The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - In The Middle Of The Pacific Ocean! - Part 1 of 4

[chrispikeyp]

great video thanks

[khijasmith]

brilliant video

[thegeffc]

love the video man

[helioncry]

...and to think the only reason we don't manufacture biodegradable plastic products is because the oil tycoons don't want competition...

[smuggecko]

i enjoyed this vid

[chrispikeyp]

interesting video and very informative

[jaymorpheus11]

I got an idea for saving plastic cups, it involves 7-11 or AM/PM... do refills on the cup only, save the cup at home, bring it out for another refill.

[scubajez]

@fitzymitch1 What you are talking about is human innovation and technology fixing all our problems. The only issue is that there is NO GUARANTEE that the future will solve our problems. If history is anything to go by, technology has done more damage then solved environmental problems. Technocracy at its worst. Global change starts with the individual.

[fitzymitch1]

tonygpeters

Tony tony settle down mate, obviously a massive plastic island in the pacific is NOT ideal. But the facts are, it is there. Simply hating humans or wishing the extinction of humans is beyond childish, and suggests mental health issues... I was merely being optimistic and thinking bout all the benefits that may emerge from cleaning up the Bio Hazard. Such as employment and better knowledge and ability to deal with these issues in the future. Humans are problem solvers that can and w

[fitzymitch1]

Haha... You greeny left human haters make me laugh with the typical responses. Think about how limited technology and general knowledge was at the start of the 20th century to the end. the next 100 yrs seems pretty damn exciting to think of. This is in NO way a pretty happy story, but by watching this it would seem there is a MASSIVE opportunity for a company or individuals to make a tonne of money by cleaning up the environment with new technology's. Cheer up Human haters.

[tonygpeters]

@fitzymitch1 using your logic mitch, there ARE no bad news stories. In fact we should aim to filthy and despoil the world even more thoroughly, so as to create an opportunity for entrepreneurs to come in with new technologies and make a packet. Very clever thinking.

[OutgoingTori]

dont it stink like reaal badd?

[howellpower3]

The human race (which means everybody on Earth) are assholes.

[timen1986]

in 250 years all these little particles of plastic will have infiltrated every aspect of life on earth. We did good, fucking up the world in about 100 years :)

[ultraviolet95]

The World is fucked up... By HOMO SAPIENS. Yes, people! We-SUCK BIG TIME!

[bob2ride]

Sure it's a shame to see plastic bottles in the pacific. But the pacific gyre is a function of the earth's rotation and it picks up any crap dumped int he ocean. From Japan's tsunami to bottles washed into storm drains. It has always been there. I saw it when I sailed home from Hawaii 30 years ago.. not plastic but other crap. Can't blame America for the rotation of the earth.

[mphello]

@bob2ride

= It has always been there.=

Really? You mean bits of plastic hockey sticks and such were around since the dinosaurs?

Don't get me wrong: I see no difference in doing a cost-benefit analysis for humans and their lifestyle vs doing one for dinosaurs and theirs. But, one still needs to be 100% honest with the facts.

[DjDePutaMadre]

so sad! :-( i hope we the sun will explode and we all die for this!

[TheDeacon09]

@DjDePutaMadre Sadly our sun doesnt have the mass to explode:(

[awomkc420]

what has the world come to?

[ridingthespiral999]

wow. makes me embarrassed to be a human being1

[bigballlllsofun]

it seems the only thing our goverments priministers kings n sluty queens oh n we wont forget the united nations of crooks are good for is planing the next invasion or protecting the fat oil and chemical industries like the pack of whores that they are and these animals call themselfs world leaders the world realy is in deep shit

[bigballlllsofun]

great vid the shame full part is that you have to come on you tube to see it this story should be broadcast on every chanel every news program the so called world leaders should pull their thinger out of thee asses and come up with solutions funny how nothing is done about this problem a little pay off here n there and the problem magicaly goes away fucking gready pigs

[baalisgod666]

I remember when there was a similar garbage island near New York. It was where the garbage was dumped there by barge until it got so big and became a hazard to shipping and was towed out to sea. :(

[CryptWarrior69]

i rather save money than save the planet, who the fuck cares

[baalisgod666]

@CryptWarrior69 So when Bisphenol makes you into a woman you will care then. Too late sucker.

