With plastic production nearing 300 million tonnes a year, this problem is not going to go away anytime soon! Remember the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.
This is a horrible example of the bi-products of our technology and needs to be addressed but don't exaggerate figures for shock value, it's shocking enough as it is. Really "covers 40% of the worlds oceans". Why loose your credibility by including such a bullsh%@t fact.
And still no video of it ? No plane to just do a fly over video of ANYTHING?? Nope, just lots of hype, statistics and photos of unrelated things that we're supposed to assume are huge. Liars
40% is the biggest pile of bullshit in this video. 40% of oceans would mean every human who ever lived trashed much over 1 square km of oceans. That's just don't true!
This is ridiculous. I am a marine biologist, and I have studied this region extensively. This is completely erroneous and misleading. The situation is not nearly as dire as this would lead you to believe. The ocean is actual doing well!
We need to start at the source why waste time trying to get the whole world to conform? Manufactures the people who make plastics are the ones to blame,there is alternatives but its always cost thats the problem they say, We have the technology why aren't we using these no toxic biodegradable alternatives?
BINGO! It's already been proven that "consumers" are going to use what ever you set in front of them, asking them to stop is a strategy that hasn't worked! Stop it at the source, but that means a drop in profits, even though Wal-Mart has made enough money in the last decade, to run at a loss for the next 100 years! Raping a finite planet for finite resources...who cares I won't be here...I have a hard time looking my sons in the eyes sometimes just thinking bout it
well for a few million$ it`s possible too rebuild a old cargo ship into a sailing furnace with scrubbers on the chimnies ..could do the same job on the plastic out there ..as our "recycle plants here on land...
i am running out of words to express my anguish at how we treat the planet we live on when we should be loving and nurturing her, we are poisoning and killing her :(
Someone needs to have a word to this girl & remind her that what she is talking about is actually a very serious issue. Her smiling and enthusiasm is sickening. Humans destroying the planet is not cool, have some fing decorum!!
If she were talking some actual crime that the police investigate (e.g. sex offender or rape case) or a court case, I'll bet she'd get all politically correct and serious.
Plastic is not the problem-it is how we are not recycling it enough that is-first thing to do is to stop producing more of it-do we really need new plastic when the technology is already there to recycle all plastic waste?
First of all, anyone disliking this video should be bitch-slapped. Secondly, most Americans are so full "pride" they could be sleeping on this trash island, and still deny it was real or a problem. A guy commented below that dark times are ahead, and my conscious tells me he's probably right.
It doesn't matter if this lady is smiling or not. Or if the plastics came from China. All that matters is that is here and what can YOU do to not add to this.
Dusting the dirts under the carpet won't make things disappear. In 20 years time, we will ask "WHEN DID WE MANAGE TO MAKE THIS MUCH WASTE?" I see a very dark future ahead! :<<
How can this planet be saved if these lame-ass reporters spread such critical issue wrongly?!? Rather blaming the unnecessarily luxurious American lives, this girl with a lip-job and possibly boob-job as well points out the finger on Chinese products. I am not saying Americans are only to blame in this issue, each person in this planet is as responsible as Americans but they seem to have high rate to resource-consumptions hence higher waste %.
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, ice ages…And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?
@killerbeau95 Those are natural phenomenon, and the Earth has found a way to stabalize after these events. There is no natural solution or stabilization against human artificial waste. Besides we have a choice in this. We can't control solar flares or earthquakes but we can control our waste. The earth is tough and resilient like you say, it's not like it's going to be destroyed. But why the fark do people do nothing unless faced with the idea of destruction? I say clean up the home we live in.
@russellk0431 I am saying that humans are always trying to control everything, even if a species go extinct even without much human influence we will ALWAYS try to SAVE it. Same thing with plastic; its a natural thing, the Earth is smart (yeah, I know I sound like a hippie right now) and it will turn it into some productive biological waste for a small fly or worm to eat. Time will tell, just stop worrying and start living. Sure it may look bad out in the ocean but, that can be a seagull city.
@killerbeau95 Humans are intelligent enough to know that they should be responsible for their actions. I don't believe we should control everything, least of all every species that comes and goes in a natural cycle (unless we directly caused their death.) But it's a relatively simple matter to control our waste. It's just laziness and "wait and see" attitudes that hold us back. We can stop worrying and start living then, like you say. Oh and seagulls die all the time from this -_-
@russellk0431 yes seagulls die from this, that's correct. But, are WE a major contributor to the deaths of the seagull population? No. Sharks, Eagles, Hawks, etc. all prey on gulls. And they may have bad habits for killing them too, like killer whales playing with seals in there mouth. You have to realize that humans are not really that bad as we are made out to be. Like for example humans contribute very little to atmospheric CO2 when other species contribute nearly x100 times the amount we do.
@killerbeau95 I'm guessing you're pretty young. What kind of argument is that? I talked about taking a bit of responsibility for our waste, and instead of discussing that, you go directly to talking about the sea gulls. I know what you're trying to say but you just don't seem to be able to articulate it very well. But if you want to keep on believing that "humans are really not that bad", and they shouldn't be responsible for their actions, if that's your philosopy in life, then good luck.
Isn't she a bit too chirpy in talking about this issue??...her voice almost makes it sound less serious...they need to get someone else to do this stuff!
They need to put peanut butter and milk back in jars, along with pepsi/coke and other sodas. Imagine how much you could reduce with just these few items.
If you are reading this, you have your hand on a plastic mouse that will still be here long after you're gone. You are responsible, just as I am for typing this on one of my four plastic keyboards.
