How Do We Fight Marine Plastic Pollution? | One Small Step
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2019
- This World Oceans Day take one small step towards fighting ocean plastic pollution. We’re teaming up Parley for the Oceans and founder Cyrill Gutsch to talk about marine plastic pollution and how you can take action.
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From a dead whale found with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach to small shrimp-like anthropods eating microplastics deep in the Mariana Trench, we have a serious marine plastic pollution problem.
An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. Marine plastic pollution is comprised of single-use items like soda bottles, bottle caps, straws, plastic bags, and commercial fishing nets and lines. The problem with this is that these plastics do not naturally break down. Instead, these plastics end up breaking into smaller microplastics which are more easily consumed by marine life and other animals - which, in turn, could end up being eaten by humans.
In this episode of One Small Step, follow Lucy as she learns more about plastic pollution by joining in on a beach cleanup organized by Mike Castellano of the Surfrider Foundation. Lucy also speaks with Cyrill Gutsch, the founder of Parley for the Oceans, about how industry is rethinking plastic and plastic recycling and repurposing.
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I have reusable bottles, why pay for new bottles every week?
I also avoid straws and avoid drinks that come in plastic bottles/cups.
I also avoid plastic shopping bags by using cloth grocery bags or just telling cashiers that I don't want bags.
And for other thing that only come in plastic containers I fall back on re-use and recycle.
I'm absolutley in love with this series!
Thanks Zoe!
Same. She's so inspiring
It's crazy that this vid only has 401 views so far, such an informative video. I bet this channel shoots up in subs in the next week when people figure out it exists.
working on it!
33k views now, I'm so proud of you guys haha, I knew you could do it!
We should swarm society with this message
It has now 560,000 views as of July 21st, 2022.
Very informative, Need to rethink now whenever I use Plastic and try to minimise the use... Thanks Lucy!!
I keep almost all the plastic containers and bags my food comes in and reuse them. Cereal bags are great for sandwiches, mesh bags can be tied together to make dish washing scrubbies, medicine bottles I use to store bulk dried herbs and spices. Haven't figured out what to do with the plastic rings and caps from my soy milk containers yet, though.
Thanks for the suggestions! Wow I just thought all I could do was stop buying them, but for the ones still in my life, I really like your creative solutions! I still buy these things sometimes for other people on my household. Just not for myself. Trying to change the planet 1 person at a time.
That's what I do too!!! I even found a new hack to remove label residues using alcohol/hand sanitizer. Works every time - it keeps the plastic bottle reusable and pretty at the same time. :)
Girl, you are Fire!!
A huge "Thank you" for spreading awareness - hugs and kisses from Germany!!
Vanillesauce hey did you know that the sea in germany used to be clear before industrial fishing
@@suides4810 i believe that the northsea (here where i live) is always a bit muddy because of the tideland BUT I believe as well that we humans did a lot of damage..
My English is so poor.. I'm sorry..
@@Vanillesauce Ich komme aus die Niederlande und ich wünsch mir oft dass wir deselbden Recycle-optionen haben als Deutschland.
Wir haben jetzt 3 oder 4 Plastik-container pro Stadt, es ist gar nicht genug und viele Katzen kratzen die Mülltüten (oder wie's auch heißt :P) wieder offen und so gibt's noch mehr Müll auf die Straße.
But if you make fiber out of plastic, that will release more microplastic fibers everytime you wash your clothes. The most abundant type of microplastic is not breakoffs from macroplastic but microfibers from clothes made with polyester or acrylic. Or has the person thought about that and it doesnt produce microfibers?
