My father was stationed there back in the sixties when he was in the Navy. He said he had too much fun while he was there. He remembers Midway island fondly. It would break his heart to know what it's become.
@@meghanachauhan9380 That's not even the point. This plastic pollution is killing wildlife and endangering species. Whatever this pollution has an impact on our health or not, isn't the question. We must do something about this plastic pollution no matter what if it's affecting human or not.
It's not just that. I live on Maui and our dump here is teeming with plastic being blown away from the dump to the ocean, the problem got so bad that we had to ban plastic bags (which had no real effects on stores). It's been proven even that not only gas pollution but physical pollution can travel miles to the sea. I remember a few months living here debris from Japan after the earthquake floating all the way to Hawaii and having to check every single Japanese debris for radiation. Our society of 7 billion can no longer throw out waste by doing what we've been doing for literally since the beginning of humankind, burying it underground or burning it.
Plactic is an oil industry product. Exxon, Shell and countries like Russia, Middle East are against recycling. Recycling will destroy their greedy stomachs
I lived on this island in the 1950's. Broke my index finger on the steps of the Midway hotel. I lived right behind the hospital. I had a very happy childhood there. Loved the beaches.
you left, because your Parents said, unto you; "If we've Atoll'd you, once, we've Atoll'd you, more than once, to pick up your Room and clean up your Plastic!", one, too "Mini," times.
true. but if people do that and dont buy the plastics, then the parishable things in them will go bad and then they will thown out in large numbers and what do you think will come of those??
This documentary must have subtitles in other languages. I would love to share it in Latin America as an environmental education tool. Can you please do it in Spanish, or at least add subtitles? The whole world needs to learn about this, if we want change to occur. It is a great documentary!
DylanPlays GT I don't manufacture it but I'm forced to use it because of certain things that are made out of it. There's other alternatives and other ways to control it
525lines.. theres a few people that invented ways to eliminate plastic and such from the oceans.. and has things, methods.. i wonder why are none of them actually doing it..
Corporations and Businesses should also be held liable for using plastic on their products or packaging. The problem is that consumers always get the blame for 'not recycling' but most of the stuff that we throw out are not recyclable (ex: how do you reuse an old toothbrush after repurposing it??) Goverments should tax plastic businesses heavily to force everyone to resort to biodegradeable products like paper cups, paper bags etc. and use these tax for clean up purposes
shipping garbage to asia etc should be stopped immediately! they tell us it will be recycled, but it won't. any company shipping it is very much the reason for this. and politics which allow the shipping.
Heartbreaking for myself who lived on Midway as a boy. It truly was paradise in 1964 when the only thing you looked for coming on the beach was fishballs.
The solution is to simply stop using disposable plastic. It starts with the individual. You. Spread the word, share the video, live by example. Refuse straws, plastic shopping bags, coffee cups, water bottles, food containers, styrofoam in any form. People complain about plastic, exclaim how horrible the problem is yet won't lift one finger or change one iota of their precious disposable lives to make a difference. It's certainly not easy, but it can be done. Stop your self-righteous complaining and start acting. As one example, don't ever buy another product that is made from Styrofoam or is packaged in styrofoam. Then spread the word, tell people, your family, your friends, the people you can influence. If enough people did this, styrofoam would cease to exist. If manufacturers couldn't sell their products because people refused to buy them packaged in plastic, then they would change the packaging. Viola, difference made. Stop being shocked and start acting now.
I love plastics because it made live so much better. Just dispose properly after use. Look at all the chewing gum on streets and ask yourself why people are littering their home towns. Because some just don't care and some don't give a damn fuck. Ban chewing gum first please.
Use biodegradable & natural products. Use metal utensils plates & cutlery that can be re-used. Re-use & re-purpose plastic & glass till its possible . Avoid Styrofoam - what can not be avoided set aside for recycling.
Can't find the reference now, but I did read a article about the Pacific Ocean currents that bring garbage from Asia to not just this area but also the Pacific Northwest. Trash from Asia collects on the shore of Oregon, Washington, and the west coast of Canada and even Alaska. I wonder also how much is just dumped by the crews of cargo ships.
