Amsterdam’s ‘bubble barrier’ fighting plastic pollution - BBC News

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  • @kasondaleigh
    @kasondaleigh Рік тому +9

    Brilliant!
    A non- invasive, non- polluting, almost invisible barrier.
    Impressive.

    • @Udmudmudm
      @Udmudmudm Рік тому

      Not pollution ? More Energy for compressed air, more....

  • @kemsatofficial
    @kemsatofficial Рік тому +7

    This is awesome. Well done 🇳🇱!

  • @pippalewisNYC
    @pippalewisNYC Рік тому +1

    Seeing the bird waddling in the water amongst all that trash was heartbreaking. That should not be normal or acceptable. Kudos to such a brilliant idea for stemming the flow of trash!

  • @Tini_Scrapitti
    @Tini_Scrapitti Рік тому +16

    Dutch excellence!

  • @oldsoul9568
    @oldsoul9568 Рік тому +9

    It is made of a series of air diffusers that are placed underwater. The air diffusers create a curtain of bubbles that floats on the surface of the water. The bubbles create a barrier that plastic cannot pass through.

  • @stephenball-qo7ug
    @stephenball-qo7ug Рік тому +3

    British broadcasting corporation, but on its youtube channel barley any news from the UK.

    • @ry1023.3
      @ry1023.3 Рік тому +1

      They just don’t want us to think about how wrong shit is in the uk, I mean we still haven’t taxed the gas companies for their record profits. People forgot about that

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Рік тому +1

      Everything is fkd here so Sunak won't want to be paying for that to be broadcast.

    • @zuur303
      @zuur303 Рік тому +1

      Ah, not a grain of news you say

    • @underarmbowlingincidentof1981
      @underarmbowlingincidentof1981 Рік тому +1

      yeah their UA-cam channel is more targeted towards international news. Compiling whats going on, telling that to the british people.
      Thats sort of how I understood them.
      I mean the brits got local papers too right? For local stuff?

    • @Neilhuny
      @Neilhuny Рік тому +1

      It has oat news, wheat news and rye news, surely that's enough?

  • @stephenrickstrew7237
    @stephenrickstrew7237 Рік тому +6

    Great idea … Maybe if we used Hemp based organic plastics that wouldn’t last for 10,000 years….?

  • @EcoEarthNut
    @EcoEarthNut Рік тому +1

    Hey, just a thought. Let's stop producing and using plastic. In its place, we use what we used to, recyclable and reusable glass containers...

  • @thelastofthehitachi972
    @thelastofthehitachi972 Рік тому +2

    ban plastic in food/drink packaging (and plastic bags)

  • @lfeb
    @lfeb Рік тому +4

    Super cool! ❤🤞

  • @public.public
    @public.public Рік тому +5

    GREAT idea. Well done.

  • @pleiadiblu2365
    @pleiadiblu2365 Рік тому +4

    Stop this madness at the source

  • @ProfAkili
    @ProfAkili Рік тому +1

    Why not outlaw the use of plastics in the first place

  • @bhaskarroy6760
    @bhaskarroy6760 Рік тому +1

    Excellent idea, easy and very effective

  • @papasquat355
    @papasquat355 Рік тому +7

    In 2023, there are alternatives to non-biodegradables. Companies just choose not to use them and governments refuse to mandate their usage (because they are in each others pockets). There is biodegradable packaging that is actually good for the planet, we are just denied them.

    • @jamesd5767
      @jamesd5767 Рік тому +4

      You ever tried non plastic straws ? They are shit. Plastic is always superior

    • @pbasista
      @pbasista Рік тому

      ​@@jamesd5767 Yes, I have tried paper straws. And they are just fine. I did not notice any practical issue during their usage. They are, obviously, only for a single use because they start decomposing quickly. But that is okay.
      I have also tried paper cotton swabs and they are excellent. Strong enough to do their job. Soft enough to not hurt people if accidentally used improperly. And above all, very easy to decompose.

    • @marcob1729
      @marcob1729 Рік тому

      @@jamesd5767ever tried just drinking from a glass without a straw?