Someone I watched made a video about these little balls you can buy into your washed that will collect the micro plastics, I think it was Shelbizzle but idk
I love this series. We already use reusable water bottles in my home, as well as coffee to go mugs. Reusable shopping bags are a must for me. Most of what I put into my kids lunches is in a reusable container, and we recently transitioned to metal straws. For me it's not only environmental, but economical. I don't want to waste money on something that I'm going to put into the garbage 30 mins later. Next on my list of eco-friendly swaps are reusable produce bags. 😊
Anthony B. Collins
Here are a few ways that I am trying to help fight marine plastic pollution:
1. I no longer use plastic straws period.
2. When I go for take out food, I refuse plastic eating utensils.
3. I actively participate in the city's recycling program (Dallas, Texas).
This year as early as next month (March of 2020), I will work toward
reducing (possibly eliminating) the use of single use plastic bags. I
also want to reduce or eliminate the use of Styrofoam containers and
other plastics as well.
I believe that I and every citizen in the United States can do better in
becoming a lot less dependent on single use plastics.
I can’t believe more people haven’t seen this. Going to get a new reusable water bottle from 4Ocean soon. Have you guys heard of them? I think what they do is so cool, too. I think World Oceans Day should be something people pay more attention to.
Thank you Lucy.!!! GO girl. You are one BIG step at a time!! You need to be on Time magazine soon!!!
Great to see that these talented communicators are helping plastic using companies to change. Is anyone able to talk to the fishing industry? I've seen those Sea Shepherd videos, and that looks like a serious environmental problem on many levels.
Lucy! Thank you so much for this series, watching all your low waste videos, I'm super impressed with your message and high quality content on this topic! Thanks for spreading the message. I especially love what Parley for the oceans is doing, we need about 100 more companies doing what he's doing in every country!💖
thank you!
I have always wanted to volunteer for a beach cleanup. Unfortunately, too many people won’t care unless it affects them directly. I love that the video mentioned that humans are eating the very plastic that they are dumping in the oceans by eating sea life.
You should make a video about plastic who invented it, when did it start becoming so part of our day to day life, and WHY?!!!!!
Leah Trevino a Brit invented plastic, a Swede invented the plastic bag (as a way to fight deforestation, ironically)
At our house, we recycle what can be done through the municipality. I compost coffee grounds and tea leaves to fertilize plants in my yard. I use a reusable coffee filter and a tea ball. Metal straws, mesh produce bags, cloth bags. Repurpose pickle jars, beet jars, sauce jars to store food and freeze in. Cardboard packaging on shampoo bar. Compostable bamboo toothbrushes. Low cost and no chemicals diy cleaning like vinegar and water for fiberglass tub cleaning and diy laundry soap. Lo more stuff I do. Good luck to those trying new low waste ideas.
This would be a great date idea
Very informative, thank you so much
Hi lucy, it was a very informative video. Can you please make another video on laundry detergent ? I was told by my brother that the detergents are not good for water bodies. I would like to know more about water pollution due to detergent
I like the information you are giving. This channel deserves million subscribers.
Everytime I watch your vid, I thought that I am watching a programme on TV. Very informative. Thanks a lot!!
Really like this channe! But you should have mentioned plastic from the fishing industry. 0.03% ocean plastic comes from platic straws. 46% comes from fishing nets. The left over percentages is mostly Asian and African countries mismanaging their waste. It's amazing to change industries to produce less trash. But stopping eating fish is truly the best thing you can do for the ocean. At the rate of fishing and pollution we are going at we may see fishless ocean's by 2048.
This is a helpful comment, but don't forget that massive amounts of waste from developed Western countries have been passed to Asian countries. Personally, I hold the originators of the trash responsible too.
I work in IT and I would love love love to see less plastic when I unbox computers, servers, printers and monitors. I fill up a garbage can with plastic and twist ties each time I unbox a new item. I would also love to see a recycle symbol on all plastic that I pull off from a screen, display, power cable etc.. Everyone, please send this to reps @ HP, Dell, IBM, etc..
Japan's sandy beaches also have a lot of plastic trash I clean up a few times a month and put it on UA-cam to raise awareness. It’s one person’s power The life of some marine life may have saved If we work together, many lives may be saved.
Lucy, you're amazing and your series is so informative!