40% of the ocean in 150 years? Imagine the next 150 years, where the population will be more than triple the size of the one that started the problem, but try telling a single person that buying Gatorade or evian is stupid.
Most of the products are put in or made out of plastic, by the cheap corporations. Most likely to save money.... It all boils down to greed, rather than stupidity..... and 4 keyboards seems ridiculous for one person!
@pocket83 Yes, and every bottle of water takes 1/3 of it's contents in fossil fuels to get it to the customers hand. This blind consumption has become the pariah of the day.
Shop Local. Use a Tote. Buy real food, real fabric. Recycle. Become a conscious human. Research your purchases. You'd be surprised what toxins you are consuming and what atrocities are taking place with your dollar. People are slowly waking up. Thanks for caring.
So much easier to bring your own canvas bags plus many grocery stores here give you 5 cents per bag you bring in and use. Bring back glass bottled milk, it's amazing how much better it tastes.
Plastic is a continues menace to the environment today and to our heath, It causes relies of highly toxic substance, such as Bxide, Benzene and Xylenes. Beside from hurting the eco-system these chemicals cases huge damage to humans and animals alike, everything from births defects, cancer to damage the nervous system and the immune system, affect the blood and kidneys.
Earth is our only home and for generations to come. We should all take care of our planet. Put your waste in the trashcans, be smart and take care of your environment.
We need more trashcans everywhere and there should also be a big fine when you dispose your trash in the environment. In Sweden its now illegal littering.
Stupid birds need to evolve a bit more intelect and learn not to eat little bits of plasic! I personally feel that this vortex is our earth's "conveyer belt" to keep unsightly garbage out of sight, way to go earth!
THEY DO NOT RECYCLE THE PLASTIC BOTTLES AS THEY CLAIM. THEY ARE SHIPPEN AND STORED IN INDIA LOOK IT UP. IT TURNS OUT IT IS TO COSTLY TO RECYCLE PLASTIC BOTTLES. PLASTIC MAKERS SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. FARMERS SHOULD GROW HEMP.
Why do we never see pictures of this supposed mega mess. She said, this trash covers 40% of the ocean surface and since 70% of the planets surface is ocean that would mean a massive patch of trash on the surface but no one ever shows any photos of this massive patch. I wonder why?
@amak206 Because plastic dissolves into tiny particles in sunlight. Also because the plastic is spread out over a wide area and if you took a picture, all you would see is water. If you look closely though, the water is full of plastic pellets.
I'm working on a minimalist life,it's simple & interesting.Functionality & conservation is my mantra.we've been brainwashed into thinking we need all this crap.Just some simple food, a few clothes, a decent job; that's all we need.I don't like being called a "consumer".I'm a "producer", producing more than I use. We humans really don't need all that much.We've just been led to believe thru advertising that we have to have all this junk.The best cure is to refuse debt & waste in your own life.
The average person just doesn't "get it". Unless we come with something globally to curtail plastic production, we will soon have such massive death in the sea that all life that depends on the sea will be doomed. It is happening in this generation. These large animal deaths will result in war and famine like the world has never seen. The human race has to grow out of it's childhood and damn fast.
Now everyone knows that although we in the west might do our utmost to recycle, there's hundreds of millions of people added to the world's population each decade in countries like India that show a huge increase in consumption which means it's a sure thing we're approaching the end of humanity as the whole food-chain is being replaced by plastic, starting with the plancton, PLUS hormones that determine gender, as well as regulate animals and human reproductive systems greatly being affected...
This is the single biggest threat to humanity. Even if we reduce the use of plastic a full 100%, considering the 10 years it takes for the 95% of all plastic manufactured over the last 10 years to get to the oceans, it would still be enough to eventually kill us all.
The report is complete rubbish in its-self their is no such huge trash vortex. By the time the plastic makes its way to the vortex it has broken down into small pieces.This is a problem as it makes its way into the food chain causing all sorts of problems.This kind of false reporting does just damages the green cause.
@davesjungle1 this isn't false reporting at all.... you are saying that because the trash is broken down into smaller pieces of trash that it's not trash? small pieces of trash are still trash, actually... read any report or article on this and you will see how horribly un-false it is.
I think we could trawl all this crap and destroy it! In 2006 I designed and built a machine to recycle plastics and turn it into oil. We could scoop it up and start turning it into petrol!
If we legalize Cannabis we could stop the entire use of plastics, and use cannabis hemp. A complete natural 100% biodegradable substance. Not only plastic, paper as well solving the deforestation problem. Also, it can be used at oil. Completely eliminating major problems with one beneficial ILLEGAL plant. Ive only listed a few.
Heres an idea! Why arent shows like this made into adds that are on mainstream TV to educate the pulblic??? Because it costs too much? Because everything we use is plastic and its too hard to change? It seems a simple idea for goverments to adopt. When a problem like this is just left to grow we are truly a doomed scociety. I feel sorry for us all, we are just pawns of the corporate world and we really seem to have no controll over what to do about it.
I'll also bet that anyone who believes this is a myth lives hundreds of miles from the ocean. I live on the coast and have witnessed massive garbage tides come in out of nowhere. Just based on what I have seen with my own eyes, I can tell you trash in the oceans is a huge problem
Pics or it didn't happen. A ball of primarily white trash of this magnitude would be visible from space, or at least Google maps. Greenpeace says an area the size of Texas. You say TWICE the size of Texas. I say BULLSHIT.
