Plastic pollution is a growing concern worldwide. Most of the 270,000 tons of plastic found in landfills or floating oceans around the world will take hundreds of years to break down. Simply put, plastic will outlive humans - unless there are other options. CGTN's StephanieFreid visited a company in tel aviv looking for an alternative.

Imagine a swirling mass of trash, dying Marine life, and trash that's washed up on land.

ALUL environmental society CEO said: "" in a practical sense, part of the reason the government is starting to change policy is because of China. Half the world's waste is recycled in China, and as soon as the country closes, they have to find new solutions.

In January, China announced it was "" no longer" "accepting the world's plastic and paper waste, disrupting the world's recycling process. The ban forced governments to rethink policies and seek solutions to the problem of plastics. The plastic problem: plastic is the most useless disposable material on earth.

"after us, after our children, after our grandchildren, these plastics still exist. Every fork, every spoon, every straw that has been used for centuries is still here."

Researchers and companies developing biodegradable and disposable packaging have been inundated with orders."

TIPA, CEO and co-founder of DAPHNA NISSENBAUM, said: "" it has brought us some sort of hurricane. There is a lot of demand in Europe, Australia, India and elsewhere. And the biodegradable packaging products the packaging will break down within six months.