The Plastic Age: A Documentary feat. Pharrell Williams (Full Film)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- We all talk about the Stone Age, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age, but what era are we living in right now? People are starting to refer to us as the - far less romantic - Plastic Age. We make 288 million tonnes of plastic a year, and unlike paper, metal, glass or wood, it does not oxidise or biodegrade, instead it ends up in our oceans, making the ratio of plastic to plankton 100:1. The way to make use of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Bionic yarn. Co-designed by Pharrell, G-Star’s RAW for the Oceans collection is the world’s first denim line created from plastic that has been fished out of the big blue and recycled. Find out how we can pick 700,000 tonnes of plastic up off the sea floor in our documentary, made possible by G-Star, The Plastic Age.
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Directed by Jake Sumner
Writers Jake Sumner and Zach Neumeyer
Director of Photography Austin Cary Rhodes
Producer Kate Cunningham
Executive Producer Lucy Cooper
Editor Zach Neumeyer
Original Music & Sound Design Dražen Bošnjak at Q Department
Colorist Jaime OBradovich at Company 3
Additional Photography by
Ryan Dickie, Brett Jutkiewicz, Daniel Kanes, Sesse Lind, Prune Brenguier, Yusuke Hayamizu, Nobutaka Shirahama, Jake Sumner
Sound
Colin Alexander, Rob Bluemke, Tony Leonardo, John Reynolds,
Diana Sagrista, Travis Sentell, Gary Stevenson, Jake Sumner
Camera Assistants Sonny Brown, Lindsay Mann, AJ Wilhelm
Unit Producers Michaela McKee, Cedric Troadec, Andrew Runkle, Andrea Pinto, Clémentine Duzer
2nd Unit Director Kate Cunningham
Production Manager (LA) Noelia Estrada
Production Coordinators Amy Crowdis, Julia Palermo, Sebastian Stein, Ty Demura
Data Management Rob Bluemke, Brian Williamson
Production Assistants
David Bly, Mike Brady, Natalie Carpenter, Michelle Faeroe, Andrew Ilson, Tom Kogut, Vijayta Narang, Julia Palermo, Sylla Saint-Guily, Lyle Shanahan, Michael Smith, Deno Williams, Kelly Zimmerman
Post Producers Tara Holmes, Jenna Gabriel
Animation and Art Direction Lessa Millet
Assistant Editors Andrew Taylor, Kete Bennis, Kyle Grandmaison
Stock Footage Provided by
Algalita Marine Research & Education
Joel Sadler at Aerial Archival
Lewis Teague Wright
Interviews (in order of appearance)
Dr Marcus Eriksen
Pharrell Williams
Dr Wallace J Nichols
Anna Cummins
Dr Mike Biddle
Capt. Charles Moore
Capt. Paul Watson
Cyrill Gutsch
Kahi Pacarro
Megan Lamson
Tim Coombs
Tyson Toussant
Shubhankar Ray
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Global Head of Video Danielle Bennison-Brown
Senior Video Commissioning Editor Jack Robinson
Head of Branded Production Fiona Scott
Head of Creative Development Bunny Kinney
Project Manager Cat Crawford
Associate Producer Declan Higgins
Production Manager U.S. Eleanor Galloway
Production Manager Tiwirayi Magwenzi
Production Coordinator Tom Ivin
Special Thanks
Adrian Grenier, Keith Edmeir, Dave Ransome, Mollusk Surf Shop, K&M Camera, Doug Woodring at Ocean Recovery Alliance, Lewis Teague Wright, Charlie Smith, Jeanne Gallagher, Kona Brewing Company, Tracy Williams of Tracy Williams Ltd., Arthur Huang, MINIWIZ, Jordan Howard, Eadoin Quinn at Sims Municipal Recycling, Piotr Lozak
A Very Special Thanks To
Parley for the Oceans
Bionic Yarn
G-Star RAW
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One of my friends is a marine biologist and she is on a trip on the pacific ocean to clean out the Ocean of all the plastic and garbage and it getting cleaned she is doing something to help.
Ashley Maria That's great! What are you doing?
She tells people about it. Personally i didn't know there are people who gather plastic in oceans. I wonder how do they do it. And what are you doing?
So, actually one of the biggest water pollutants from plastics that go directly into all water systems is the tiny particals that come from washing our synthetic fabrics. There tiny particles become food for Krill and concentrate up the food chain like that. This is a really short sighted 'solution' that just shifts the plastic slightly on its route into the food chain. The problem with plastic is thst while it foes 'break down' it doesn't decompose.
