeah.
Can it cut?
(49:08):
Well, as it should be.
Oh, that... I mean,
absolutely Do we we just had...
I understand, we just threw,
a a prom. I had a 19 eighties
theme prom for my birthday. And we had
all this plastic wear. Right? Because we had
all these people, and we had the plates
and we're
fairly conscious. But, like, you hate... We were
(49:29):
like, what are we gonna? We're not gonna
wash all these forks. We had to use
it. We rarely do.
But you feel terrible in using. And that
is I mean, I'm sure it be the
talk of many things. Everybody who uses it,
uses it because you feel like you kind
of have to, but everybody hates these because
we know it's terrible.
(49:59):
Right.
You gotta start of everything. It was, like
the entire process.
Well.
(50:29):
Fantastic.
Yeah.
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What's this?
Yes. Diaper G had 1.
That's brilliant. No way. That's awesome.
(51:38):
That's awesome. That is awesome.
I just had 1 question and then I'll
kick it to Randy for the game. But
I didn't you... How do you source all
that plant material? Do you have a farm
or something? Like, how does it work?
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No way.
Wow.
Well, how.
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My gosh.
He's like they can be used for all
kinds of things.
Day.
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Yes.
At the front door.
That then that's just like... That's just the
gravy. That just happened to happen skin.
(54:25):
No doubt.
Sorry... Okay. So it... It's anti antimicrobial, but
aren't you counting on the the little microbes
to eat the bags in the first place?
Good question.
(54:55):
Hello
But it doesn't kill the little things that
they're trying to eat it in the first
place.
Okay.
The future is here.
And unless in and its own plan in
New Jersey. So guys.
Right. Perfect.
Alright. I don't know about you guys, but
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I'm ready for a gain.
Alright.
So Listen... Hey, then I got your title
for the char already. Gina marker saving the
planet. So you can, you know, leave in
with that 1 when this
Clean up ready. Exact. Gina marker saving the
planet.
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Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Thank you got.
(55:58):
Passive.
Wow.
Wow. I'm definitely getting the dog bags because
Yeah. I I need them. And and I'm
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always out, and they don't... Like, refill them
anyway, And Always feel so bad about it.
So this is I'm getting them for everybody's
stocking stuff.
Awesome. And and and listen for all all
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of our viewers and listeners out there, just
know as gina and mark become a household
name for saving the planet. Know that you
heard them here first on Planet New Jersey.
So there we go.
Guys. So we're we're gonna go into our
Trivia a game show here. If you haven't
already, you gotta grab you loosely your paper,
sharpie so you can hold your answers up.
(57:03):
We've got 3 questions, New Jersey based trivia.
Today, these are gonna be stemming around food,
you know, and, Hopefully, some of the stuff
is bio on actually compost.
But, question number 1. As you write your
answer down, you just pulled it up, give
everybody a chance to answer and... Give a
few seconds before you hold it up just
so that everybody has time. Yeah. Yeah. Because
(57:24):
because Vin has been known the cheat.
The winner as Casey was say receives fabulous.
Prizes, which is a gift card for lunch
at 1 of your favorite establishment. So, question
number 1. If everybody's ready, just give me
a head out a thumbs it up or
something we'll shoot. Well, I can't find my
sharpie but. I'm ready. I have a pen.
Nice. Let's go. In 16 42, a year
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or so before I was born.
The very first brewery in America opens up
in this New Jersey city. And 16 42,
the very first brewery in America,
opened up in this New Jersey city, and
I will give you a hint to say
that it was in... It's in the North
Jersey region. It's in the North Jersey region.
The very first brewery in America open up
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what city.
Oh, it's not the beer? It's what city
did it open up? Yes. The first brewery.
Yep. This is a guest, but I'm locked
in.
Wait on use correctly. Well, sorry. I went...
I went beer first.
I think... Do you know what case because
this sounded similar to 1 of our earlier
show
suggest. You know what Funny. I started writing
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Boston, And then I was like, wait a
minute. He said New Jersey.
Alright. You guys could hold up your answers.
First brewery, Opened up in what a american
city, and we are o for 4, the
is actually H.
Open I'm sorry I thought you showed be
the other side. No. No. I. I started
around Boston, and then I was like, wait
a minute. He said New Jersey. Sorry.
(58:52):
We've got 1 for 4. 1... Far
first I drove down pat half blue ribbon
because I thought that was the first beer.
I was about to start a riot. Let
me tell you.
Here we go. Number 2. Number 2, and
19 19, these brothers invented frozen custard.
And sell it under their name today.
(59:13):
These brothers in 19 19 invented frozen custard
in the state of New Jersey and today's
sell it under this name. If you're a
boardwalk person,
you see this name everywhere. Alright. I'm ready.
Waiting on Jean. I see the will still
turn in there,
tell
(59:37):
I'm hoping this is right. I don't know.