[baalisgod666]

Which nation would dump their crap into the ocean like it is their personal sewer?

The worlds most arrogant and destructive people ever...

AMERICANS. God Bless.

[DBerzinskiFilms]

this is filthier than my favourate dubstep track

[tasfastas]

The BEST way to recycle plastics, is to AVOID consuming plastic products. Usually they constitute the recipients of such products. There are alternatives as glass, metal and bio-degradable materials. ALSO, to better RECYCLE one can decrease the consuming level from EXAGGERATED and FUTILE to NECESSARY and PRAGMATIC.

[megapurpleweed420]

i vote this the worlds 8th wonder !!! ^^

[Bknyzson718]

Wow, I never knew this trash island existed.

[JesusFreak3231]

omg,here peoplesh go to defenders of wildlife.com,if u join this site not only can u help about this,but u can also help thousands of endangerd animals fight for their rights to live

[easternseashell]

how can I start a movement to pick this cr*p out of the sea. this is not okay by any means or standards. that poor poor turtle

[Catication]

Drink tap water!

[LoulouisaRa]

If you're interested in art, camouflage and trash/pollution watch: Safe the planet-Recycling Art" and "Miss Biarritz". Enjoy it!!

[Odissee6]

We can all start by never using another shampoo bottle again. Use no-poo. Google it for more info. Basically, you dissolve 1 Tbsp of baking soda in 1 cup water, massage it into your scalp for 1 minute, rinse, repeat with the baking soda replaced by vinegar. Better for your hair, and cheap, too!

Next, stop smoking. Save money, your health, and the Earth!

Also, there are biodegradable "plastics" made from corn. Look at Stalkmarket, for example. Check out alternatives!

[CearyAuryn]

@Odissee6 What if you have allergies to those things?? O.o

[SteigerRocks1]

Why dont the Large corporations like Pepsi/Coca-Cola/Disney pitch in and start trying to clean it up,,,,?? Sure would be a nice gesture....I bet the Japanese might like to help too..:-P

[pitchingwedge1]

@SteigerRocks1 Because it cuts into profits

[GuitarGuy5000000000]

@SteigerRocks1 The corporations will never do anything because it would get in the way of their money making system. The only way they would change is if we stopped buying their products, which I have done a long time ago. It's easy to do!

[surf2live101]

whos down to start cleaning that up?

[goofygangster777]

not created by natives!

[emilyknows42]

I cant even watch this it makes me sick!!! I cryed!!

[AlexiSundukov]

@emilyknows42 Ya know what's even sicker??? Come down to my boat and see all the Condoms Filled With Seagull Shit clinging all over. Eating condoms is a Favorite for some birds!!!

[Videoscape]

Another thing, Jesus had nothing to do with our pompous, and selfish attitude. If people didn't have to look outside for acceptance - scarcity, and ignorance would be no more. Maybe those with insecurities could find forgiveness - forgiveness for themselves! Then perhaps we would remember what was lost so long ago, the guidance given to us by our hearts. The brain is only the CPU, it's not the operator!

[Videoscape]

Let me ask something, do any of you judges really think that pointing fingers at others can possibly resolve the issue of humankind behaving like a mob of indecisive, materialistic slobs? Placing blame upon others only furthers the agenda of negativity. "IT IS MY FAULT"! It's my fault for allowing this earth that belongs to all species that inhabit her to fall into such disrepair. It's my fault for being a coward, and not standing up for my fellow earth inhabitant's.

[nickatnoon61]

@Videoscape I WALK THE TALK! I am over 30 year vegetarian,5 years vegan, organic gardener, very eco-conscious, and I have met VERY FEW who live up to those standards. That gives me the right to tell the toxic 2-legged pos slobs what they are and to STFU! lol It is a hobby of mine! lol Read the Ringing Cedars books to know what our true purpose is on this planet.

[danyonly]

@samuelgodn21 no shit retard. that is why at the end of the post it said (dripping in sarcasm). douche.

[NewDirection4us]

Humans are destroying the Earth. Jesus will return and make everything right for His people.

[HelpfulLawrence]

"... something that i just discovered on Twitter yesterday"  .. seriously ? what an ignorant faggot.

this video is muff cabbage.