Love this series
Very educative and inspiring ❤️😊
3 R's isn't perfect but the key is the fact that the first one is reduce. So reduce plastic to almost not at all if possible. Plus that's basically what they're doing now: reducing Adidas plastic, reusing ocean plastic and recycling it into their shoes.
Great wrk guys thank you
im trying to work on being zero waste but so far in a couple of months ive only gotten to composting
trying to put most plastic in recycling bin
REMEMBERING my reusable bag
and a 30p fruit bag
I love this series
I watched a video like this a week ago. You changed my life in a very positive way and aligns with my christian values. Thank you for waking me up to see ! Because of that i am encouraged to stop buying and start reusing everything i own and repurpose the old in to something that will outlive me.
Now Mike Reinolds will be so proud of you
He built homes from trash. Maybe we can use all that plastic to build a shelter for the homeless for pennies on the dollar
I cannot believe we, as a species, are still not doing anything!!
love your videos. I'm wondering about refillable gal. plastic water jugs. my family live in an area where the water isn't very good. so we get water from the grocery store and use reusable water bottles to take with use through the day. I don't like using the gal. jugs but not sure what else to do. any suggestions?
Wow!!! You are a GREAT addition to our world. Look at what you are doing!!!! Try to get someone to make you into a Greta number 2!!! You can give people hope and the means of what to do, AND expose the geniusworking
i love your videos go nowthis future !
Great video!
The little spoons and forks from samples at Trader Joe's are great for getting food out of small jars.
I hope a lot of companies use marine plastic. It's hard to know if they actually do or just greenwash.
No plastic shower liners for me. Double cloth works great and smells better also- buy toilet paper without the inner cardboard tube-bars of soap rather than liquid- supports local people and is limited in ingredients- no straws- no grocery " recycleable" bags. Only canvas. bags sold in grocery stores break easily and are made of plastic even though they are listed as reusable. They just arent made well- Buy in bulk stores with your own containers- shop thrift before making a different purchase.
1:15 " Theres a chance were eating it too" Uh yeah the average human eats 30,000-100,000 microplastic particles a year.
@Carol Howard Its in the air you breath, it needs to be studied longer to see how long it takes to do damage but 99% of humans have plastic in them
I know. I hate when they say "there's a chance" "probably" "likely". It's a fact.
@Carol Howard do you drink water? Then you are drinking plastic.
Can you guys cover better water cleaning solutions or products? I used to use reusable products, but it becomes harder without access to filtered water. My issues are small compared to people with less, but the advice would help more people than the ones like me!
One thing we can do is grow our own fruit and veg and herbs cuz it means you're not using as much plastic to store your apples or potatoes
How does the plastic gets into the ocean?
👍🇨🇦😃
Thanks Lucy
In our earlier times, near about everything was made from natural resources. Furniture to paper to household items. That time deforestation was a big deal as everything is made from wood and leaves. Then plastic came into use just to replace so so so much of item that we made from the nature. Plastic near about replaced everything like furniture to cabinet to cutlery to bags to containers. It has several use. It is durable, water resistant, cheap, lightweight. And now the scenario is we are using a lot of plastic and now it is polluting the nature. If plastic is harmful and toxic then why it came into use.
In my opinion harmful and toxic is our behavior that we over use everything be it plastic or natural resources. Natural resources based products are expensive. And we all time search for products that are affordable or cheap. So eventually we can't avoid the plastic. We have to balance. And to balance the basic mantra is 3R. We should reduce reuse and recycle everything be it plastic or natural resources. !!!!!!!
so lets make the fine for littering as extreme as drunk driving. and make sure plastic is recycled. and at the very least retort conversion back to oil monomers
I now get my sparkling water in either aluminum cans or glass bottles... instant coffee in glass jars... cutting out the plastic bottles every place I can.
what is the point if using straws anyways?
Right on Adidas!