I know Casey. That was just from.
I don't know. What the custard.
You guys are ready to go? Yeah. Yeah.
Your answer. What
Oh, Hey
look... What do you got? Say city again
or the custard?
No. This is custard. Oh, I know you
said the brothers.
(59:57):
The brothers. Yes. The brothers, These brothers and
invented frozen custard and sell it under this
name today. Rita. And Mark, you are correct.
Yes, sir. The kors brothers.
Brother. Come on, Casey. I know. So I...
I... Yeah. That's not Na. That's it's like
see side thing.
Turn out that, like, Ben and Jerry are
just fake people that they made up. So
they're in Vermont. There
(01:00:18):
alright.
So we side We've got 1 for each
question so far and it...
1 for each question so far. And here's
is number 3 and the final trivia question
of the day. M and M's in 19
41 were invented in this New Jersey city.
M and M's in 19 41 were invented
(01:00:39):
initial New Jersey city,
and I will again give you the hint
to say that it's in the northern half
of the state.
M and M's in 19 this was a
surprise to me when I look this 01:19
41 were invented in this New Jersey city,
And I'm a peanut M and M guy
Can't speak for the rest of you. Oh,
I love peanut M and m's.
(01:01:00):
Yes, sir. Look like we're ready to go.
Ma'am.
Newark, is the answer actually we're
1 right. I can believe it. Well, you
know, hey. We need it Look, yep. Can
I go for a tie breaker then because
it looks like you got? You have 1
and Mark has 1? You wanna do... Flip
this over right on the other side. We
got it? Can't alright. Let's just to do
it. Alright. So this fruit and the pine
(01:01:22):
barron area of New Jersey was the first...
Hold on. Let me go make sure I
can read this question the right way. I'm
sorry. My mouse isn't working. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
1 pause.
I knew I should've have kept this this
question don't... I made Randy make a Sophie
choice between the microphone and his mouse.
And it turned out that we all chose
wrong. He should used the mask.
Yeah. Go ahead sir.
(01:01:47):
The heat, the sun, I don't know.
Towels really?
Wow. Oh, very funny. Very funny. Very funny.
Here. I gotcha.
Alright.
Alright. Here here's your tie breaker. Sure the
happens if we both get this wrong. Then
we stop. At this point I'm my. Nobody
gets the Wall gift card.
(01:02:08):
Goes to the runner. That's what we we
always said, like, the the guest would get
it. But go ahead. Fuck Ty goes with
host. Right? So this fruit is... Was first
cultivated for commercial production. And it's in the
pines barrier area of New jersey. If you
think Southern Jersey think of what fruits are
mass produced down that area, and it was
first cultivated for commercial production, and 19 16.
A small fruit. In New Jersey? In New
(01:02:29):
Jersey, Pines barren area, particularly,
First cultivated for commercial production and Think Southern
Jersey, think fruits think that region and give
me something here. Everybody looks like they're locked
in. Let's see what we got. Cra.
Nope.
Nope.
What do you got Ben? I put blueberries.
Zip correct. Are you mark
(01:02:51):
Ben kirk sorry, Mark. You're...
You know what made me think of it
is because in the last that I hosted,
I asked, what was our most lucrative chore
turned out. So I was like, if blueberries
are our most lucrative crop, maybe that that
was the 1. And we all best Cra
base for that 1 too. So and Then
is the winner the day. However, Gina and
Mark you guys will still receive, gift card
(01:03:12):
from plan New Jersey because we want you
to remember us before you guys blow up
and save the Save the world here. So...
Yeah. That that'll be our that'll be our.
I can't promise you that the gift card
is gonna be bio degree. But maybe did
that. Can give.
Then cast os.
They
(01:03:34):
Oh, that's awesome. I don't know that there
will be enough on those gift cards.
But I'd love to go. I'd love to
go 1 way or the other.
(01:03:56):
Oh wow I could believe that's all.
Wow. I can't afford that.
All. It's not good for the diet at
all. Sure.
Listen.
Oh, yeah.
(01:04:17):
It's been a favorite.
Yeah.
Alright.
Yep.
Jean Gina and Mark, we thank you guys
for being with us today. Then in Casey,
of course are always always a pleasure to
be here with you guys. We thank you
guys for remembering, especially coming off the holiday
weekend.
And right before we sign off again, we
just wanna say a big thank you to
(01:04:38):
Mj bi, and our official sponsor, New Jersey
manufacturer's insurance. So once again known. For everything
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all the dances that Gene did early in
the show and all the products that they
held up for us, guys. Thank you guys
for being here and, looking forward to catching
(01:04:59):
up with you guys are seeing how the
great things you guys are doing. So
Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah. It is so interesting.
Thanks so much.
And as usual, casey, Still from you.
You're never in the New game day.
Thank you, guys. Thank you so much.
Good afternoon everyone wanna to walk with another
episode of Planet, New Jersey.