  • @johnransom1146
    @johnransom1146 Рік тому +2

    This isn’t hard. It would probably work in cold water too because that’s how you keep water from freezing. Aereator and moving water.

  • @andrieseast418
    @andrieseast418 Рік тому

    Great idea and much needed to help keep our oceans clean👍

  • @danielwhyatt3278
    @danielwhyatt3278 Рік тому +9

    Oh this is a really wonderful idea.✌🏼 I hadn’t quite considered using bubbles like this before to stop small amounts of plastic and other waste from travelling into the ocean. I knew the idea had been considered before for fish in aquariums but not for waste. I wonder if the organisation Ocean Cleanup (a truly brilliant organisation and is shocking if nobody has heard of them before) has considered doing this as well? It really looks similar to the technique they use and a similar pick up method.👌🏼 hopefully there can be some collaboration there in the future. I hope we can indeed see one of these bubble filtration and pick up systems installed here in the UK in Manchester very soon.👏🏻 We need them everywhere.

    • @reasonerenlightened2456
      @reasonerenlightened2456 Рік тому

      how much does it cost to make a bubble?

    • @hexusmexus6971
      @hexusmexus6971 Рік тому

      @@reasonerenlightened2456running costs are 1million pound a month from tax payers

    • @tastypymp1287
      @tastypymp1287 Рік тому

      I don't think Amsterdam is fighting 'plastic pollution'.
      The civic standards of the inhabitants has steadily declined over time and what they're actually fighting are the consequences of that policy.

  • @barbarabauling7513
    @barbarabauling7513 Рік тому +6

    Brilliant idea. Well done the Dutch. Alongside Boyan Slat and the Ocean Cleanup programme this bubble idea will help to decrease ocean pollution immensely. This makes me proud to be living in The Netherlands! :)

  • @puiip3605
    @puiip3605 Рік тому

    Marvelous idea indeed

  • @andrewwmacfadyen6958
    @andrewwmacfadyen6958 Рік тому +2

    The Dutch had bubble barriers in the mid- 1970's

  • @briansmith8490
    @briansmith8490 Рік тому +7

    Get the multinational companies to sort their problems out !
    Governments start governing instead of taking kickbacks from your owners.👍

    • @blablup1214
      @blablup1214 Рік тому

      Companies can't do that much about people throwing their stuff on the ground like seen in 0:45
      Wouldn't blame only companies.
      Especially not for the stuff that isn't for consumation on the go like the huge bucket at 2:11

  • @WoodenChickenHead
    @WoodenChickenHead Рік тому +2

    They've had a couple of these on the Grand Union Canal outside Paddington Station for nearly ten years.

    • @danielwhyatt3278
      @danielwhyatt3278 Рік тому

      Oh really? I didn’t know about that. Has it been very successful in London then? Considering the size of the canal there surely must’ve had some impact!?

    • @WoodenChickenHead
      @WoodenChickenHead Рік тому

      @@danielwhyatt3278 I'm not sure, I just walk past it from time to time. It's been successful enough to leave it switched on for all this time I guess and it's noticeable that it keeps algae one one side of the barrier. I'm guessing they are fairly cheap to run and easy to maintain as it's basically just a pump and a hosepipe with holes in it right?

  • @beijingpete
    @beijingpete Рік тому

    Great innovation. The plastic producers, users and litters should be funding this.

  • @ronniewilliams9884
    @ronniewilliams9884 Рік тому +1

    This is not a new idea. It has been tried in a number of applications at least thirty years ago e.g. at power station intakes here in Scotland to prevent jelly fish ingress, I believe on the Panama Canal to prevent sea snakes passing through to the Atlantic

  • @mhenry4248
    @mhenry4248 Рік тому +1

    Bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @OBXN
    @OBXN Рік тому

    Beautiful idea

  • @arleneyana
    @arleneyana Рік тому

    Ohh my good amazing ❤❤❤

  • @boris8787
    @boris8787 Рік тому +1

    Chillingbourne is far better than Amsterdam.

