- Yeah. - Woo-hoo!
Ah, what a great day for a beach day, Titans.
The sun is so bright and warm
that I don't care that it's slowly damaging my skin.
And this ice cold water is so refreshing.
Beach days are the best, yo.
Friends, look,
I have found the sunken treasure.
Uh, those are bottle caps, Star.
Whoa!
I think I've caught a big one.
Yo, guys, check out all these jellyfish.
Ew, those aren't jelly fish.
They're plastic bags.
Ugh, this water is nasty, yo.
There's only one thing to do about it.
Titans, commence Operation Cleanup!
Aw, man, we didn't even make a dent.
We need to figure out what's going on and put a stop to it.
Whoa.
Guys, there's a name on this bottle.
I bet you, this Pete person knows something about this garbage.
Then we better track him down.
Titans, go!
Pete?
- Yo, Pete! - Pete?
Here, the Petey, Petey, Petey, Petey, Pete.
Pete?
Pete!
Hey! Aah!
- Pete?
Pete! - Pete!
Pete!
We're never going to find this Pete-foo,
Over here!
Who said that?
We did.
Dude, those water bottles are talking to you.
Oh, we're not just simple water bottles.
We're also magical molecules.
- What? - No way.
Who are you guys?
I am Polyethylene.
Polly for short.
And I am Terephthalate.
But you can call me Tara.
And when we combine, we become...
Pete!
But what exactly is "Pete"?
It's the most versatile plastic on the planet.
Which means we can transform from simple water bottles
into a variety of cool new products.
Like this!
By the power of Pete, recycle into...
A playground!
Whoa!
Or...
Thermobond packaging!
Or, best of all...
Ugly holiday sweaters!
But how is this the possible?
Are you two some kind of wizards or something?
No, silly.
It's only possible
through the power of recycling.
We'll show you how it works.
The process starts right here
where recycled bottles are fed into this machine,
which removes their waste.
Uh, so this is where them bottles go to take a poop?
Oh, no, no, not that kind of waste.
This machine removes labels, stray pieces of metal,
and any form of contaminated plastic.
Can the plastic become the contaminated?
Yes, if it's been exposed to dirt or toxic substances.
Which is why you should never mix your plastic with your garbage.
Because then it cannot be recycled.
Thanks for the tip, yo.
Next the bottles are taken over to this machine
where they get washed and dried.
You think we could run Robin through that machine?
He is in desperate need of the shower.
I don't need a shower!
Finally, the bottles are chopped up and melted into tiny pellets,
which can be made into new products
like carpets, furniture, or even tote bags.
But you don't need a fancy recycling center
like this one to recycle.
You can just as easily recycle at home
by finding new uses for the things you own
instead of throwing them away.
Like turning this soda bottle into a planter for an urban garden.
Wow. I never knew a plastic bottle was so valuable.
Them bottles be plastic gold, yo.
But... if all of this plastic can be recycled,
then why is so much of it ending up in the ocean?
Because only 9% of plastic waste
ever gets recycled.
Only the 9%?
Ugh... That makes me so angry!
Hmm, that is a shockingly low number.
Yes, it is.
Which means the rest of the plastic
ends up in the ocean,
where it gets sucked into the great garbage patch.
That must be what's attracting all of the garbage near our home.
Can you take us there?
Of course, but you'll never get in
looking like that.
How come?
Because the patch is ruled by an evil warlord
who only allows garbage onto his island.
Well, that won't be a problem for us.
Yeah, people been calling us garbage since the reboot.
That's pretty funny.
Titans, go!
To the great garbage patch!
Whoa, look at the size of this place.
I told you, only garbage is allowed passage.
Garbage verified.
See, I told you people think we're trash.
Whoa, check it out.
I've never seen so much trash in all my days.
This place is depressing.
What is the happening?
This doesn't look good.
Hyah!
Major Alcuranitro Butane Styrene!
That's Major ABS to you, civilians.
Just check out this six-pack.
Hoorah! Hoorah! Hoorah!
Now, tell me, what are you kids doing on my island?
We came here to make you clean up your act.
You can forget it, mini-boy.
Why do you insist upon living on this island of trash?
I'll tell you why, miss.
I was once a simple toy, hoorah,
who dreamed of being recycled into something new
like one of those delightful little garden gnomes.
But when it came time for me to be recycled,
I was rejected
because my local recycling center
wouldn't recycle my ABS plastic body.
And, instead, I was dumped into the ocean. Hoorah...
Where I came up with a new dream.
I would build a mighty weapon out of garbage
to exact my revenge on the cruel business of recycling.
So you're going to get revenge with this garbage patch?
No. Hoorah.
This is only the surface of my weapon
This is my full weapon.
I call it the Contaminator! Hoorah!
And, with this machine, I shall contaminate
exactly 9% of the world's recyclable plastic.
But if you do that, then nothing will get the recycled.
And all of our recycling centers will be destroyed.
Hoorah! That's the plan!
Well, your plan ends here.
You don't have the power to stop me. Hoorah!
Yes, we do,
because we've got the power of recycling.
Right!
By the power of Pete, recycling to...
Furniture!
Incoming!
Recycling to...
tote bag!
I'm gonna squash you ninnies flat.
Hoorah!
Recycling to...
carpet!
Face it, Major,
you're no match for the power of recycling!
Then let's see how you handle some toxic waste.
Recycling to...
Oh, no! We've been contaminated!
So transform into something to clean yourselves up.
It doesn't work like that.
Now that we've been contaminated,
we can't transform.
Hoorah! You recyclers are pathetic!
If anyone's a big recycler, it's you.
Me? A recycler?
Never! Ooh... No!
By creating your super weapon out of trash,
you gave new purpose to all of this waste.
Which is another way you can recycle.
Hoorah. You're right.
You know, perhaps there's more to this recycling business than I thought.
But what's going to happen to all of this garbage?
Don't worry, we have a plan.
Hoorah!
You turned all that garbage into this?
Indeed.
We used the plastic bags for the flower beds.
Water bottles for fledgers.
And turned these milk jugs into bird feeders.
We didn't forget about you, bro.
Which is why we made you this.
A garden gnome outfit?
Hoorah!
This is amazing!
Thanks for making my dream come true, Titans.
I love recycling
Hoorah! We saved the world!