@BothKindsofCool OMG Ignorance never fails to amaze me. It is not a solid mass of garbage. It is a soupy mass with varying consistency, Most of which is under water well below the surface. Respond if you like, but try not to make yourself look even more ignorant.
not a problem anymore, too long to explain in one comment , my video has a clip toward the end of video 1 adressing this problem... it will be gone in 200 years... turned into diesel / construction
FYI. This trash patch has been proven to be a hoax. It's 200 hundred times smaller than advertised here. "Twice the size of Texas". Actually it's about the size of 1/50 th the size of Texas. Sur it's probably bad to look at, but just say it for what it is. When the truth get's out everyone focuses on the hoax and not the still very gigantic trash heap. In the ocean. Come on...40% of the worlds oceans? Why have I not seen any of it?
She said: "5 massive trash vortexes which together cover 40% of the world's oceans." I really don't think she means that it's so thick we can walk on it, do you?? Look around...watch more vids...one study tested over a large area of the Pacific...shit in every test.
She also didn't say anything like "oil platforms is one of the largest sources." She said: "...20% comes from seafaring vessels and oil platforms."
Ok, seriuously how much trach can an oil platform produce? I know arguably this all comes from the oil they produce, but why implication was that trash dumped off of the evil oil platforms is one of the largest sources.
This really sucks, mainly because there is not a lot we can do about it. Individually, yes, but most of the world is populated by idiots who couldn't care less. Even if the whole world decided to not use plastic, there are times that we will, inevitably, have to use plastic. EVEN if there was a law that totally prohibited plastic, what would we do with all of the plastic in the sea and in landfills already?
This is like a horrible big brother style presentation from the future, very corporate feeling. And an ad before the video. Cashing on the green dollar? Nice one.
1:57 "The Pacific Trash Vortex is only one of five massive trash vortexes, which together cover 40% (!) of the world's ocean's." There was a test on 250 different kinds of bottled water available in Canada a couple years ago. It found that of the 250 different brands of bottled water, the best option was not bottled at all, but rather the water from the tap. Now that the fluoridation scandal/crime against humanity is coming to light, potable tap water is becoming a priority.
when you order takeout at restaurants refrain from taking plastic forks and spoons if youre taking it home or place where you have your own utensils. I have a massive collection of these from roommates bringing them home. i nvr know what to do with them
since more and more people shop at home, instead putting good strong boxes in recycling bin there should be a place where we could send packing peanuts, styrofoams, bubbles and boxes. where can we send packing peanuts, styrofoams etc anyway?
1) We don't put food-garbage in plastic bag and give it to waste management, we either make natural fertilizer from it or dump that without plastic bag.
2) We take grocery bags to shop from home. We reuse it till bag dies. they rarely die
3) We rarely buy water bottles to drink almost never
4) We are not fan of soft drink so we never buy those plastic bottles
5) My parents never over bought toys for us, I almost never played with plastic toys 6) have garage sale
Employ people or make a system where no-one can't dispose plastic. We are rich and we don't care thats why we are dumping in ocean. Some of the Caribbean islands are land filling it. Yes mixing plastic + dirt and making huge mountain of it. It is not healthy in long run. But they don't have any option. How about we come up with special plastic, which can be burn easily and their fume is not toxic at all.
Totally understand, I walk every day and a long my walks I pick up all the recyclable stuff I can and trash. Most of which is usually plastic water bottles or Al beer cans. With in a month, I usually pick up around 1 truck load of other people's trash. Its kind of funny that the most Al cans I pick up on the road side are beer (around 80%)... makes me wonder how people are drinking and driving.
Well I don't think that the "Chinese made crap" is the cause. It's the people who dump it who're responsible. Unfortunately most people just don't give a damn and if you try yo sympathise they'll either call you an environmental freak and/or just punch you in the face (second hand experience).
The Pacific trash vortex is truly appalling, but more so are the people contributed to it.
@Zappyguy111 i am really fine with being an environmental freak, and if anyone tries to end a discussion with a punch to the face really the argument was won by you.
Plastics are petrochemical in origin (petroleum-based)
Recent coverage of the gulf oil leak has brought to light (again) the suggestion of use of the gengineered bacterium which consumes oil.
Might it not be possible, therefore, to develop a bacterium which eats plastic?
Of course, if it got out of control...all our computers might be eaten where they sit, on our desks...and those of us with plastic replacement body parts might be in for some trouble. Hmm.
If you made the to exist in salt water, osmosis will stop them from going airborne or freshwater borne. Anyway, if they did get out of hand we could always make bacteria that ate the bacteria causing the problem. :P
With plastic production nearing 300 million tonnes a year, this problem is not going to go away anytime soon! Remember the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.
EScottClarke 1 week ago
Don't know when it started I would say about 140 years ago..
ThreeFingerlynch 1 week ago
This is a horrible example of the bi-products of our technology and needs to be addressed but don't exaggerate figures for shock value, it's shocking enough as it is. Really "covers 40% of the worlds oceans". Why loose your credibility by including such a bullsh%@t fact.
brycekl1 2 weeks ago
shrill bitch
yellowkitchen1 3 weeks ago
WWCHJD? What Would Crackhead Jesus Do?
TeamBeautifulChaos 3 weeks ago
And still no video of it ? No plane to just do a fly over video of ANYTHING?? Nope, just lots of hype, statistics and photos of unrelated things that we're supposed to assume are huge. Liars
MissTeenPregnancy 1 month ago
I've been saying it for years, Chinese CRAP! Don't buy it!!
nannyrobina 1 month ago
@nannyrobina
I agree.
eggsovereasy499 3 weeks ago
40% is the biggest pile of bullshit in this video. 40% of oceans would mean every human who ever lived trashed much over 1 square km of oceans. That's just don't true!