Believe it or not, This is episode number
5, And we thank you for being aboard
the spaceship with us today. In the southern
region of the planet, and I'm in Burlington
County. Number 6, I'm sorry, then I see
him shouting out be graduate. You were not
watching.
Episode number 6. I'm in Bro County Search.
No reason to number them anyway, whatever.
(00:39):
Is 91 degrees here. And, you're in new
Jersey, we are still melting, and we have
been that way for the last couple of
weeks. We wanna start off with a big
shout out, and thank you to our official
sponsor. If Planner, New Jersey, New Jersey manufacturers
insurance, also known as Mj for all of
your auto home and work
compensation needs.
Your host for today is myself, Randy Stevens.
(01:00):
And as usual, alongside me is the Arts,
Casey's Correctly. I hope she likes that. And
the guru of comm, which I I'd nicknamed
them that myself, then Si.
And of course, our special guest for the
day, plastic tech free. We have jean,
and Mark, and you guys can say hi
to the people.
(01:20):
Listen, we're looking forward to this 1. This
1 should be good. We met these guys
at an environmental regulatory conference a couple weeks
back. We've been working on scheduling to get
them with us over the last couple weeks,
so glad that they've remembered,
following up, what was the holiday weekend for
most of us here today. So glad that
you guys are here? Excited about it. In
casey I'll throw it over to you to
get this thing broken up. Wow, thank you
so much, Randy.
(01:41):
Yeah, We are absolutely thrilled. Yes. It's a
hot 1 today.
So since it's summertime.
Our ice breaker for the day is if
you have someone visiting,
New Jersey that has never been here,
what would you suggest they do or
eat.
That's a good 1. That's the good 10II
(02:07):
guess, just in general.
In general. If it could be a favorite
time of year, whatever it is you're thinking
to what... If you have somebody from out
of out of town or out of that's
never been to new Jersey. Like, oh my
gosh. You have to do this.
Hey
(02:32):
No. That's for us. That's for us to
pitch chat of it. Yeah. There is no
audience.
We're not live.
Go ahead, Marco, what were you saying?
Mh.
(03:15):
Garden state?
Oh, the garden state.
See, I was expecting the beach answer. I
wasn't expecting anybody to go. Drive west, find
a deer, find a bigger tat die.
Get better. Here in New Jersey.
Wait, yeah, but it's so true because, like,
(03:36):
you know, with the sop, I feel like
when most people think of New Jersey, they
think of the opening of the sop.
And there's so much more to I live
on the I live in As park. So
it's fabulous them, you know, on the beach.
It's completely different all over. You got cranberry
bog. Yeah. It's got different fields no matter
where you are on. It's a small state.
(04:05):
It's got everything.
Absolutely. I mean, I'm in Southern Jersey and
we're... Like, I'm around all the farmers markets
and farms and that sort of thing, like,
like, really what farm to table I think
is what they call it. I think the
question is so ironic because Ben and I
were talking before we started. He was at
a a popular buffet rex up this weekend.
They and dope to the point where he
(04:25):
began to snooze at the table. So I
was on kick it
This sp to chao. I don't know if
you've ever heard of this. But they they
just keep bringing you meat until you either
pass out or begged them to stop.
I
we were I was
fog to chow. Yeah, it's a Brazilian steakhouse.
(04:47):
Like, so...
Yeah. I... I had been spec
my my daughter and my wife and A5K
earlier in the day, and I don't know
how hot it was, but at least 90.
So Had just been standing out there in
the heat, and then we went right from
that to the the thing, and oh my
gosh. I I passed her out.
(05:08):
Yeah,
my answer would be food, though. I I...
Unless the person was from New York. I'd
tell him to get pizza. I'd be like,
You definitely want some New Jersey pizza unless
you're from New York then it might be
arguably a step down.
Oh, I don't think so. I think New
Jersey Pizza is better. Said, arguably. Yeah. That's
but... Yeah. If you were from New York,
(05:29):
you'd have a lot of passion about that,
you know, you Oh, no doubt. Anywhere else,
that you it'd be absolutely. Like an objective
step up, you know? Mh.
I send him the casey's neck of the
woods to get something from a boardwalk.
It's
Yep.
(05:49):
Nice. Jean gene. What's yours? You did hold
up the sign. Unfortunately, this...
Most of the audience is gonna be audio
only. So he wrote get a taylor ham,
egg and cheese sandwich on.
Kangaroo roll. And more pork roll depending on
where you are in the state.
At That's our using pork crawl.
(06:10):
A p we called, pork egg and cheese.
I like it.
I like it.
Absolutely. It's so funny. I I grew up
in New Jersey. I it wasn't until college
that I even heard.
First of all, it wasn't until college that
I had my first sandwich that was pork
roll or Taylor ham, whatever you wanna call
(06:30):
it. I want. And then I don't even
think, like, I knew there was, like, debate
over this until a couple years after that.