"The strength of an eco system is in diversity, the strength of any movement must also lie in diversity"
Love it guys.
This is all good! But we need to emphasize REDUCING our need to consume so as to REDUCE the waste in the first place.
That was extremely eye opening. Thank you for this.
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This is not about littering. This is about tons and tons of unnecessary packaging we cover our products in. Packages that could be designed to be reusable, to be bio-degradeble etc. Honestly, as much as I can afford it, I alway buy the alternative to plastic. Reuse bags, reduce bags, seperate garbage. It's not that fucking hard.
yes, me too, but still we don't have much choice, everything is being sold in plastic. I worked recently in manufacture of vapes (electronic cigarettes), we made it right in living house of my friends, i was shocked how many wasteful plastic and carton, and print is needed to produce those tiny disposable cartridges, tons... They deliver materials from China - packages are all plastic and carton, huge amounts of it. They you put them out from those boxes, throw them away, and put them in new little boxes, packing them into many different size boxes for transportation. We thrown away tons of plastic and cartons, also empty plastic bottles from alcohol, from this from that, used in production. Then people buy it, throw away those package, then in a day or week they throw away empty cartridge. Damn. And it's only tiny home business. I can only guess how much damage large factories cause to nature. This should be changed.
It's not that hard to avoid plastic if you put in a tiny bit of effort and think about what you're buying.
Alternative solutions? Go to the nearest markets or grocery stores near you with your paper bags, tupperware and carrier/ backpacks and put in the food fresh, free from plastic wrapping; because I know sometimes buying bio-food or clothes is also quite expensive or perhaps you cannot grow food in your house. Simple - don't consume that much, wash your clothes more often, humans can live simple, minimal lives despite all the brainwashing ads around us. Consumerism has pushed us beyond our human nature, and marketing creates needs that are not essential to us, just by making you believe others have better things than you, it's a sick game of alienation but you don't need to play by their rules.
It’s not hard for those who have money
The first step to change is awareness
"I got a T-rex tooth here somewhere" !! Garage goals !!
Solds o Goals?
what about reducing use of plastic. if demand drops, supply will drop too.
And what is going to happen then? You know.. the production of plastic's isn't that harmfull to the enviroment as many people think it is.. You need less C02 in production as to producing glass or tin, no water is needed, the material is much lighter in weight so lower transportation costs and food that is packed in plastic material stays fresh for a longer period of time so lower food waste! And those are just a few of the many good quallities of plastics, so they dó have a lot of positive aspects..
I think the bigger issue is how to eventually develop plastics in a way, that it can be broken down and recycled without the use harmfull chemicals and fossil fuel, but still keep the specific characteristics and quallity.
Yes, i agree with you. My concern is that till the time we learn to recycle plastic properly, it will be late. Marie Curie played with radium daily without knowing radiation and it killed her. We are doing the same mistake by spreading plastic everywhere.
only if its clean plastic , than its even better than `a paperbook.
Do you know how many kind of plastics there are now ? And how many filled up with chemicals ? know your facts first !
@@laurajetten5891 You got it all wrong.
laura Jetten damage to the environment isn’t just about CO2 emissions. Many natural events like bushfires release CO2. Single focus on CO2 as a negative effect makes for a poor argument. Plastic is unnatural for ocean animals to ingest thereby reducing numbers dramatically, eventually causing extinction. We ingest this crap too as you saw in the documentary. It’s up to big business and overall global lifestyles to change in order to both reduce CO2 emissions AND save the environment, and thirdly our health. Purchasing locally at farmers markets, reducing your plastic footprint, and boycotting the petroleum industry will eventually create a shift.
I didn't know much about this topic before so this documentary was so eye-opening and helpful. I don't think that our generation will experience the time when all that plastic will be converted into else but i'm positive that this day will come after watching this. Thank you!
This made go from pessimistic to optimistic so quickly. Really great documentary
Everybody should watch this so they understand the issues our world faces concerning plastics. Recycling plastic into clothes is not the solution though. The microfibers get washed out into the waterways with every wash and are the most difficult form of plastic to measure and collect.
The next step I like to see in G-Star stores, exchange a bag of plastic bottles for a T-shirt, this would be massive! :)
..and cause a massive growth of child labour to feed peoples new addiction of unfair made clothing. smart.
Plastic in clothes cause micro plastics into the environment.