Pereplut 1 month ago
smile more, real funny
XaviNL 1 month ago
I love how she blames the Chinese!!!! So true!!! °_°
supercrazynuts 1 month ago
Why the hell would she smile about this?????
Emily2Rowland 1 month ago 2
how cute!!!!!
billytide 1 month ago
Wow- you guys with aluminum peripherals for your computers really outmaneuvered my assessment.
pocket83 1 month ago
oh man, we are so fucked
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This is ridiculous. I am a marine biologist, and I have studied this region extensively. This is completely erroneous and misleading. The situation is not nearly as dire as this would lead you to believe. The ocean is actual doing well!
MyAccount4TrollingU 1 month ago
We need to start at the source why waste time trying to get the whole world to conform? Manufactures the people who make plastics are the ones to blame,there is alternatives but its always cost thats the problem they say, We have the technology why aren't we using these no toxic biodegradable alternatives?
MrIslandguy46 2 months ago
@MrIslandguy46
BINGO! It's already been proven that "consumers" are going to use what ever you set in front of them, asking them to stop is a strategy that hasn't worked! Stop it at the source, but that means a drop in profits, even though Wal-Mart has made enough money in the last decade, to run at a loss for the next 100 years! Raping a finite planet for finite resources...who cares I won't be here...I have a hard time looking my sons in the eyes sometimes just thinking bout it
CircleCityCurry 1 month ago
slow the hell down when speaking jesus
MattsMisc 2 months ago
is it funny?!
resakate 2 months ago
well for a few million$ it`s possible too rebuild a old cargo ship into a sailing furnace with scrubbers on the chimnies ..could do the same job on the plastic out there ..as our "recycle plants here on land...
lulu8332 2 months ago
i am running out of words to express my anguish at how we treat the planet we live on when we should be loving and nurturing her, we are poisoning and killing her :(
trinitystareyes 2 months ago 2
Someone needs to have a word to this girl & remind her that what she is talking about is actually a very serious issue. Her smiling and enthusiasm is sickening. Humans destroying the planet is not cool, have some fing decorum!!
Susette2480 3 months ago
@Susette2480
Agreed. Pisses me off.
If she were talking some actual crime that the police investigate (e.g. sex offender or rape case) or a court case, I'll bet she'd get all politically correct and serious.
mphello 2 months ago
Plastic is not the problem-it is how we are not recycling it enough that is-first thing to do is to stop producing more of it-do we really need new plastic when the technology is already there to recycle all plastic waste?
vynerweb 3 months ago
First of all, anyone disliking this video should be bitch-slapped. Secondly, most Americans are so full "pride" they could be sleeping on this trash island, and still deny it was real or a problem. A guy commented below that dark times are ahead, and my conscious tells me he's probably right.
benzatiable 3 months ago
It doesn't matter if this lady is smiling or not. Or if the plastics came from China. All that matters is that is here and what can YOU do to not add to this.
lilylanex3 3 months ago
@candyman280 i totally agree
WhiteOnAZ 3 months ago
Dusting the dirts under the carpet won't make things disappear. In 20 years time, we will ask "WHEN DID WE MANAGE TO MAKE THIS MUCH WASTE?" I see a very dark future ahead! :<<
CandyMan280 3 months ago
How can this planet be saved if these lame-ass reporters spread such critical issue wrongly?!? Rather blaming the unnecessarily luxurious American lives, this girl with a lip-job and possibly boob-job as well points out the finger on Chinese products. I am not saying Americans are only to blame in this issue, each person in this planet is as responsible as Americans but they seem to have high rate to resource-consumptions hence higher waste %.
CandyMan280 3 months ago
why is this dipshit smiling the whole time she is discussing the worst environmental disaster ever in the history of mankind!?!
timetravlr 4 months ago 2
270,000 people. less than 13% of Slovenia's population who cleaned 60,000 m³ or 12,000 tonnes of waste in 7000 illegal dumps.
allstardro 4 months ago
last year 270,000 slovenians across the country managed to pick up a staggering 70,000 cubic meters of illegally dumped waste.
allstardro 4 months ago
"....consuming, discarding and replacing mainly Chinese-made crap" - very eloquent and informative, lol
TheGifro 4 months ago
@TheGifro Actually I think this video is quite biased. Are plastics made just in China? Come on!
011111000000 4 months ago
Still no pictures of this thing, probably doesn't even exists.
kookoon 4 months ago
@kookoon lol, it does exist.
Willsuitt1 4 months ago
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, ice ages…And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?
killerbeau95 4 months ago
@killerbeau95 Those are natural phenomenon, and the Earth has found a way to stabalize after these events. There is no natural solution or stabilization against human artificial waste. Besides we have a choice in this. We can't control solar flares or earthquakes but we can control our waste. The earth is tough and resilient like you say, it's not like it's going to be destroyed. But why the fark do people do nothing unless faced with the idea of destruction? I say clean up the home we live in.
russellk0431 4 months ago
@russellk0431 I am saying that humans are always trying to control everything, even if a species go extinct even without much human influence we will ALWAYS try to SAVE it. Same thing with plastic; its a natural thing, the Earth is smart (yeah, I know I sound like a hippie right now) and it will turn it into some productive biological waste for a small fly or worm to eat. Time will tell, just stop worrying and start living. Sure it may look bad out in the ocean but, that can be a seagull city.