So... Yeah. I can't believe that. I think
I had pork is probably like my first
food. That's I guess Very particular, in know
very your first move. So I think grounded
up into the baby formula or whatever. Like...
The little jerks. It's like mandatory. Or... Nothing
(06:52):
more New Jersey than that. Like, taylor ham,
pork roll,
baby food.
It's part it's part of your questions you
asked actually me get your license case it's
just jersey but sure.
Okay. Take have been pork role. I don't
think you need a hundred percent to get
the license there.
You can get a couple of them wrong.
I'd Oh, my gosh. I know it well
(07:14):
just before I move all my daughter had
a an internship at Disney world. So she
was in Orlando for, you know, half a
the year. And all they had was Cc,
pizza, like the Cc buffet or little Caesar's.
And as soon as she got off the
plane before she got home, We go to
place Mauricio. It's our local pizza oil. She's
like, we go to Mauricio first. It's all
I've been thinking about.
(07:36):
Pizza man
As Park.
So that's on the beach. That's, like, on
the shore.
Well.
But alright. So, like, I don't know if
you guys are running and dive into some,
getting to know you questions. We can warm
up for
for podcast.
(07:56):
So... Yes.
Both.
Are there are some people who only hear
us and some people will see both. Mh.
No. We'll be on Youtube for the for
the fans.
Everybody wants to see Casey. Oh, yeah.
Everyone see, everybody.
(08:17):
So... Oh, okay. That... I'd love to ask
this question.
The answer is are always so different. What
was your favorite Tv show growing up?
It's a good 1.
Will start with you. Yeah.
(08:40):
Marks like 19 83 to 19 86 was
there. 19 86 to 19 89 was the
(09:00):
Oh,
Hello I guess the Rock files... So we
would watch that in Manic if I that,
Maddox.
Oh, Get. Rock for file... Rocker files,
they have a a channel Me Tv? I
don't know if you have that, but they
(09:22):
had heart to heart on. I if you
remember parts of heart, Robert Wagner?
I recently. I would watch them at night.
It's bed, and I watched the whole series
and it started to loop, and I was
like oh my gosh. I've seen every episode
of heart to heart.
Prices right was a favorite for me. I'm
saved by the bill. Same bell Hit by
(09:42):
the bell free.
Just a little... I watched basically everything. Like,
there was nothing I didn't watch. I don't
know.
Wonder years. Oh, God. We're going back. Years.
Oh, the wonder just some good.
(10:09):
Smoking like true partnership right there. Gotta take
a shot with when you can.
Well, my mom was... My mom had 6
brothers and sisters, and she talked about when.
Las would come on the Tv. They will
fight each other to see who could shake
his paw on the Tv. We guess the
lord pretend to shake his paw. Remember last.
Wow.
(10:30):
Wow.
Well, that's it. But, yeah. They're of a
friend might my cousin when she went to
school, she went away to school. And so,
you know, at first when you go away.
It takes a little while to make friends.
So she loved the show, and she'd always
be like, they're my friends.
It's so funny. I I saw this thing
on Youtube. They took the laugh track out
(10:51):
of friends,
and it was so... I mean, I'm sure
this would be, like, any show you take
the laugh track out of, but it was
just so cringe worthy. Like,
so every time,
Well, no. They... So it was a live
audience, I guess, but these... I don't know
if they used Ai or something, but they
every time the audience would laugh. That was
(11:12):
just removed and it was, you know, just
the the ambient being sound in the room,
and it was so bad. You know, like,
I guess, when they tell you, like, this
is funny laugh, you know, it's
it makes it, like, easier to flow along
with, but I I don't know. It was
bad. It was really bad. Contagious.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Google. I'm I'm sure they've done it
(11:34):
with a lot of shows, but friends in
particular, because there are a lot of people
who will tell you maybe, like friends was
almost never funny, and it was just, you
know, we were we were conditioned to think
that. But I don't know. It was never
my show growing upside. I couldn't tell you.
I felt was good. So I felt you
were laughing regardless. Yeah. I felt is still
(11:54):
funny.
Yeah.
Oh, my god.
Yeah.
Oh, we were just at a wedding last
weekend. And somebody got out of the dance
(12:15):
floor to do the elaine. A dance like
Elaine when it thumbs out. And That's awesome.
And G, And you know what Jane for
the move that you just hit right there,
That's the reason why we have the visual
with Youtube business There go there you go.
Oh, gosh.
They will. They will. Alright. So it I
(12:38):
guess it's my turn. I I wanna talk
about a plastic free.
Don't have a good transition. I'm just gonna
jump. Yeah. Yeah yeah. I don't have a
transition. I'm just gonna jump right into it.
No bit. So tell me about how you
guys got... Started. What was the what was
the story?