I'm glad that we live in a generation that is more awake and one that knows that our actions have a consequence
thi generation is not woke. fast fashion, more bottles of mineral water. the western emisphere produce 50 times more trash than any part of the world. and Gringos consume and and digest half of the ressources of this planet .Voracity and extreme appetite.
+Lechiffresix six
Not to sound overly optimistic, but I'd like to think that atleast half of us are. Especially more millennials.
This would need to be translated into japanese and put on the big commercial screens, in schools etc. If you looks at how much plastic we use in daily life, bags being put into bags, where plastic wrapping has more inner plastic wrappings etc etc etc its just crazy but nobody talks about it because here its "normal" and the outside world doesnt really know ...
So eye opening and inspiring and beautiful. Very well done.
Become vegan, cut out plastic, save the world!
+zephan wood first you need to get rid of those pc that you using for typing that words. You need to stop using public transportation that uses plastic too. Then we will talk. You cant be half pregnant. Not eating meat and using your phone at the same time is hypocrisy.
Not at all, animal agriculture causes 51% of climate change (according to a world watch study) and all transportation combined (bus, trains, cars, boats, airplanes, etc.) only account for 13%. We need to focus on the big issues before the little ones. It's like choir, you always have to make sure you have the correct pronunciation of words but if no one in the choir is hitting the correct notes at all then what's the point? You obviously have to put most of your attention towards the correct notes before you worry about pronunciation. Also, they spoke about the ocean in the video. If we continue our fishing practices, we expect to see fishless oceans by the year 2048. If Pharrell really loved the ocean, he would be promoting vegan and vegetarian diets, it's good to focus on the little stuff but when the big stuff is so dangerous that it is going to kill us all, then I think it requires some attention.
+zephan wood are you sure you are not using any plastic in your home? Or at work? Maybe check again? Maybe yo need to quit the job because they are populizing that evil thing?
You do not know how to read do you?
Take out the first two word and it's all good for me haha
Where would we be without all this WONDERFUL plastic...
Thanks for this amazing documentary.
If you mix plastic (from the ocean or not) into denim then its further being distributed into the environment. as the fabric gets washed and worn it will break down it will be released via the washer water (to the ocean). Then when the person doesn't want it it goes to landfill - or maybe back to the ocean too. 100% cotton can be composted, or 100% plastic can be recycled, and thus not create waste, but once it is mixed with "bionic yarn" its a more difficult type of waste. The fashion industry doesn't have the answers to environmental problems, they are part of it. Mend your clothes. Buy second hand clothes, or if you need to by new then buy something that can safely be reused or broken down afterwards. That would actually help to solve the plastic problem.
Meg Harte
P R E A C H!!
This is not a documentary. This is a commercial for G-Star disguised as a documentary. It doesn't just advertise a product, but also attempts to guilt you into purchasing it. It's an impressive marketing strategy.
DaBoweh I know I just realized that at 17:45 into video and stopped! Lol
jmek08 Yes it is great to recycle the plastics into clothes materials rather than them ended up in the landfill but how about not buying into fashion at all? How about to buy second hand clothes if you need a piece of clothes, buy less. I don’t know about G Star but this could be a greenwash... Recycling should be the last resort, first we should refuse (to buy) if cannnot then reduce then reuse, if you can’t do any of these ONLY THEN recycle. Having said that though it is hard to do so... but we can try. :)
Clothes made of plastic send micro plastic fibers into the environment too. Go zero waste.
I thought the exact same thing ~ a shame because other than that (and Pharrel Williams cliches) it was a good doc.
Fantastic and awesome, so thankful for the resources that we have on our planet to create a movement such as this. KUDOS to ALL ! #ecolove
This was eye-opening. Thank You.
I pick up SO MUCH PLASTIC on the beach everyday it's discouraging . . . I've seen a family get up from their spot on the sand and walk away from a pile of water bottles, 5 cheap plastic toy buckets various cheap plastic shovels and food containers. They just got up and walked away as the tide was rolling in . . . thanks so much for creating this documentary. I will share in the hope it will open eyes and hearts . . .
How will they recycle the garments? Plastic yarn mixed with cotton seems very hard to recycle to me.
My first thought exactly
@@ushillbillies thinking about the same thing. Isn't this greenwashing?
Excellent work. We need to figure out more ways to safely recycle the plastic that has already been produced.