killerbeau95 4 months ago
@killerbeau95 Humans are intelligent enough to know that they should be responsible for their actions. I don't believe we should control everything, least of all every species that comes and goes in a natural cycle (unless we directly caused their death.) But it's a relatively simple matter to control our waste. It's just laziness and "wait and see" attitudes that hold us back. We can stop worrying and start living then, like you say. Oh and seagulls die all the time from this -_-
russellk0431 4 months ago
@russellk0431 yes seagulls die from this, that's correct. But, are WE a major contributor to the deaths of the seagull population? No. Sharks, Eagles, Hawks, etc. all prey on gulls. And they may have bad habits for killing them too, like killer whales playing with seals in there mouth. You have to realize that humans are not really that bad as we are made out to be. Like for example humans contribute very little to atmospheric CO2 when other species contribute nearly x100 times the amount we do.
killerbeau95 4 months ago
@killerbeau95 I'm guessing you're pretty young. What kind of argument is that? I talked about taking a bit of responsibility for our waste, and instead of discussing that, you go directly to talking about the sea gulls. I know what you're trying to say but you just don't seem to be able to articulate it very well. But if you want to keep on believing that "humans are really not that bad", and they shouldn't be responsible for their actions, if that's your philosopy in life, then good luck.
russellk0431 4 months ago
@russellk0431 *sigh* just watch George Carlins video called "Saving the planet"
/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw
killerbeau95 4 months ago
@killerbeau95 Turn it into some productive biological waste? If you really believe that I feel sorry for you.
benzatiable 3 months ago
@killerbeau95 Maybe not to the planet, but to the human species and every other animal for that matter.
bchplse 1 month ago
The solution is in synthetic biology, designed to digest plastic. We've already evolved bacteria to live on nylon.
So a bacteria species, synthetically designed to eat plastic, and shit out something useful.
superhamzah85 4 months ago
Isn't she a bit too chirpy in talking about this issue??...her voice almost makes it sound less serious...they need to get someone else to do this stuff!
josiejane1980 4 months ago
in germany we have deposit for plastic bottles... already a good start...
docsharp00 4 months ago
@docsharp00 In Soviet Russia plastic bottles deposit you!
GingerBreadMan217 4 months ago
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GingerBreadMan217 4 months ago
can't we clean the fucker up?
godkingRoss 5 months ago
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HAIKU
I hatch! Crawl! And swim!
Oh how I love my sweet life,
Don't litter my home.
—A Green Sea Turtle
StephanieLisaTara 5 months ago
They need to put peanut butter and milk back in jars, along with pepsi/coke and other sodas. Imagine how much you could reduce with just these few items.
shadowfoxgirl 5 months ago
Who is responsible for this? Seriously?
If you are reading this, you have your hand on a plastic mouse that will still be here long after you're gone. You are responsible, just as I am for typing this on one of my four plastic keyboards.
40% of the ocean in 150 years? Imagine the next 150 years, where the population will be more than triple the size of the one that started the problem, but try telling a single person that buying Gatorade or evian is stupid.
Good luck, kids.
pocket83 6 months ago 22
@pocket83 I agree.
AmayFels 4 months ago
@pocket83
Its like social security. Lets leave it to the kids to fix.
reznor07 3 months ago
@pocket83 Sorry but I'm not sure if you know but you can take your rubbish to be recycled at loads of places
clintdelicious 3 months ago
@pocket83
Most of the products are put in or made out of plastic, by the cheap corporations. Most likely to save money.... It all boils down to greed, rather than stupidity..... and 4 keyboards seems ridiculous for one person!
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danakahebi 1 month ago
@pocket83
My mouse is made of aluminum, thanks!
danakahebi 1 month ago
@pocket83 my laptop is made of out aluminum. sorry.
CaMb0s0Up 1 month ago
@CaMb0s0Up the key's on your keyboard are aluminium?
STAUNCHIN 1 month ago
@pocket83 Yes, and every bottle of water takes 1/3 of it's contents in fossil fuels to get it to the customers hand. This blind consumption has become the pariah of the day.
Shop Local. Use a Tote. Buy real food, real fabric. Recycle. Become a conscious human. Research your purchases. You'd be surprised what toxins you are consuming and what atrocities are taking place with your dollar. People are slowly waking up. Thanks for caring.
kimhunter2 3 weeks ago
So much easier to bring your own canvas bags plus many grocery stores here give you 5 cents per bag you bring in and use. Bring back glass bottled milk, it's amazing how much better it tastes.
diamondlady1126 6 months ago
Plastic is a continues menace to the environment today and to our heath, It causes relies of highly toxic substance, such as Bxide, Benzene and Xylenes. Beside from hurting the eco-system these chemicals cases huge damage to humans and animals alike, everything from births defects, cancer to damage the nervous system and the immune system, affect the blood and kidneys.
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environmentinfocus 6 months ago
do U know anything about recycling .. ?
vuotopiuscuro 6 months ago
@vuotopiuscuro L
ess than 5% is recyckled
environmentinfocus 6 months ago
@environmentinfocus
in america!
i'm in germany here .. we R dividing our trashes 4 recycle causes.. rumour says it all will B burnt in the same oven
vuotopiuscuro 6 months ago
Earth is our only home and for generations to come. We should all take care of our planet. Put your waste in the trashcans, be smart and take care of your environment.
We need more trashcans everywhere and there should also be a big fine when you dispose your trash in the environment. In Sweden its now illegal littering.
know043 7 months ago
Chinese made crap? Kind of like your plastic face?