Started
(12:59):
Okay. What you in invent?
In your feet? Is that what you said
your foot? Oh, okay. Wow.
Was it due?
(13:30):
I want 1. Love. Yeah. Yeah. That's my
house this weekend.
(14:35):
That's adorable. That isn't adorable.
(14:59):
Wow.
Wow.
How fantastic.
Yeah.
(16:16):
Well,
well,
Yeah.
(16:45):
Wait before we go on to the other
product I did wanna ask a quick follow
ups. So how how are they
strength wise? Like, do they hold up? You
know, maybe the same as, like, a a
plastic bag would?
Actually
(17:10):
Oh, wow.
Well, it's fantastic.
(17:34):
So so so they're strong enough to hold
my gallons of milk that used to rip
on me from the group. Start before they...
Before they banned the
(18:11):
Right. Yeah.
(18:39):
Oh, so
Yeah. I was wondering what that was made,
(19:00):
Adam because I... Because when you go to
shop or where a grocery store wherever, and
they have those for 33 cents, those your
reusable bags like that. I was, like, what
is this? Is it plastic and it feels
so weird?
How
Wow.
(21:06):
Well
Wow? Good to know. That is good to
know.
(21:26):
Oh, I'm enjoy. This is kinda like magic.
Like, I wanna know
I don't want visual secret sauce formula.
But, yeah. I I'd love to know, like,
how this gets made in the first place?
Like, how do you make a bag?
Our plants is crazy.
But
(21:57):
Yeah.
(22:34):
Gotcha.
(23:03):
Oh, wow.
Right.
Yeah.
(23:27):
So you said airbags are more like 6
months. Is that whatever I?
(24:36):
Yeah. I was gonna ask. What what would
happen if I just if I took 1
of these bags and just left it my
my garage
for
a, a year. It would just be gone
after the year. No. Okay.
(25:04):
Right. Yeah.
(25:28):
Okay.
Wow. Wow Wow. Oh, interesting.
I'll be looking for some recipes to share.
Hey. 1 thing I know is compulsory.
Compost compulsive needs to be in the title.
(25:49):
III has to be in the title somehow
no.
You got it.
Okay.
(26:17):
And not harmful. That's good because then that
means that if I, you know, like, let's
say I got a bunch of these and
I just hadn't gotten around to using all
of them yet. It doesn't mean that, like,
they just disintegrate by the time I get
a chance to use it. That's great.
Okay.
(26:40):
Wow.
(27:18):
Mh. Yeah.
That
g.
Oh, good. Now Was just gonna say that,
you know,
the... When I was in... I was in
(27:38):
the London not long ago, and I noticed
there so many more things were made of
glass. And I feel like everything
is made of plastic. This just... For example,
salad dressing we always got. Was always in
these cool glass bottles. And just last week,
we went to buy it, and it was
in plastic.
And it just drove me nuts. Like every...
You know, it's just over. We know it's
terrible
(27:59):
why they persist on making these things of
plastic.
(28:41):
Perfect timing.
(29:06):
Oh,
Yeah. Oh, I know. Wasn't reading about that.
Mh.
(29:35):
Well.
(29:57):
Yeah.
I wouldn't
(30:19):
No. It's fantastic. I mean, it it's and
it's absolutely necessary like you were saying. It's
it's said, but I was blown away when
I went...
To Europe, and I guess I just didn't
pay attention to it before. Because I've been
there, but it just struck me that I
was like, there's there's
There are fewer things made with plastic. I
feel like everything they plastic go over here.
And I just noted it. And so that's
(30:39):
interesting.
I I was at a shopping mall, and
I saw, you know, they... I had, like,
a a plastic bottle, you know, that I
was drinking. And
I go to recycle it, and they had...
It was like a a trash bin, and
there were holes. And 1 side of it
was trash and the other side was recycling.
And I threw it in. And I guess
I threw it in just like, way too
(31:01):
strong at just the right angle that it
went in 1 side and out the other.
And so I picked it up and I
go over and I look in and sure
enough, Both sides are just going into the
same trash can. I was like, you've gotta
be kidding.
This 1 of those moments were use see
the world for what it really is, and
I was talking depressed.
The veil back.
(31:25):
See
Yeah. Yeah. I've seen that. Right. I've seen
that.
(31:49):
Oh, yeah. Exactly. I know I watched... Happened
to.
And
an Npr when they started to talk about
this couple years ago. And, how we have
very few recycling facilities
in the country, mainly, it seems like we've
recycled 10 more than anything with plastics.
Is just off the charts. We were just
the wool was was over our eyes. Mh.
(32:16):
Right. Right.
Then can I ask your question?
Yeah. Go ahead.
Or you can't, you can't consciously not do
it. Yeah.
(32:36):
Wait, Randy was gonna ask question first. Then
I'll get to the other product. Just it's
just I'm curious here. So
it's to Gina Mark.
