Plastic cameras, plastic equipment, plastic computers, plastic internet - you remove plastic and all these advances go back in time - Ultimately the point here is that we're messing with a dirty technology that is bad for us or the planet; what we need is to find better ways to recycle it, and hopefully one day we can transcend it and find a material that suits our needs in a more sustainable way.
The point isn't that nobody should use any plastic ever, which isn't possible or desirable. The most important points are that companies should have to disclose what chemicals they are using in the products -- something that the manufacturers of products don't even know in most cases -- the health risks should be known and waste mitigated through regulation and legislation.
Everyone should see this important documentary. Because this is about ourselves, our modern way of life, and the health and environmental consequences. After watching this film I view plastics totaly different than before watching the film. Congratulations to film director Werner Boote.
Plastics products are cheaper and more durable than glass or wood. Plastics are convenient, they can be carried with a lot less weight. Plastics are readily available. Clothing, food and just about everything that ain't wood or glass is made of some form of plastic. It has become the drug of choice & most people would rather have it. I was shocked to find that that plastics are made from crude oil! We are addicted. ranken-energy. com/Products%20from%20Petroleum.htm. Plastic suffocates or planet
@geoff2204 i TOTALLY AGREE! There has got to be some technology that can or has been developed to make plastics less harmful to the environment. By and large, we swim in plastic, inside and outside of our bodies. But if this video is raising consciousness about it then cheers. Demand is key, as after the Gulf Oil Spill, everyone was angry with BP but they didn't stop using oil by product-plastic. It would take a major change in lifestyle that folks are not ready for, not overnight, poco un poco.
We sell it digitally too, or as dvds in recycled small profile packaging. Everything we do consumes energy and resources, even electronic delivery. Isn't that a trifling complaint?
@firstrunfeaturesnyc : / that is the whole point, 1000 dvd's manufactured packaged and delivered or the same 1000 films downloaded from a single server ... you do/did the math. To consume less energy and more ecological energy, unless u have dvd's made from bio-degradable aluminum and polycarbonate...i think not. In 10 years your dvd's will be thrown out and replaced; the only place to still find your movie will be online. try explaining that to the fish in the sea. So still i call this ironic.
@vetodnb I'm sure it would save the most energy and resources if someone just gave a lecture, but even making a movie requires plastic and so does most peoples preferred way of watching them. I think it's pointless to take your criticisms to such an extreme, by your route few would know about the health or environmental implications of major policy decisions involving plastic, nevermind a few more plastic dvds.
En España las superficies de alimentación, están haciendo un flaco favor a los consumidores, les están vendiendo bolsas de "rafia" artificial que son mucho mas contaminantes que las de plástico normal, estas bolsas ademas de ser de un material mucho mas duro (tarda mucho mas tiempo en degradarse), están impresas con tinta acrílica con un gran contenido de plomo en su elaboración.!!! donde está la ecología de estas bolsas!!!!!!!!! .
Plastic only started being used widely a few decades ago, but they will leech chemicals for a much longer period as they can take hundreds of years to deteriorate. As they accumulate in the sea, they are mistaken as food by sea creatures and birds, and are an increasing threat to ecosystems. If you got cancer as a result of chemical byproducts of plastic, you wouldn't know it because there are no laws to require plastic manufacturers to disclose the chemicals they use. ETC...
With so many scare stories going on at the moment, it's easy to dismiss plastic pollution as an 'also-ran'. Please don't, because this is the biggest threat of all. Greater than fracking, HAARP, oil, chemtrails, dodgy vaccines and the NWO put together - and we are doing it to ourselves. Stop using plastic wherever and whenever you can...
Plastic will be our extinction. At the same time how in god's name are we going to even think about campaigning to stop using it? Do you know how much plastic was used to make this film?
The film promotes awareness and also regulation of the plastics industry. Currently manufacturers are not required to reveal what byproducts go into their plastic, plastics harmful to humans like BPA are used in products like baby bottles, and plastic waste is a massive problem. Much of this could be mitigated but there is currently very little known about plastics and plastic manufacturing by the average consumer.
@firstrunfeaturesnyc Yeah, now that I think of it, a solution probably won't be as extreme as what I suggest. Why is it so hard to get people on board with easy less drastic solutions?
Plastic cameras, plastic equipment, plastic computers, plastic internet - you remove plastic and all these advances go back in time - Ultimately the point here is that we're messing with a dirty technology that is bad for us or the planet; what we need is to find better ways to recycle it, and hopefully one day we can transcend it and find a material that suits our needs in a more sustainable way.
carrito1981 3 weeks ago
yeah, we live in the Age of Plastic... plastic bottle, plastic canteen, plastic lunch box, plastic toy, plastic food... and plastic surgery! XD XD
VladiSSius 1 month ago
so can we touch running electrical appliances without any plastic ??