  • @originalunoriginal4055
    @originalunoriginal4055 Рік тому

    I think environmental groups that disrupt the peace in public settings, should send a huge chunk of their members to this region and assist with removing plastic from the waters.
    This is practical and pragmatic action and will have meant that individuals claiming to "standup for the protection of the environment" will be directly making improvements to the planet.
    It's much more effective than glueing themselves to the public main roads or making a scene at live sporting events.

  • @brianmcdowell6066
    @brianmcdowell6066 Рік тому

    This is awesome

  • @gerrievantonder809
    @gerrievantonder809 Рік тому

    However unpopular it may be, the truth is: the pollution started with the production of the pollutant. The pollution will stop when the pollutant is no longer produced.

    • @blablup1214
      @blablup1214 Рік тому

      But in the end we don't miss those things and we don't want that "everything" gets banned.
      Just take coffee to go.
      Many places offer to fill up your reusable cup. People could also easily make their own coffee at home.
      But they are too lazy to bring their own cup and they ready to pay more to get this coffee at a shop.

  • @billkingston4402
    @billkingston4402 Рік тому +6

    Trust the Dutch to be responsible, in the UK the government is encouraging the water companies to destroy the rivers and coast because its what the British people want and the unregulated free market knows best

    • @Dorgpoop
      @Dorgpoop Рік тому

      Lol yeah. We need to stop the turds getting in the river before we can hope to tackle plastic pollution

  • @johnvtram
    @johnvtram Рік тому

    Packaging hasn't changed in 50 years

  • @julesverne5072
    @julesverne5072 Рік тому

    Super cool

  • @WhyWorldWet
    @WhyWorldWet Рік тому +1

    Is the bubble barrier strong and powerful enough? Seems like I would make it three times as powerful just in case or larger pieces

  • @AlejandroMadrid-tn1gp
    @AlejandroMadrid-tn1gp Рік тому

    The U.S. needs to copy this.

  • @MrJekyllDrHyde1
    @MrJekyllDrHyde1 Рік тому

    Creating so many bubbles should be very energy intensive, who is paying for this ?

  • @tonysherwood9619
    @tonysherwood9619 Рік тому

    Handy aggregate for island construction!

  • @polygonalmasonary
    @polygonalmasonary Рік тому +9

    Brilliant idea, should win an award 🥇👍🇬🇧🌈

  • @tastypymp1287
    @tastypymp1287 Рік тому

    I don't think Amsterdam is fighting 'plastic pollution'.
    The civic standards of the inhabitants has steadily declined over time and what they're actually fighting are the consequences of that policy.

  • @Neilhuny
    @Neilhuny Рік тому +1

    A novel and clean solution

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    @yitbarekabebe7377 Рік тому +1

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  • @c.t5136
    @c.t5136 Рік тому

    A wonderful idea but why is there plastic waste on the street such that the footage showed... ''it gets into the river'' how I hope that they are dealing with that also and not trying to bolt a door from which the horse has already half bolted.

  • @Benjaminsmallwood
    @Benjaminsmallwood Рік тому

    Nice.

  • @techtinkerin
    @techtinkerin Рік тому

    Worlds biggest bong! Oh yeah, I went there!

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 Рік тому

    bbc, aquariums need to change water also

  • @sportingdirector1
    @sportingdirector1 Рік тому

    Smart

  • @OyeCheeku
    @OyeCheeku Рік тому

    What is the mechanism behind it??? Someone explain

  • @Jen-Yueh_Hu
    @Jen-Yueh_Hu Рік тому

    I'm going to start downvoting every single news video that I see that has comments enabled. Everybody should do the same. Make the world a better place; eliminate online comments.

  • @ingilizanahtar644
    @ingilizanahtar644 6 місяців тому

  • @tapuit1
    @tapuit1 Рік тому

    what about handing out fines to polluters!?

  • @ACK333
    @ACK333 Рік тому

    Finally only Smart Dutch done it! 🎉

  • @SMunro
    @SMunro Рік тому

    Fine them a million euro and the right to own assets for littering.

  • @barneymagee3285
    @barneymagee3285 Рік тому

    They better get it out into the worlds oceans, there are billions of face nappies and rubber gloves choking the wildlife…

  • @reginageorge4
    @reginageorge4 Рік тому

    Dutch will pay for what they did in Indonesia

  • @iosefgarcia7499
    @iosefgarcia7499 Рік тому

    #ResiclagePlastic.