You guys are based in Jersey? But, I
mean, is... Are these bags readily available throughout
the country throughout, you know, globally? Like,
I and, again... Obviously, I'm... Don't want the
business, you know, plan, but know, how far
reaching are these available to Ta folks or,
you know are we kinda still launching or
(32:57):
branch branching that up?
You
Okay.
Well.
(33:20):
Okay.
(33:56):
Oh, I hate those. Yes, sir.
It's melted before. I'm even done with the
drink. Dna
start straw. I love using his straw, and
I don't like the paper straws. Yeah. I
feel like, a terrible person if you clause.
I don't you can't even find them anymore.
(34:19):
Now you have the the plant based
material Does that change the taste of the...
Like, can I taste your straw in the
drink?
Yeah. This tastes like a plastic free straw.
This might actually
this might actually run into the question of,
like, what are your other products? But
(34:39):
what is the the model in terms of,
like, like, I as a consumer, I'm not
generally buying plastic bags. I would guess the
goal would be to get these into, like
a... A supermarket or something. Well, what's what's
kinda like the goal there? And then, you
know, you can talk about some of your
other products too because I'm sure some of
those really are sold directly to the consumer.
(35:10):
Play better than the big ones. Oh, I
like it already, Mark. Mh.
(36:01):
You should write in big bold letters right
on the bag. This is not plastic.
Guess said something up that I thought said
it.
(36:41):
I'm saying 300 point font. This is not
plastic. Hey yeah. And then you can put
the rest of the story in smaller type
underneath that. But yeah Hey, Vin. They they
bring 1 of those factories over back across
over here to Jersey. Week we can we
can might be able to...
Absolutely. Absolutely. I just see free ground sign.
I would love to go to the store
and not have to bring my giant bags.
(37:02):
Likewise. That in the strap breaks that happened
to me the other day. I had 1
of my here.
Recyclable, you know, what those those bags you
have to bring, and I had all my
juice and it just the strap broke and
I...
Well, I like Jeans point because Jean said
earlier right? We got rid of the plastic
bags for for the bigger bags that have
more plastic in them. And it made me
think up during Covid when you weren't allowed
(37:23):
to go on the rest. Restaurants. But if
you ate outside an a tent, then it
was like that was a, you know, that
was okay. Like... So
(37:52):
Oh,
it's an awfully specific 1. Yeah. It's odd.
(38:15):
I like Mark's point. Just grab a handful
of them, stick them in your pocket, dude,
and you're just on. Because, I mean, From
truth to be told. I forget most of
my reusable, the bigger bags anyway and have
to loaded in the car in that whole
process. Let me stick them in my pocket.
Yeah
Yeah. Well, you re buy them. Now you
have a hundred. You have ridiculous amount. A
ridiculous amount of recyclable bags, and I tried
to give the web everybody has a ridiculous
(38:38):
amount of these bags.
A
Exactly.
(39:00):
Right. This is only our sixth episode, and
I wanna say this is at least the
second time we're railing on this.
So
this is obviously a hot button issue. If
if you're are part of the New Jersey
legislature, come up with an answer, do better.
Tell me about some of the other products
though.
(39:22):
Okay.
(39:46):
I feel bad for the the microorganisms
that are eating that 1, but
But you love it?
Okay. They know when to stop. Yeah
(40:53):
Not yet.
Not yet.
(41:16):
Right.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
(41:53):
Look right.
Mh
(42:25):
Yeah.
(44:33):
Well,
(45:15):
Yeah.
And I feel like that's why America's behind
the rest of the world. You know? We
just... We... We don't wanna... We're so stuck
in our ways. Like, it's like, we don't
wanna do anything outside of the the normal
path. But, yeah, I love that, you know,
everything you're doing is just the same. They...
(45:35):
That compose bag that's awesome. I... We would
compost and I have a lot of friends
that do it, and
that's... It's kind of just a... Pain and
deal with. Like, that then makes it so
much easier. You know? I not friends we,
you either have your, like, compost disposable, like,
bin or bowl or whatever, because it's not
like, a regular garbage,
it's, you know, it's totally different, and that
makes it feel more like, you know, more
(45:56):
like a garbage and you can't put it
away. And then throw the whole thing in.
It's awesome.
Awesome.
(46:29):
Sure.
Of course.
That's a give it.
I've never made that mistake of my life.
(47:07):
Mh.
(47:54):
Wow.
Well,
Oh, and you feel terrible. You hate to
use it.
(48:19):
Can your plastic ware cut through a watermelon
mount? That's the question,
like,
Go
Should be like 1 of those Youtube sensations
would be like, it's.
Yeah.
Can it cut?
(49:08):
Well, as it should be.
Oh, that... I mean,
absolutely Do we we just had...