AkaNomad00paranoid 2 months ago
@AkaNomad00paranoid
The point isn't that nobody should use any plastic ever, which isn't possible or desirable. The most important points are that companies should have to disclose what chemicals they are using in the products -- something that the manufacturers of products don't even know in most cases -- the health risks should be known and waste mitigated through regulation and legislation.
firstrunfeaturesnyc 2 months ago
Everyone should see this important documentary. Because this is about ourselves, our modern way of life, and the health and environmental consequences. After watching this film I view plastics totaly different than before watching the film. Congratulations to film director Werner Boote.
wvdpanhuysen 3 months ago
Plastics products are cheaper and more durable than glass or wood. Plastics are convenient, they can be carried with a lot less weight. Plastics are readily available. Clothing, food and just about everything that ain't wood or glass is made of some form of plastic. It has become the drug of choice & most people would rather have it. I was shocked to find that that plastics are made from crude oil! We are addicted. ranken-energy. com/Products%20from%20Petroleum.htm. Plastic suffocates or planet
NanaBaakan 4 months ago
Awesome Movie!! ...it is everywhere ...game over
Bachtro 4 months ago
Yes. Plastic was used in the making and distribution of this documentary.
Yes it would be more philosophically sound to use, say, wood and stone.
But it wouldn't have been made. And nobody would have seen it.
If the film results in a far greater reduction in the use of plastic than was used in its creation, then mission accomplished.
geoff2204 5 months ago
@geoff2204 i TOTALLY AGREE! There has got to be some technology that can or has been developed to make plastics less harmful to the environment. By and large, we swim in plastic, inside and outside of our bodies. But if this video is raising consciousness about it then cheers. Demand is key, as after the Gulf Oil Spill, everyone was angry with BP but they didn't stop using oil by product-plastic. It would take a major change in lifestyle that folks are not ready for, not overnight, poco un poco.
NanaBaakan 4 months ago
plastic computer
rvpsmdsk 8 months ago
How ironic, selling a plastic DVD with this film.
just sell it for digital download ..., ohw wait that doesn't sell for as much as a dvd...
so u choose plastic after all that. mission accomplished.
vetodnb 9 months ago 5
@vetodnb
We sell it digitally too, or as dvds in recycled small profile packaging. Everything we do consumes energy and resources, even electronic delivery. Isn't that a trifling complaint?
firstrunfeaturesnyc 8 months ago 6
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vetodnb 8 months ago
@firstrunfeaturesnyc : / that is the whole point, 1000 dvd's manufactured packaged and delivered or the same 1000 films downloaded from a single server ... you do/did the math. To consume less energy and more ecological energy, unless u have dvd's made from bio-degradable aluminum and polycarbonate...i think not. In 10 years your dvd's will be thrown out and replaced; the only place to still find your movie will be online. try explaining that to the fish in the sea. So still i call this ironic.
vetodnb 8 months ago
@vetodnb I'm sure it would save the most energy and resources if someone just gave a lecture, but even making a movie requires plastic and so does most peoples preferred way of watching them. I think it's pointless to take your criticisms to such an extreme, by your route few would know about the health or environmental implications of major policy decisions involving plastic, nevermind a few more plastic dvds.
firstrunfeaturesnyc 8 months ago 2
I've allways noticed how certain bottled waters tasted funny, possibly because of the plastic.
CrayonVlogger 9 months ago
i think you should worry more about bullets ...
Seiferzed 10 months ago
En España las superficies de alimentación, están haciendo un flaco favor a los consumidores, les están vendiendo bolsas de "rafia" artificial que son mucho mas contaminantes que las de plástico normal, estas bolsas ademas de ser de un material mucho mas duro (tarda mucho mas tiempo en degradarse), están impresas con tinta acrílica con un gran contenido de plomo en su elaboración.!!! donde está la ecología de estas bolsas!!!!!!!!! .
andres220444 11 months ago
now we live longer, WTF
perjanan 11 months ago
@perjanan
Plastic only started being used widely a few decades ago, but they will leech chemicals for a much longer period as they can take hundreds of years to deteriorate. As they accumulate in the sea, they are mistaken as food by sea creatures and birds, and are an increasing threat to ecosystems. If you got cancer as a result of chemical byproducts of plastic, you wouldn't know it because there are no laws to require plastic manufacturers to disclose the chemicals they use. ETC...
firstrunfeaturesnyc 11 months ago
PLUCK FASTIC
declanring 11 months ago
amazing movie! i cant believ the trailer only got 17000 views.. everybody should see this
gubenhinden 1 year ago
it starts with one....
tshay 1 year ago
f"ck all plastic in this world!
AlguemGravou 1 year ago 7
the orb is awesome!! i love the music in this clip, might get the soundtrack to this film!
jkendall211 1 year ago
With so many scare stories going on at the moment, it's easy to dismiss plastic pollution as an 'also-ran'. Please don't, because this is the biggest threat of all. Greater than fracking, HAARP, oil, chemtrails, dodgy vaccines and the NWO put together - and we are doing it to ourselves. Stop using plastic wherever and whenever you can...
wilster200 1 year ago 2
Plastic will be our extinction. At the same time how in god's name are we going to even think about campaigning to stop using it? Do you know how much plastic was used to make this film?
arthereld 1 year ago 4
@arthereld
The film promotes awareness and also regulation of the plastics industry. Currently manufacturers are not required to reveal what byproducts go into their plastic, plastics harmful to humans like BPA are used in products like baby bottles, and plastic waste is a massive problem. Much of this could be mitigated but there is currently very little known about plastics and plastic manufacturing by the average consumer.
firstrunfeaturesnyc 1 year ago
@firstrunfeaturesnyc Yeah, now that I think of it, a solution probably won't be as extreme as what I suggest. Why is it so hard to get people on board with easy less drastic solutions?
arthereld 1 year ago
@arthereld
First people have to know there is a problem. See the film, it has a lot of good information but its also entertaining.
firstrunfeaturesnyc 1 year ago