[geoff2204]

These videos should be banned. They encourage people to think, when they should be doing their duty as consumers and buying shiny stuff in plastic packaging. Thought is the enemy of profit!

[HelpfulLawrence]

@geoff2204 Amen.

[nickatnoon61]

@geoff2204 Ha ha You got it geoff! The MASS MIND CONtrol is paying off for the greedy, soul-less POS who run things. Some are starting to wake up tho! Cheers!

[halflifeh]

the earth will create a new paradigm...the earth plus plastic

[offthericta]

... and again we see no actual footage of this 'island of garbage' made of 'consumer products as far as the eye can see'. He even said 'some have written it off as urban myth' and proceeded to NOT SHOW IT.

Comon... frikin show me the garbage island guys!

[Blunted206]

@offthericta I know I so wanna see a floating garbage pile bigger then texas :O not tiny little patches of a few peices of plastic

[nickatnoon61]

@offthericta You want to see GARBAGE? Garbage trudging around with 2 legs? Go to any Wal Mart, or fast food outlet. They are teeming with 2-legged POS GARBAGE!

[trammix]

This is very sad. It's insane because it's totally unnecessary. I'm old enough to remember a time when all soft drinks came in glass bottles & most food products were packed in cardboard boxes & grocery bags were paper. That was only 40 yrs ago. If there isn't a ban on the production of these unnecessary plastic products then all the worlds oceans will be littered in this way very soon. As consumers we're all responsible but world leaders need to take control because humans are too destructive.

[masterhide]

Def not the LATEST news. Check Vice mag's article from a few years back...

[sasktank]

texas is not very big - especially compared to the ocean--its tiny -- like 300 times smaller

[McCoolFinn]

If this is only the part that floats...

[camera505]

This is very serious and sad.

[thecoralsea]

Google "Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months"

[Backlap]

Am I the only person who believes that technology will eventually enable us to do things that are currently impossible, such as ridding the entire Earth of all pollution? The people who are saying that we're screwed really need to stop and think.

[sbc2k1]

@Backlap yeahhh...maybe

[oneirishpoet]

According to my calculations 3.5 million tons is 7 TRILLION lbs of plastic. (3,500,000 x 2000).this is obscene!

[dfrios98]

This is a situation where you don't need to seat and blame who's fault, the thing here is being proactive and educate our families to avoid using all kind of items that are helping to grow up this situation in the wolrd. Stop using plastic bags, if you have to recycle them, the goverment should be also educate community and organizations to reduced all these contaminats items and replace them for "GreeFriendly" materials ..... HOW WE CAN HELP? Let's star at home

Dr

[winintheflop06]

we need to clean this up. Does anyone know of a group we can join to help clean this mess up?

[thea682]

How did we let this get so far?

[OrganicMama25]

@thea682 Exactly, I am in shock that previous generations have let this happen, why the whole "green trend" now? Why did the masses not do these things before? Was it ignorance or just sheer greed and materialism?

[1986rizla]

@OrganicMama25

People where kept in the dark about stuff like this and nowadays we get to see this because we have the internet. But i'll bet my head on it that the most gross industrial crimes are still not known and maybe our children will say the same about us.

[Amarianee]

I'm really sick of how people have reached some sort of consensus on, "Well, there's no point in cleaning it up now..." I understand that the main focus should be further prevention, and I understand that it's a LOT of trash. No, it probably won't be able to be cleaned up in my lifetime, BUT to write it off completely (and for the last ten years even) and not even make an attempt to clean it up is just ignorant IMO. I'm so sick of humanity's apathy, ugh.

[sspetnazz]

i wanna sign up for the mess we did...:( im from the philippines and shit i contributed something to this mess...

[Farismaster1]

were screwed

[dghabsfan]

Nobody enjoys shitting on Americans more than me but this is a global problem. This whole 'out of sight out of mind' mentality exists in Canada and all over the world and is at the root of the problem here. In regards to a clean up effort can it even be done? The smaller estimates put this thing at twice the size of Texas it would take decades, not taking into account the amount of new trash that arrives there every day.