I understand, we just threw,
a a prom. I had a 19 eighties
theme prom for my birthday. And we had
all this plastic wear. Right? Because we had
all these people, and we had the plates
and we're
fairly conscious. But, like, you hate... We were
(49:29):
like, what are we gonna? We're not gonna
wash all these forks. We had to use
it. We rarely do.
But you feel terrible in using. And that
is I mean, I'm sure it be the
talk of many things. Everybody who uses it,
uses it because you feel like you kind
of have to, but everybody hates these because
we know it's terrible.
(49:59):
Right.
You gotta start of everything. It was, like
the entire process.
Well.
(50:29):
Fantastic.
Yeah.
(51:08):
What's this?
Yes. Diaper G had 1.
That's brilliant. No way. That's awesome.
(51:38):
That's awesome. That is awesome.
I just had 1 question and then I'll
kick it to Randy for the game. But
I didn't you... How do you source all
that plant material? Do you have a farm
or something? Like, how does it work?
(53:04):
No way.
Wow.
Well, how.
(53:31):
My gosh.
He's like they can be used for all
kinds of things.
Day.
(53:57):
Yes.
At the front door.
That then that's just like... That's just the
gravy. That just happened to happen skin.
(54:25):
No doubt.
Sorry... Okay. So it... It's anti antimicrobial, but
aren't you counting on the the little microbes
to eat the bags in the first place?
Good question.
(54:55):
Hello
But it doesn't kill the little things that
they're trying to eat it in the first
place.
Okay.
The future is here.
And unless in and its own plan in
New Jersey. So guys.
Right. Perfect.
Alright. I don't know about you guys, but
(55:16):
I'm ready for a gain.
Alright.
So Listen... Hey, then I got your title
for the char already. Gina marker saving the
planet. So you can, you know, leave in
with that 1 when this
Clean up ready. Exact. Gina marker saving the
planet.
(55:37):
Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Thank you got.
(55:58):
Passive.
Wow.
Wow. I'm definitely getting the dog bags because
Yeah. I I need them. And and I'm
(56:21):
always out, and they don't... Like, refill them
anyway, And Always feel so bad about it.
So this is I'm getting them for everybody's
stocking stuff.
Awesome. And and and listen for all all
(56:43):
of our viewers and listeners out there, just
know as gina and mark become a household
name for saving the planet. Know that you
heard them here first on Planet New Jersey.
So there we go.
Guys. So we're we're gonna go into our
Trivia a game show here. If you haven't
already, you gotta grab you loosely your paper,
sharpie so you can hold your answers up.
(57:03):
We've got 3 questions, New Jersey based trivia.
Today, these are gonna be stemming around food,
you know, and, Hopefully, some of the stuff
is bio on actually compost.
But, question number 1. As you write your
answer down, you just pulled it up, give
everybody a chance to answer and... Give a
few seconds before you hold it up just
so that everybody has time. Yeah. Yeah. Because
(57:24):
because Vin has been known the cheat.
The winner as Casey was say receives fabulous.
Prizes, which is a gift card for lunch
at 1 of your favorite establishment. So, question
number 1. If everybody's ready, just give me
a head out a thumbs it up or
something we'll shoot. Well, I can't find my
sharpie but. I'm ready. I have a pen.
Nice. Let's go. In 16 42, a year
(57:47):
or so before I was born.
The very first brewery in America opens up
in this New Jersey city. And 16 42,
the very first brewery in America,
opened up in this New Jersey city, and
I will give you a hint to say
that it was in... It's in the North
Jersey region. It's in the North Jersey region.
The very first brewery in America open up
(58:08):
what city.
Oh, it's not the beer? It's what city
did it open up? Yes. The first brewery.
Yep. This is a guest, but I'm locked
in.
Wait on use correctly. Well, sorry. I went...
I went beer first.
I think... Do you know what case because
this sounded similar to 1 of our earlier
show
suggest. You know what Funny. I started writing
(58:30):
Boston, And then I was like, wait a
minute. He said New Jersey.
Alright. You guys could hold up your answers.
First brewery, Opened up in what a american
city, and we are o for 4, the
is actually H.
Open I'm sorry I thought you showed be
the other side. No. No. I. I started
around Boston, and then I was like, wait
a minute. He said New Jersey. Sorry.
(58:52):
We've got 1 for 4. 1... Far
first I drove down pat half blue ribbon
because I thought that was the first beer.
I was about to start a riot. Let
me tell you.
Here we go. Number 2. Number 2, and
19 19, these brothers invented frozen custard.
And sell it under their name today.
(59:13):
These brothers in 19 19 invented frozen custard
in the state of New Jersey and today's
sell it under this name. If you're a
boardwalk person,
you see this name everywhere. Alright. I'm ready.
Waiting on Jean. I see the will still
turn in there,
tell
(59:37):
I'm hoping this is right. I don't know.
I know Casey. That was just from.
I don't know. What the custard.
You guys are ready to go? Yeah. Yeah.