TDChemicalSoldier 7 months ago 6
Why cant they make a big plastic harvesting ship to suck up all that shit
eLLriDe420 7 months ago
I have been bringing my own bags to grocery stores in AZ for over 20 years.
When I see 99% of the people at the store, young & old, using plastic it pains me.
IKEA in Arizona charges for people to use plastic bags and people seem fine with that. I think ALL stores should charge for plastic bags.
thisnthatish 7 months ago
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MrToddybrun 7 months ago
why this girl smile???
ematech 8 months ago 44
@ematech
yep she is a little too happy about the biggest landfill on the planet...
zor2991 5 months ago
we could take the The Pacific Trash Vortex.
AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!
manice08 8 months ago
Stupid birds need to evolve a bit more intelect and learn not to eat little bits of plasic! I personally feel that this vortex is our earth's "conveyer belt" to keep unsightly garbage out of sight, way to go earth!
sigmet25 8 months ago
THEY DO NOT RECYCLE THE PLASTIC BOTTLES AS THEY CLAIM. THEY ARE SHIPPEN AND STORED IN INDIA LOOK IT UP. IT TURNS OUT IT IS TO COSTLY TO RECYCLE PLASTIC BOTTLES. PLASTIC MAKERS SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. FARMERS SHOULD GROW HEMP.
TheyDidThis 8 months ago
2 million plastic drinking bottles are used every 5 mins in the USA
TheyDidThis 8 months ago
I spy Botox!
archolman 9 months ago
thanks for the commentary and sharing
ThurstonSolidWaste 9 months ago
Try to avoid touching plastic for 1 day.
i7fan 9 months ago
I've never seen someone look so happy about an ecological disaster...
benmacdiarmid 9 months ago
Why do we never see pictures of this supposed mega mess. She said, this trash covers 40% of the ocean surface and since 70% of the planets surface is ocean that would mean a massive patch of trash on the surface but no one ever shows any photos of this massive patch. I wonder why?
amak206 9 months ago
@amak206 Because plastic dissolves into tiny particles in sunlight. Also because the plastic is spread out over a wide area and if you took a picture, all you would see is water. If you look closely though, the water is full of plastic pellets.
lililala11 9 months ago
crap presentation
Photonzos 9 months ago
I'm working on a minimalist life,it's simple & interesting.Functionality & conservation is my mantra.we've been brainwashed into thinking we need all this crap.Just some simple food, a few clothes, a decent job; that's all we need.I don't like being called a "consumer".I'm a "producer", producing more than I use. We humans really don't need all that much.We've just been led to believe thru advertising that we have to have all this junk.The best cure is to refuse debt & waste in your own life.
greenpilgrim50 9 months ago
The average person just doesn't "get it". Unless we come with something globally to curtail plastic production, we will soon have such massive death in the sea that all life that depends on the sea will be doomed. It is happening in this generation. These large animal deaths will result in war and famine like the world has never seen. The human race has to grow out of it's childhood and damn fast.
glenwt 9 months ago
I want to remember what she said but I cant stop thinking about sex
Steppid 9 months ago
@Steppid Retard
growlermeow1 7 months ago
If you think the Gulf oil spill was bad, think again. It's child play compared to this threat.
SuperTopTutor 9 months ago
... Well, you guessed it. We've seen the last of the human race. Tell it like it is.
SuperTopTutor 9 months ago
Now everyone knows that although we in the west might do our utmost to recycle, there's hundreds of millions of people added to the world's population each decade in countries like India that show a huge increase in consumption which means it's a sure thing we're approaching the end of humanity as the whole food-chain is being replaced by plastic, starting with the plancton, PLUS hormones that determine gender, as well as regulate animals and human reproductive systems greatly being affected...
SuperTopTutor 9 months ago
This is the single biggest threat to humanity. Even if we reduce the use of plastic a full 100%, considering the 10 years it takes for the 95% of all plastic manufactured over the last 10 years to get to the oceans, it would still be enough to eventually kill us all.
SuperTopTutor 9 months ago
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SuperTopTutor 9 months ago
We can reduce, re-use and recycle all we want but unless there is some cap to population growth the problem will continue to grow with it.
elissimo 10 months ago
I love plastic, i jerk off to it.
RainycityMusic 10 months ago
@RainycityMusic Another Retard
growlermeow1 7 months ago
@RainycityMusic stupid moron
growlermeow1 7 months ago
@growlermeow1 save the world? na, I'd prefer to gape her arsehole.
The1stPoster 7 months ago
@growlermeow1 try using the spam button, instead of insulting back.
duezingarelle 7 months ago
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Put Ayukawa's beached whaling ships to work collecting garbage plastic in the Pacific Gyre!
mirvine1 10 months ago
Chinese made crap? they should ' ve said Chinese made crap which was ordered in the
rich countries. -_-
yumagetbullet 10 months ago
The report is complete rubbish in its-self their is no such huge trash vortex. By the time the plastic makes its way to the vortex it has broken down into small pieces.This is a problem as it makes its way into the food chain causing all sorts of problems.This kind of false reporting does just damages the green cause.
davesjungle1 11 months ago
@davesjungle1 this isn't false reporting at all.... you are saying that because the trash is broken down into smaller pieces of trash that it's not trash? small pieces of trash are still trash, actually... read any report or article on this and you will see how horribly un-false it is.
fuckingdouche 10 months ago
Hi
I think we could trawl all this crap and destroy it! In 2006 I designed and built a machine to recycle plastics and turn it into oil. We could scoop it up and start turning it into petrol!
silencersandwomen 11 months ago
omg you dont have to seem so happy about it.