[NibiruGroup]

tOn3s1 is right its america. other countrys have a hand but 95 percent is america

[Zoloft61]

@NibiruGroup that's not fair and I don't think it is true. I am from the Netherlands and I am amazed about the amount of plastic garbage that is lying around everywhere and washed ashore on our beaches. It is a global waste problem. The use of biodegradable plastics would be a good start to overcome this problem but I'm afraid at lot of irreversible harm has already been done.

[t0n3s1]

this is why we hate Americans, fuck you all and don't try ti blame your bullshit on the 'rest' of the world, with comments like "the whole world over" it is YOUR rubbish. YOURS. You are complete a-holes. How dare you blame the rest of the world for you shit.

like your "World" Series Baseball. It's all American Rubbish.

YOU are not the entire world, but oh how you like to think you are.

[whiteblazejunky]

@t0n3s1 Dude, calm down. As for all the garbage we, the human race, are all to blame. I understand you dont like Americans, I'm American and I dont really like it...

[Amarianee]

@t0n3s1 I have to agree with everyone else. You can blame America for a lot of things, but this is not one of them. Pollution as a general is a problem every single person on this planet is contributing to. Your correlation to the "World Series" is a poor example for your point. Baseball is a sport, and something people can voluntarily participate in. Littering however, is something that almost everyone has done at some point or another in their life, voluntary and involuntary alike.

[madman6782]

Tht poor turtle an all those other animals they are the ones really suffering frm this not us not yet anyway but considering tht before long the ocean will be our only source of water thn I think we can fully understand how badly we really fuked up here

[mrsmelzbad]

Stop whining and bitching, and studying the fucking thing.... get some giant trawlers out there to scoop that shit up, Where do I sign up? GITRDONE!

[ajhomryder]

@mrsmelzbad You really dont have a clue do you WE ARE ALL TO BLAME NO MATTER WHAT COLOUR YOU ARE. ITS OUR FAULT

[mrsmelzbad]

Nature will strike back, not if- but when.. and it wont be pretty for humans.... we reap what we sew.

[MsCuriousCat]

This life style is part of the Pagans life style that GOD warren is about and now look at the results. When I see this it makes me sick because it's horrible, why did man discover plastic knew it would become a problem in the future for us humans. Mans GREED has the control of his livelihood, all he think of is how to make more money and dont care about distroying this earth and the people in it. We must clean this mess up and it will take forever to do it so we can continue living here.

[MsCuriousCat]

Just think we paid BIG companies to do away our trash from our homes and this is what they had done with it. I thought they had some kind of resource of some kind to dissolve it and I never gave it a thought because it was someone else job to take care of these type of things. Now that I seen this I will buy more in cartons, I buy milk, eggs in a carton or box now but there are other things like can goods and you can buy the in cartons also I seen it in WalMart. Man in the mirror is me. PEACE!

[mrsmelzbad]

Why do you think the american indians (only true americans) where trying to kill and run off all those euro-trash immigrants from THERE land?.... NOW YOU GET IT?

[MsCuriousCat]

mrsmelzbad - Im Native Cherokee/Comanche Indian...you have a point here. Im also a fan of Michael Jackson most Native are, he speaks of human nature and how it would never mix with mother earth. We as humans must return back to living from the earth, she is our mother and what comes from her is good for us to live healthier. Man poison her with his chemicals, ideas and very soon she will speak out across this planet. When she cant stomche anymore she will reject it and cause problems

[blakhaus]

Even if you recycle that doesn't guarantee it is actually being recycled. It might be just thrown in a land fill. These hypocrits are drinking bottled water on this little field trip. LOL

[lewisbail01]

is the elf a rank 80 or can it only achieve a 80 when fused with a dragon ??? plz help

[TWB56]

You can make a difference. Recycle EVERYTHING! Use recyclable grocery bags. Refuse plastic whenever possible and demand that retailers find alternative ways to package and bag our goods. This can be done and the damage can be undone but it is ALL of our responsibilty. It is humanity that made this mess and it must be humanity that fixes it, or there will someday be no humanity, just a dead planet.

[nickatnoon61]

Thanx TWB56. I have re-cycled for years, and now we can recycle plastics. The HEMP industry was suashed by DuPont! One can manufacture anything from hemp, which is bio-degradable! It is up to us!!!

[ReallyPsilly]

That's right!

Hempen plastics are 100% biodegradable whilst being less harmful to the environment to grow and harvest compared to the extraction and refining process of oil.