Great documentary, very eye-opening!
i wonder what qould happen in the production of plastic was banned and peoples only recouses of plastic was the stuff already made
Interesting idea!
+lottpot vonhulbertm I know that in the netherlands you now have to pay extra for the plastic bags, which doesn't actually solve the problem but it does shorten the use of it.
that would be awesome, but the world is ruled by immoral jerks who don't care about anything but their fat pockets. Unless bigger power stands up - people, then they listen. We all should demand to stop plastic production.
"A Plastic Ocean" - great documentary.
Is it only me who feels like this video is a commercial for a clothing line ?
This was incredible.
#mindblown
This is just sad! Great video very eye opening!
We should show this video to the hole world.
Chile, if you only found out about this today then you are one sheltered chica.
New favorite fashion label.
Not trying to be a pessimist here but recycling ocean plastics into bionic yarn is not really a solution. Since the yarn itself is made of plastic, that just means the clothes that it's being made into will not be able to biodegrade easily. And most likely will end up back in the ocean again. Then what?
***** can this type of hybrid textile be recycled and does G- Star have a take back scheme in place?
A cycle!
Julius Kensan Bionic yarn is some kind of polyester blends with cotton.The core part is polyester.The polyester part yarn even can be recycled again by chemical method,TEIJIN made such recycled polyester yarn out of textile waste and worn-out clothes.Google Eco-Circle.The cotton part can be separated but it cost more to recycled it again for industrial use.
Julius Kensan making clothes that get thrown away every 10 years is an improvement over plastics that get thrown away every second.
I'm soo happy I watched the video myself instead of just reading the comments. This is a cool idea. I know it's not going to completely solve the problem but it's a step in the right direction!!! but the clothes are unaffordable so this will never takeoff smh
Moving forward...GREAT stuff!
Great video Phill thanks for sharing
Cheers paul walton glad you liked :)
I love this. Great way to implant this importance to people and using the trash for fashion.
"The real problem is to get everybody to care"....
This was really great until it ended up being a commercial for some overpriced fashion line.
UGK17 people gotta make money to make a difference, stop hating and stop being cheap and get you some money if you mad.
UGK17 I agree, another thing that i didnt get is; people want to recycle that plastic that is out in the oceans, to new product... For what?? So that they can get out there again? I wonder how much of bionic yarn is coming from ocean plastics, i think its a hoax they just coat polyester with cotton.
+Rishu Yadav People gonna throw their jackets and pants away in the ocean?... Okay -_-
Well, I feel like this: Recycled plastic may end up back in the ocean, but at a reduced rate than it is now. And the more it reduces, the more the environment can recover from the damage of today's plastic waste. That's just my opinion. What do you think? :)
I think we already are at a stage where we need to stop what ever industries are doing. Its already too much and it needs to be rigorous action on every single polluter, private n public actors
So only the people who can afford G-Star Raw clothes will be the ones making a difference for our planet?
No, the rest can just stop buying plastic, how about that?
Vibrancy, fluidity, and positive energy in this documentary, an amazing tribute to creativity, alternative thinking and awareness. Power of transformation, creativity and innovation. A "disaster management" platform where activism meets with "smart and conscious commerce".
thats what I'm talking about, YES! thats what its all about finding a solution to our problems, but what they did is straight evolutionary,i support y'all, and would like to be apart of this one day, god bless y'all
My family used to buy things in plastic all the time. I finally took over buying all the food. I don't like plastic bags so I switched to canvas...turns out it's sooo much easier to put food away because it's faster than 20 bags or double bags of grocery items. Now I want to pull out from using plastic for vegetables or all produce and do more recycling or using more glass products. I want to shop in bulk stores. The more I see the plastic the more I get mad and annoyed. It is not necessary it is not sustainable in the long run.
Slowly I'm shifting what I'm thinking and how I'm doing things.
Although I love shopping, I also see I cannot afford to keep this up. I still need to think and focus on doing the right thing for myself and our earth.
Great job 🎉thank you guys
finally someone who might make people realise how badly we are treating our planet. Thank you Pharrell. I hope people listen!
***** Write a hit about it :)
to be honest i was really sad at the start of this video..... but im happy with the end.... plus those clothes are amazingggg....💕💕
Did anyone notice what sounded like the beat of Grimes - Oblivion at 16:19??
yasssss!!!
This makes me so mad. Billions spent on McDonald's walmart and kardashians and yet not a single strong ad campaign for planetary sanitation on cable networks .