Essal85 11 months ago
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If we legalize Cannabis we could stop the entire use of plastics, and use cannabis hemp. A complete natural 100% biodegradable substance. Not only plastic, paper as well solving the deforestation problem. Also, it can be used at oil. Completely eliminating major problems with one beneficial ILLEGAL plant. Ive only listed a few.
rawfflecakes 11 months ago
Heres an idea! Why arent shows like this made into adds that are on mainstream TV to educate the pulblic??? Because it costs too much? Because everything we use is plastic and its too hard to change? It seems a simple idea for goverments to adopt. When a problem like this is just left to grow we are truly a doomed scociety. I feel sorry for us all, we are just pawns of the corporate world and we really seem to have no controll over what to do about it.
Darchish 11 months ago 9
@Darchish
Becuase we don't give a shit.
ChazeQ 5 months ago
I've heard enough. We need to bomb each vortex.
planetofthescums 11 months ago
Im not denying it exists, but why isnt there any live footage in this whole presentation showing the scale of the "Pacific Trash vortex"?
dahmok 11 months ago
"40% of the world's oceans" sounds so fake...
splabong0 1 year ago
Great presentation. Let's be part of the solution take The Plastic Challenge.
ThePlasticChallenge 1 year ago
I need to save the world!
Shlet 1 year ago
I'll also bet that anyone who believes this is a myth lives hundreds of miles from the ocean. I live on the coast and have witnessed massive garbage tides come in out of nowhere. Just based on what I have seen with my own eyes, I can tell you trash in the oceans is a huge problem
Childrenofthecornsno 1 year ago
Pics or it didn't happen. A ball of primarily white trash of this magnitude would be visible from space, or at least Google maps. Greenpeace says an area the size of Texas. You say TWICE the size of Texas. I say BULLSHIT.
BothKindsofCool 1 year ago
@BothKindsofCool OMG Ignorance never fails to amaze me. It is not a solid mass of garbage. It is a soupy mass with varying consistency, Most of which is under water well below the surface. Respond if you like, but try not to make yourself look even more ignorant.
Childrenofthecornsno 1 year ago 2
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why don't you give us more on this. more on no kinds of cool. dip shit
3377James 10 months ago
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PLASTIC LADY FROM HER PLASTIC LIFE SPEAKING WITH A PLASTIC SMILE ABOUT OUR PLASTIC MADE OCEAN...nice
hidegszelek 1 year ago
PLASTIC LADY FROM HER PLASTIC LIFE SPEAKING WITH A PLASTIC SMILE ABOUT OUR PLASTIC MADE OCEAN...nice
hidegszelek 1 year ago
not a problem anymore, too long to explain in one comment , my video has a clip toward the end of video 1 adressing this problem... it will be gone in 200 years... turned into diesel / construction
VirginRenaissance 1 year ago
vortices....vortices...vor·ti·ces....it's been bugging me the whole time I watched this video lol
dblichasz 1 year ago
There is the invention to convert plastic to oil, Wonder if that can work on this problem.
trevline06 1 year ago
her face looks like china made crap
J4YM5 1 year ago
Maybe it will become another continent. We could live there! LOL
bachelorsavenue 1 year ago
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bachelorsavenue 1 year ago
FYI. This trash patch has been proven to be a hoax. It's 200 hundred times smaller than advertised here. "Twice the size of Texas". Actually it's about the size of 1/50 th the size of Texas. Sur it's probably bad to look at, but just say it for what it is. When the truth get's out everyone focuses on the hoax and not the still very gigantic trash heap. In the ocean. Come on...40% of the worlds oceans? Why have I not seen any of it?
bkhuna 1 year ago
@bkhuna So you're the expert!!
She said: "5 massive trash vortexes which together cover 40% of the world's oceans." I really don't think she means that it's so thick we can walk on it, do you?? Look around...watch more vids...one study tested over a large area of the Pacific...shit in every test.
She also didn't say anything like "oil platforms is one of the largest sources." She said: "...20% comes from seafaring vessels and oil platforms."
People like you are the problem! THINK!
bman4400 1 year ago
Ok, seriuously how much trach can an oil platform produce? I know arguably this all comes from the oil they produce, but why implication was that trash dumped off of the evil oil platforms is one of the largest sources.
bkhuna 1 year ago
To present a worldwide tragedy in a way like this is a SHAME.
30x50 1 year ago
This really sucks, mainly because there is not a lot we can do about it. Individually, yes, but most of the world is populated by idiots who couldn't care less. Even if the whole world decided to not use plastic, there are times that we will, inevitably, have to use plastic. EVEN if there was a law that totally prohibited plastic, what would we do with all of the plastic in the sea and in landfills already?
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Yeah, the world sucks.
PlaygroundPuppies 1 year ago
This is like a horrible big brother style presentation from the future, very corporate feeling. And an ad before the video. Cashing on the green dollar? Nice one.
Jazzmonkey24522 1 year ago
@Jazzmonkey24522 there is an ad on every video, ads are the easiest way to make money in a capitalist system.
TyRafferty 1 year ago
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this is a serious issue - this chirpy idiotic woman, with her cleavage and annoying presentation - is not the right person to present the facts.
MsCatLady 1 year ago
this is a serious issue - this chirpy idiotic woman, with her cleavage and annoying presentation - is not the right person to present the facts.