[vujade1]

@nickatnoon61,

if cannabis was legalized then we would see the emergence of a multi-billion dollar hemp industry that would play an vital role in transitioning from hydrocarbon based economy to a self-sustaining and ecologically restorative carbohydrate economy.

Till then, i wouldn't count on our current neocorporate government paving the way to restore our economy.

[nickatnoon61]

@vujade1 The entities who CONtrol the planet are not benevolent towards anything. They rip and tear to remain on top. They are very sick mfers. But the problem is most of the sheeple worship them b/c that is what they have been taught in JEW-SKOOL, and by the Jew-CONtrolled media.When you begin to understand mind control, you will begin to see how we have given away all of our power....and SOULS!

[danyonly]

@nickatnoon61 You can't use hemp you hippie weirdo!! Then the kids will realize that you can smoke the pot and be less aggressive, and not have a rely on pharmaceutical companies to make them feel better, and the lumber industry will lose money cause you can make more paper with less hemp. Then where will all those billionaires get their money huh hippie?! They DESERVE to be RICH BEYOND POUR WILDEST DREAMS!! (dripping in sarcasm)

[samuelgordn21]

@danyonly you dumbass dude hemp is not pot its a natural resource

[danyonly]

@samuelgordn21 No shit guy. That is why I said (dripping in sarcasm) because all the people that oppose hemp try to pull the mary-ja-wanna card. dummy.

[joeshmoyourmom]

@nickatnoon61 and we can smoke it too ;-D

[TWB56]

This is absolute proof that we are destroying the eco-system with the unbelievable amount of packaging we deal with in everything we buy. It is unconscionable to continue using the amount and types of plastics that are our mainstay in todays retail environment. It is incumbent upon ALL of us to do something about this.

[ULTbassist]

There actually has been a break through in biodegradable plastic that is made from corn oils. The significance of this is that sugars in the oil are able to be eaten by bacteria making it last only about 1/4 as long as traditional plastic packaging and far less toxic too. Hopefully they start using it soon.

[peachypam0]

more biodegradable plastics? is that possible due to its complex structure?

[dudeguymanlike]

well make plastic that is bio degradable and we wouldnt have this fucking problem

[noxiscool]

you weren't the brightest bulb in the chemistry class were you?

[sk8bow]

we can't focus our energy on argument. we need to focus our energy in changing our ways.

[f3z3rz]

yeah and have them dissolve when they put drinks on them

[ctruman]

i think your missing the point

[laraemeadows]

If it were biodegradable, it wouldn't be plastic.

[jobedied]

Bill you are completely wrong about that, Illegal dumping goes on all the time. But a large part of the floating plastic is from litter the way you said. If you go on NJDEP web site you will see all the citations issued in just the past year for every form of water pollution you can imagine. Many ships constantly dump all kinds of chemical, hydrocarbons,and solid wastes all over the Oceans. Had a friend who used to work at a factory ordered to dump industrial wastes at night into the river.

[MsWithnail]

typical americans

[jobedied]

There is no better place for industry, corporations, governments and businesses to dump it,s free no one will catch you and profits will increase. Why pay dumping fee,s.

No amount of education will stop this it is all about profits. Recycling is something industry hates. The nice thing is someday we will be able to walk across the ocean on a plastic

matt. Some states require core exchange for glass and plastic bottles but most industry lobbies against this.

[bornbillsmith]

Garbage is not being dumped in the ocean on purpose.

People either throw it on the ground or in a garbage container..

On the ground it gets picked up by the rain and ends up in the sewer.

Eventually this garbage ends up in a lake or river which leads to the ocean.

[bahiahumanista]

yanquis de mierda ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡t­oda esta basura es de ustedes, y ni que hablar de la basura mental que tiene ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[ruelruelan]

Ban plastic bags and choose alternatives to plastic packaging would be a start.

[galaxies]

People can't change unless they reach a certain point meaning where it is almost to late to save anything...how sad this species is...how unfortune and grateful I am to be apart of this.

[standonz]

couldn't these be recycled for  oil? or for more plastic?

[pericolace]

We are not dressing and keeping the garden, are we?

[evilunixuser1]

We are reaping what we have sown.

[MLMSystemPro]

Changing our behavior is our only hope!