Because there’s no money in that
I am very sad that the major pet food companies (i.e. Hills) have changed from their eco-friendly paper to polluting heavy, durable plastic packaging. Please, contact them and tell them this is a BIG mistake, and to go back to eco-friendly packaging.
Very cool. I actually worked on this. Really was interested in the story that was unfolding. Well done...
The only question that remains for me is; Great that we are recycling PET into textile fibres.. But what happens to the textiles once théy are at the end of their productlifecycle? Can you recycle recycled materials? Because I believe that the only way this is going to work, is when you are able to create a circular economie!
Lora, but you can't recycle most of it anyway.and the shit does fall apart slowly and pollutes some more. Well if this is you in the picture, you should lead the way. DIY shampoo at home instead of the glorious l'oreal shampoo bottle. drink tap water instead of mineral water to stay slim and more importantly do not indulge into fast fashion. if you aren't following any of these then well you cannot be taken seriously
Really inspiring work....
Comes to prove that we are all connected. The sooner we realize it the better.
Imagine if all major fashion houses like Dior, Givenchy, LV, and Chanel switched to better materials...everyone below them would follow suit
lamingtongirl123 yeah they should make clothes out of recycled plastic, then make hollywood celebrities wear them instead of spandex and leather suits in movies.
I think that this documentary should be shared. Hopefully people's ideas will help. Just like the documentary said. I believe it also takes action or even non action, such as reconsidering purchasing something in the first place. For a few years now, I have been saying they should add something to the reduce reuse recycle methodology. And that would be to first reconsider. Reconsidering means deciding against even having it in the first place.
BEST JEANS AD EVER!
The synth chord at the end is the tune from Grimes's song Oblivion. Check it out!
Best 17 mins of my life!!!!
Nearly 20 years ago I bought my son a jacket made of 100% post consumer plastic water bottles . . . it's good to see there is enough interest in carrying forward that mindset. I like the use of Bionic yarn, it's moving in the right direction . . . however, what happens to THAT garment when it is discarded?
I'm vegan for our planet and huge g-star fan. I wear a lot of their products. This is amazing what they discovered to do with it. Keep going.
Well done
Outstanding ecology solutions.
Love this!
Excellent Documentary
It's a Must Watch to Help #SaveOurOcean
#OceanIsLife
This is interesting but it's also an 18 minute ad for Bionic Yarn
genious solution! makes me want to cry! sometimes i just love humans
It would be kinda ironic if they offer you a plastic bag with that GStar purchase.
This was an amazing!!
Scary, Eye-Opening, fascinating.
A great start!
Love this! I will buy the fuck outta bionic yarn clothes!!
Thank you!
Well Done Bravo!
They should use the new fabric to make clothes and products for people in need, not for the glamorous fashion industry. The fashion industry is one of the reasons people are so materialistic and shallow, ruining the Earth in the first place. If there is a solution to this mess it is not here.
i think their main goal is not to produce but to create trend
Yeh... good point... it seems to try to solve the problem, but it in the end feeds the consumerism that is cause of the issue in the first place.
your reply is problematic because had you watched the doco the problem is not fashion consumerism, it's human kind. There were more plastic bottles than anything else washing up on those beaches.
The need receives donations. Creation to resolve a world mass problem takes money. Money that people can afford to buy "fashion" items, where major companies are able to donate to or raise funds for the "people in need" from low societies to finding cures for disease. It's human kind that's ruining the Earth. Not fashion. Fashion is just one of the many ways of trying to resolve this problem. But since you think otherwise, whats your great idea?
m clarke Fashion is a ecological disaster
This is 7 years old now. Anyone know what progress we have made in our attempt to use less plastic? Supermarkets are still packed with plastic containers filled with all kinds of stuff. Water is still sold in plastic bottles. Toys are still made from plastic. There's so much of the stuff. It's goddam everywhere! So what's the go? And is Bionic yarn being used more often today?
I really wanna join and help you guys clean up! It is crazy how much plastic there is... 🤯
I vow to do everything within my consumer power to put Bionic Yarn out of business. I believe Pharrell would welcome that day.
Who else heard that these cloths are not the answer to the problem but a spark to get people thinking about what we can do
Sorry i foumd this late, but i just shared💪💯
Great job! x
great doco thanks
Inspired :)
Hope this attracts more help and urgency.....
