TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch - Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal - Growing Costs of Plastic Collection

Vice Mayor of Long Beach, CA Suja Lowenthal, discusses the growing economic costs of collection and disposal of plastic - the externalized costs of plastic pollution

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[Ellvarlupan]

can the systems that collect trash be used to recycle, seperate and sell on the resources collected to make this process self funding?

[Justin Sobieski]

whys she so shiny. did she oil up before this

[mulueztube]

@monkeysam361, retain means to hold on to or keep, not leave. She is saying hold on to you trash and throw it away in the correct place or reuse it, not leave it on the beach or throw it out your car window.

[MrBTie]

yes you are

[baronbuttocks2]

she seems a bit shiny here

[Adam Fraser]

Very interesting talk. I like that she's complaining on our behalf on how much we're spending on END-OF-PIPE solutions to waste management. People need to hear how many millions of their dollars are being spent on cleaning up after themselves. THIS CAN CHANGE DRASTICALLY if we quash our single-use, disposable culture.

[kelro58]

In answer to your question, yes, you are most certainly wrong. Suja Lowenthal is very committed to the environment in Long Beach and surrounds and has spent a great deal of time using her position as Council member of District #2 (not mayor, wrong again) to draw attention and make incremental corrections to the damage caused by both the L.A. and San Gabriel rivers terminating their flow into Long Beach Harbor. Get your facts straight before you make remarks please.

[kelro58]

Wow, Monkeysam361, you listened to an 18+ minute video (or maybe you didn't) and key on one sentence, take it out of context, and come up with THAT comment? Wow.

[Simonsterest]

Monkeysam361, with respect, I have no idea how you can think any of what she said reflects a lack of care for the city. For myself, this is close to my heart, I ride up the Ballona Creek bike path in LA daily and after even minor rain storms, the plastic and polystyrene trash build up is seriously shocking. Equally shocking are the plastic bags that tile the beach. Go for a walk and take a look sometime. Makes you think twice about every bag or cup you use - that's where the solution starts.