Your answer. What
Oh, Hey
look... What do you got? Say city again
or the custard?
No. This is custard. Oh, I know you
said the brothers.
(59:57):
The brothers. Yes. The brothers, These brothers and
invented frozen custard and sell it under this
name today. Rita. And Mark, you are correct.
Yes, sir. The kors brothers.
Brother. Come on, Casey. I know. So I...
I... Yeah. That's not Na. That's it's like
see side thing.
Turn out that, like, Ben and Jerry are
just fake people that they made up. So
they're in Vermont. There
(01:00:18):
alright.
So we side We've got 1 for each
question so far and it...
1 for each question so far. And here's
is number 3 and the final trivia question
of the day. M and M's in 19
41 were invented in this New Jersey city.
M and M's in 19 41 were invented
(01:00:39):
initial New Jersey city,
and I will again give you the hint
to say that it's in the northern half
of the state.
M and M's in 19 this was a
surprise to me when I look this 01:19
41 were invented in this New Jersey city,
And I'm a peanut M and M guy
Can't speak for the rest of you. Oh,
I love peanut M and m's.
(01:01:00):
Yes, sir. Look like we're ready to go.
Ma'am.
Newark, is the answer actually we're
1 right. I can believe it. Well, you
know, hey. We need it Look, yep. Can
I go for a tie breaker then because
it looks like you got? You have 1
and Mark has 1? You wanna do... Flip
this over right on the other side. We
got it? Can't alright. Let's just to do
it. Alright. So this fruit and the pine
(01:01:22):
barron area of New Jersey was the first...
Hold on. Let me go make sure I
can read this question the right way. I'm
sorry. My mouse isn't working. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
1 pause.
I knew I should've have kept this this
question don't... I made Randy make a Sophie
choice between the microphone and his mouse.
And it turned out that we all chose
wrong. He should used the mask.
Yeah. Go ahead sir.
(01:01:47):
The heat, the sun, I don't know.
Towels really?
Wow. Oh, very funny. Very funny. Very funny.
Here. I gotcha.
Alright.
Alright. Here here's your tie breaker. Sure the
happens if we both get this wrong. Then
we stop. At this point I'm my. Nobody
gets the Wall gift card.
(01:02:08):
Goes to the runner. That's what we we
always said, like, the the guest would get
it. But go ahead. Fuck Ty goes with
host. Right? So this fruit is... Was first
cultivated for commercial production. And it's in the
pines barrier area of New jersey. If you
think Southern Jersey think of what fruits are
mass produced down that area, and it was
first cultivated for commercial production, and 19 16.
A small fruit. In New Jersey? In New
(01:02:29):
Jersey, Pines barren area, particularly,
First cultivated for commercial production and Think Southern
Jersey, think fruits think that region and give
me something here. Everybody looks like they're locked
in. Let's see what we got. Cra.
Nope.
Nope.
What do you got Ben? I put blueberries.
Zip correct. Are you mark
(01:02:51):
Ben kirk sorry, Mark. You're...
You know what made me think of it
is because in the last that I hosted,
I asked, what was our most lucrative chore
turned out. So I was like, if blueberries
are our most lucrative crop, maybe that that
was the 1. And we all best Cra
base for that 1 too. So and Then
is the winner the day. However, Gina and
Mark you guys will still receive, gift card
(01:03:12):
from plan New Jersey because we want you
to remember us before you guys blow up
and save the Save the world here. So...
Yeah. That that'll be our that'll be our.
I can't promise you that the gift card
is gonna be bio degree. But maybe did
that. Can give.
Then cast os.
They
(01:03:34):
Oh, that's awesome. I don't know that there
will be enough on those gift cards.
But I'd love to go. I'd love to
go 1 way or the other.
(01:03:56):
Oh wow I could believe that's all.
Wow. I can't afford that.
All. It's not good for the diet at
all. Sure.
Listen.
Oh, yeah.
(01:04:17):
It's been a favorite.
Yeah.
Alright.
Yep.
Jean Gina and Mark, we thank you guys
for being with us today. Then in Casey,
of course are always always a pleasure to
be here with you guys. We thank you
guys for remembering, especially coming off the holiday
weekend.
And right before we sign off again, we
just wanna say a big thank you to
(01:04:38):
Mj bi, and our official sponsor, New Jersey
manufacturer's insurance. So once again known. For everything
that they do in the auto home and
work compensation industry. So, look for this podcast
to be wherever you find your favorite podcast
and on Youtube so that you can see
all the dances that Gene did early in
the show and all the products that they
held up for us, guys. Thank you guys
for being here and, looking forward to catching
(01:04:59):
up with you guys are seeing how the
great things you guys are doing. So
Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah. It is so interesting.
Thanks so much.
And as usual, casey, Still from you.
You're never in the New game day.
Thank you, guys. Thank you so much.
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