Wish environmentalism was more popular in politics, people don’t realize how much the earth matters!
how and why does this only has 485 likes
This is why all companies do not want to be part of the green deal they do not want any part I’m learning how to recycle to less plastic
Avoid plastic is fundamentally flawed, inorder to do that, we would have to use paper, which would mean cutting down trees,
Or using cloth bags instead of plastic, but inorder to justify the carbon footprint of a cloth bag, it needs to be used ~500 times (which just isn't the case).
We would have to find new materials for the glasses he was wearing, the tires we use to get to work, the clothes we were, cos 100% cotton or other fivers take a lot of water to produce.
To conclude, plastic is not toxic, it's the way we use it is.
I’m using metal straw instead of a plastics straw and use it everywhere
Why is nobody talking about the threat of fishing?
Hi if plastic masks are made were do you think they will end up
Why are we not disposing of our plastic in the proper places and why is our recycling system failing us?
Cause is called CAPITALISM!
There are more plastic in the ocean than there is landmass on earth 😭😭
Yes thank you!! Stop making new plastic!!!
How will I make turtle soup now?
Lol she is not vibing with that dude from Parlay😂 she’s a great host but I could tell with her energy
Is his glass frame made up of recycled plastic? Is it plastic?
If marine life is full of plastic, then so are we, so think about that!
Ok wait i would think that rhe only way to get water was though plastic bottles
Doesn’t their food only stay in their stomach? If so how do humans end up eating plastic unless we eat their stomachs?
Plastic/oil gets digested into animal muscle.
Nanoplastics are so small, they end up in the bloodstream and possibly in the brain.
These plastics have already entered the hum food supply and our blood streams
Hold Corporations accountable for wasteful manufacturing processes. Otherwise, there's no point.
STOP USING PLATIC BAGS! If you go out, always bring a tote bag. It’s not heavy, doesn’t take up any space and you can put anything inside. No need to plastic bags anymore, people who still use them are honestly stupid. At this point in time there’s no other word for most humans anymore 🤷🏻♀️
Yeah. Tote Bag is beautiful nd trending nowadays.
Kunsang Choedon yeah. That again leads to people buying 20 different ones, which again beats the entire purpose of the tote bag 😂 but well what can you do
1:53 And we wonder(ed) why (ancient) aliens do not visit us. 🙄
In India people go empty handed and bring stuff in plastic bags from nearby shops. Our patriotism wakes up only on independence day.
Appreciate the phase out. And recycling of plastic is a hoax. But the redesign concept is questionable too. Will people just throw their redesigned plastic shoes into the garbage, or will it be sent somewhere to be re-redesigned? I’m glad They’re retrieving it, but...
Also, I hate plastic clothes. They don’t breathe
mike is good looking
Only when a reusable water bottle comes out that is comfortable to drink out of will you see massive adoption.
Everyone talking about plastic cannot be degraded or decomposed,
No one's talking about decomposing metals
Metal oxidizes and naturally recycles far quicker than plastic molecules.
It’s good to recycle plastic. But it is better not to use plastic in the first place
We are using plastic in too many products
hans betaalt
Im using banana leaves to sell my fruits and vegetables
Resuming: plastic is destroying society
Produced too much waste? Just throw it into the ocean so we don't need to deal with it! Sure that will not bit us back in the future.
*syc*
cleaning up plastic *with plastic*
Chemtrails worst
Look what they’re collecting the plastic off the beach in
Plastic garments are also bad when you wash them
Oia aia cene da fare in Sardegna che i boschi tutti a bandonati a fianco a spiaggia cene a chilometri da fare oioi e poi dicono che non c'è lavoro
This is a
BRUHHHHHHHHHHHHH ok boomer
Well what about his ridiculous plastic glasses
plastic straws are better and recyclable - paper straws are neither - metal straws are dangerous
STOP LITTERING! I see people litter all the time even when we have trash bins all over!
Beach clean up is important but only a small part of the issue!
Recycle matter manufacturing is useful but again
banning plastic is just not practical.
Dont use that much plastic
*stores the plastic trash in a plastic trash bag*🤦♀️
Most bins are made of recycled plastic.