Thank you for this video, we all have a role. It doesn't matter if your part is big or small, recycle, pickup litter, throw your trash in the trash. Cleanup your neighborhoods and beaches. Lets change the world! Give back to Earth!
great; now if it was just available to people who didn't have $300 to spend on a pair of jeans we might be getting somewhere :/
Why are so many companies trying to make environmentalism something only the wealthy can afford??
Jane Daniels Part of the problem is most in society expect a “more for less” lifestyle, and environmentalism costs money. One example is it costs companies more for recycled plastic compared to virgin plastic because oil is so cheap, with less energy required. Clean manufacturing practices cost more. Look into Patagonia’s business model, expensive for a multitude of reasons.
Making a high fashion clothing line only available to the wealthier side of society due to its cost doesn't seen like a global solution to me. It's a step in the right direction, but still...
Plastics were introduced into the mainstream not as "a matter of convenience", but as a way to reduce our reliance on other sources of packaging materials for paper, glass, etc. What we accomplished by transferring our over-use of those items (which resulted in over-harvesting of our forests and sand areas, still in effect today), to plastic is a wasteful, throwaway mentality that is not limited to our use of plastic. Instead of reducing our reliance on materials, we replaced one material with another that will persist in our environment for hundreds, thousands, or possibly millions of years to come. I have seen the very people who bemoan the use of plastic burn through single use items made of what they consider to be "alternative" materials such as paper and glass, carrying out the very throwaway mentality that they claim to be against. We must reach a point in our society where we resist the urge to overshoot our consumption, and zero out our waste.
Let's save the world let's change please
Still the supermarkets insist on plastic packaging plastic carrier bags plastic pop bottles... yes it has its uses but good quality paper bags solve a lot of problems in shops.. paper cartons for drinks.. the tree huggers complain.. well why dont they grow hemp everywhere and produce fantastic papers and better quality natural fibres and clothing that lasts longer than the bangladeshi cotton garments im wearing that drop to pieces after a few months. In the good old days all pop n milk came in recyclable glass bottles that stayed cold longer. And if bottles were returned you got a discount off the 'pop man' for returning bottles as they were simply washed and re used.
10:12 that is why i am vegan.
***** Did i say only because of that? Please, re-read my comment..
***** Well its not.
+Young Sandwich cant go five minutes without announcing it.
MadGnomeStudios You know it.
I find it funny how it annoys you that much!
+MadGnomeStudios just wanted to say im vegan too because your anger amuses me ;*
I wonder how stable is bionic yard in terms of microplastic release during washing compared to regular plastic-based fabric..
This is very sad. :( Although this can be a good solution for recycling of plastic, but I would raise a question here: do we need to produce and consume that many clothing??? What is going to happen with all those clothes? Are we going to throw them away at the end of each season? I am from a central EU country. We have tones of second hand stores, and we are full with used clothes. Even the poorer people do not need them for charity...do you know what they do with it? Burn it to make their houses warm and heated!!!! So STOP THIS EXCESSIVE AND UNNNECESSARY CONSUMPTION PLEASE, AND THINK ABOUT MOTHER EARTH AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN (including my 5 year old son :)). PLEASE!!!
Yeh.. you hit the nail on the head. Nice that they are trying to reuse some of the rubbish, but ultimately it is not helping the real problem... our consumerism... we are sick... the human race is pretty sick...
This is extremely depressing to watch. The worst part of it is that people don't feel optimistic about the future, when the change is all within us. If we keep littering and continue dumping debris into the ocean, it just creates a cycle of harm for everything and everyone. I understand that there's not much the average person can do and life isn't going to flourish within the next decade, but we should at least have everyone watch this video once and be aware of this situation. Taking baby steps and making even the slightest changes can make all the difference.
I looked around my room and there is at least 10 pieces of plastic around.
Its so normal now :(
As Plastic has heavy industrical chemicals in it and has bad effects on humans,isnt it bad for humans to wear these clothes because our skin would absorb the toxic chemicals of the old plastic in it ?
the one question is why does this have thumbs down?
Awesome video, it really motivates me to eat no processed food, all which is packaged… Ill just stick to my bananas and local produce!!! Vegan NATION!
I BELIEVE IN THE GOOD THINGS COMING
Why hasn't anyone banned the manufacturing of plastic yet??? This is crazy, we already have too much. Bionic yarn does sound like it will change our futures.
people need to stop littering. that's why this is happening.
Even when people throw away their trash carefully... it still falls out of garbage trucks and ends up in the storm drains. Business need to come up with other ideas for packaging.
you are people
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