MsCatLady 1 year ago 2
Is anyone removing the trash from the ocean? This is very sad :(
divergirl4u 1 year ago
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divergirl4u 1 year ago
This is a great myth. I like science fiction too.
isocrate27 1 year ago
lol cannabis bags. I wonder just how many plastic sandwich bags in the vortex once contained cannabis.
Yeah yeah, hemp is the shit. I wonder if there is an additive that might make plastic appealing to barnacles that would sink it....
I wonder about a lot of things.....
cavemanboborj 1 year ago
1:57 "The Pacific Trash Vortex is only one of five massive trash vortexes, which together cover 40% (!) of the world's ocean's." There was a test on 250 different kinds of bottled water available in Canada a couple years ago. It found that of the 250 different brands of bottled water, the best option was not bottled at all, but rather the water from the tap. Now that the fluoridation scandal/crime against humanity is coming to light, potable tap water is becoming a priority.
ToYouWhoHaveEars1 1 year ago
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La nostra madre Terra ci farà pagare tutto con gli interessi.
Liminare206 1 year ago
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Liminare206 1 year ago
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Incredibly annoying woman
provencau 1 year ago
Incredibly annoying woman
provencau 1 year ago
Project Kaisei (Ocean Planet in Japanese) is trying to clean some of this mess up.
elenafran99 1 year ago
when you order takeout at restaurants refrain from taking plastic forks and spoons if youre taking it home or place where you have your own utensils. I have a massive collection of these from roommates bringing them home. i nvr know what to do with them
BLeedLikeJuLiet 1 year ago
since more and more people shop at home, instead putting good strong boxes in recycling bin there should be a place where we could send packing peanuts, styrofoams, bubbles and boxes. where can we send packing peanuts, styrofoams etc anyway?
BLeedLikeJuLiet 1 year ago
@BLeedLikeJuLiet i believe some IKEA stores have styrofoam recycling!
chiligrrl 1 year ago
@BLeedLikeJuLiet i believe some IKEA stores have styrofoam recycling! the one in seattle does :)
chiligrrl 1 year ago
What do we do to reduce plastic
1) We don't put food-garbage in plastic bag and give it to waste management, we either make natural fertilizer from it or dump that without plastic bag.
2) We take grocery bags to shop from home. We reuse it till bag dies. they rarely die
3) We rarely buy water bottles to drink almost never
4) We are not fan of soft drink so we never buy those plastic bottles
5) My parents never over bought toys for us, I almost never played with plastic toys 6) have garage sale
kutaro13 1 year ago
Employ people or make a system where no-one can't dispose plastic. We are rich and we don't care thats why we are dumping in ocean. Some of the Caribbean islands are land filling it. Yes mixing plastic + dirt and making huge mountain of it. It is not healthy in long run. But they don't have any option. How about we come up with special plastic, which can be burn easily and their fume is not toxic at all.
kutaro13 1 year ago
People of the world; destroying our planet because we can.
rollsthepaul 1 year ago
Most of that stuff can be burned. Ever thought of that?
fjioera 1 year ago
@fjioera ever heard of air pollution?
glfooks91 1 year ago
Totally understand, I walk every day and a long my walks I pick up all the recyclable stuff I can and trash. Most of which is usually plastic water bottles or Al beer cans. With in a month, I usually pick up around 1 truck load of other people's trash. Its kind of funny that the most Al cans I pick up on the road side are beer (around 80%)... makes me wonder how people are drinking and driving.
InventerX 1 year ago
who-what-when-where-why..i love that, u get yer answer..every time!
what bugs me is Every single thing is Recyclable!
what a world.
createsutoo 1 year ago
Well I don't think that the "Chinese made crap" is the cause. It's the people who dump it who're responsible. Unfortunately most people just don't give a damn and if you try yo sympathise they'll either call you an environmental freak and/or just punch you in the face (second hand experience).
The Pacific trash vortex is truly appalling, but more so are the people contributed to it.
Zappyguy111 1 year ago
@Zappyguy111 i am really fine with being an environmental freak, and if anyone tries to end a discussion with a punch to the face really the argument was won by you.
Merelf 1 year ago
those pictures are so fake!! no bird dumb enough to swallow/eat something like that....
TheBlanco951 1 year ago
@TheBlanco951
Well, fish are dumb enough to eat rubbish that and birds eat fish...
Zappyguy111 1 year ago
We recycle?
Magcomplex 1 year ago
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tflipz1 1 year ago
Recycling plastic is a lie, it all ends up in the dump eventually.
lostpillman10 1 year ago
Chinese crap, pretty much sums it up LOL
gabbogabbo 1 year ago
Thanks plastic just got off the menu in my house
ooglebydoogleby 1 year ago
"Chinese made crap" @1:12 LOL!!
She's so right to say that!
Mekkaman 1 year ago 44
A thought: (just speculating, here...)
Plastics are petrochemical in origin (petroleum-based)
Recent coverage of the gulf oil leak has brought to light (again) the suggestion of use of the gengineered bacterium which consumes oil.
Might it not be possible, therefore, to develop a bacterium which eats plastic?
Of course, if it got out of control...all our computers might be eaten where they sit, on our desks...and those of us with plastic replacement body parts might be in for some trouble. Hmm.
TheMercilessEye 1 year ago 17
@TheMercilessEye
If you made the to exist in salt water, osmosis will stop them from going airborne or freshwater borne. Anyway, if they did get out of hand we could always make bacteria that ate the bacteria causing the problem. :P
Zappyguy111 1 year ago