  • @clowndriver5576
    @clowndriver5576 Рік тому

    To be honest I don't see much hope on that solution. It's just a small grain in a sand beach in terms of trash tossed in our oceans. If you see the amount of trash and plastic produced by US and Asia that end up in the oceans, this work shown here can be considered a quite laughable solution. There's no hope. Plastics are everywhere. They are on the Artic, in the most isolated forests, in the air we breath and even in our bloodstream. We could even name our current age Plasticene rather than Anthropocene.

    • @Neilhuny
      @Neilhuny Рік тому

      It's a demonstration of what could be done everywhere

    • @clowndriver5576
      @clowndriver5576 Рік тому

      As I said, this solution won't solve the problem at all and won't even mitigate it. Asia and US simply toss and colossal amount of trash into the oceans annually. The root of the problem is not dealing with trash but producing it. It must stop producing plastic for everything in our daily life. But the trend is gonna worsen since more countries are being industrialized and more and more trash being produced.@@Neilhuny

    • @user-fed-yum
      @user-fed-yum Рік тому

      I think Plasticene has already been trademarked, sorry.

  • @Escrieg89
    @Escrieg89 Рік тому

    ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣

  • @samjohn5109
    @samjohn5109 Рік тому

    plastic huge bc of huge immigration n tourists from diff countyrs whr thy dont give imp to waste mgnt or caring of envt

  • @omyhaby1912
    @omyhaby1912 Рік тому

    Still it is a waste of time....
    Only solution to this problem is reducing of plastic products All together,
    But that aint gonna Happen
    So He is wasting his Time and Energy

  • @AnitaKrajnc
    @AnitaKrajnc Рік тому

    Bubbles to catch plastic pollution. Neat idea.
    Also, biggest source of plastic pollution in water ways are fishing nets. Another reason to go vegan and sign the Plant Based Treaty.

  • @MrMatt531
    @MrMatt531 Рік тому

    Why are speech laws so draconian in the UK?

  • @BritishAnts
    @BritishAnts Рік тому

    ❤ one day it will be banned, sooner the better!

  • @hanifnahian
    @hanifnahian Рік тому

    Red Lizzo Light District 9

  • @anilji1299
    @anilji1299 Рік тому

    Sarojani naidu told prophesy UK will become the land of rising sun again let the confusion in world subside ask the queens advice go ahead

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    @saisagarsaisagar4554 Рік тому

    Wait, do you think cryptocurrency will crash? I dont think so. More and more companies are integrating cryptocurrency into their operations: Amazon, Cannafarm Ltd, Burger King, even Starbucks, dude!

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    @ingridlinda-215 Рік тому

    Eindelijk zijn ze hier in Nederland bezig met iets goeds voor de natuur,, nou nog de rest weg met zonnepanelen weg met windturbines en bomen weer terugplanten🎉

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  • @Michael-en7rk
    @Michael-en7rk Рік тому

    So a fish net? But instead it’s for plastic.

    • @lfeb
      @lfeb Рік тому

      Yeah and won't kill the fish

  • @UkraineNeeds
    @UkraineNeeds Рік тому

    First.:-)

  • @Joey-ct8bm
    @Joey-ct8bm Рік тому

    They found PFAS in lakes in Amsterdam. So don't go swimming in Amsterdam. Outside of Amsterdam you're fine.

    • @lfeb
      @lfeb Рік тому

      Pfas are everywhere, unavoidable, they're inside you

    • @Joey-ct8bm
      @Joey-ct8bm Рік тому

      @@lfeb In Amsterdam they were dumped. They tested some lakes, concentrations were 40× above the average.
      It's true what you say though. This is only not the amount you want in your body.

  • @Biawaik.u
    @Biawaik.u Рік тому

    Wait, do you think cryptocurrency will crash? I dont think so. More and more companies are integrating cryptocurrency into their operations: Amazon, Cannafarm Ltd, Burger King, even Starbucks, dude!