sorry they exported a lot to Asia... but to be fair, not only America but all the developed and developing countries produced all kinds of plastics everyday
I live in Japan, I love this country and almost every single thing about it... But... it's convenient society and the old tradition of wrapping things beautifuly has moved into a modern times of plastic. I honestly feel disappointed and heart broken at the use of "one time plastics" that has integrated into people thinking and lifestyle. Single plastic wrapped bananas, snack rice balls (onigiri) with 3 layers of plastic, meat from the grocery store with a printed plastic lettuce as "decoration" ... When you go to the grocery store the store attendant already has 3 plastic bag that are different shapes and sizes ready for you before you can say "no bag please!" Soooooo much of the time the "convenient" plastic ends up in the river, streams and oceans. The big river that flows from the mountains down to Tokyo out into the ocean is littered with so much garbage, it honestly makes me feel sick... The garbage I see will end up on this island oneday.... Honestly Japan needs more education and more forward thinking but there so many people who just don't give a shit about the environment or the detrimental mentality that will slowly poison the planet... A big problem it's not just Japan, but every country people need more education and the most biggest thing is, they need to care... You can love a country and its people and traditions but you don't have to love what they do...
in the last 20 years it was always pissed off when i was at the grocery store and noticed one by one all the glass containers started switching to plastic, it didn't take long now there is barley any glass left. bring back glass! its better for your health and the environment. remember glass soda bottles!
My husband and i were just saying the same thing. It would be a sticker shock when it comes to price at 1st but we would all get used to the increases in prices and get better at recycling glass. There are a million different types for plastic. There are not that many different types of glass. Its much easier to recycle or sanitize and reuse.
When I was a kid we returned glass bottles to the store for a deposit. There was no litter because if someone tossed one someone else would pick up the bottle and take it back to get the money.
@@mathewfinch cheaper? You realize bio degradable plastic means it'll decompose and you'll be unable to reuse it buying more and more of them? I'd prefer efficiency and cost cutting over nature anyday
Came to watch the video here because it's near unwatchable on CNNs site. This isn't some new story either. Natgeo reported on it back in 2010, and even that was based on a steady increase from the 1990s on.
Everyone who may be reading this, be careful for what your buying in stores, and all that plastic that washes in shores..... Save these dear animals and give them beautiful remarks... how??? Dont use plastic. Thank you and god bless everyone! UwU
Midway is a place of history It’s first days to the battle of midway and today It saw the bloody turning point of the pacific which is the Battle of Midway Around it is 5 aircraft carrier wrecks, Japanese and American Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu and Yorktown We must preserve this atoll of history which has a beautiful coral sea and a battlefield where a turning point in the pacific war of WWII was
Hi, my name is Christine & idk if you are going to see this or not but I just wanted to ask if I can use a part of your video for my UA-cam video. It’s a video I made where it shows what helping others can do for the world and the next generation. In regards of your video, I will give you guys 100% credit for it and add your channel and link in my description. Kind Regards, Christine.
hi removed 19 sacks of plastic rubbish, 12 sacks of aluminium cans from my local river bank this week, help keep your local area clean. You will feel good in your self, seeing your local areas clean.
We had such a beautiful world. What the fuck have we done. I could live without plastic why can't everyone else. Coca Cola and others like that should be severely punished for their utter irresponsibility.
Fuck off.. No you couldn't..Unless you are willing to live. (a shortened life) in the woods and eat only fallen leaves..you are contributing in we deal ways to the changing planet.
Governments must get seriously and urgently involved . The army people instead of doing nothing in the camps must go each day in the areas of pollution to clean and involve local communities
7:31 microplastics ☹️😡 9:02 seal 10:47 Midway memorial 12:54 Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foam 13:36 cool rainbow - could have stayed on the screen longer
It's a responsibility of entire humanity to work on this issue, instead of blaming any continent, race, locality and any other division that they think, there is a need to solve these problems on priority and unitedly. Focus on the bottle caps, plastic bottles it's showing, it's reflecting brand names and just think of origin from where these brands originated. Large/medium/small corps will continue to make money out of selling these things, but just think twice before going for these options which are acting as a source of disappearing of living species. Rulers of the past/current/future world used/is using/will use division among the civilizations for their benefit of making money, keeping their lands out of any troubles and much more. Don't let this happen to you, think wisely, as a resident of this planet and not specific country/land/region, your decision or choice will define what the future generations would be able see or enjoy! Keep waters/environment/land clean and literate surrounding before it would be too late!
What no one mentions is the amount of resources is takes to manufacture alternatives like glass and paper. Plastic is fine if your country doesn't dump it into the environment.
It's funny how the fault is rejected on the "user" of plastic,using it few seconds and throwing it away. Nobody speaks about the manufacturer making huge money on programmed obsolescence, consumerism,improving the situation by using easy and indefinitely recyclable material as aluminium more often etc... manufacturers don't give a shit about how long ressources will last,they just want money.
Ban single use plastic. Use more paper as packaging. Paper is better as a recyclable material that can be reused to make new things. You can regrow trees but you can't regrow oil to make plastic.
Spent a short time here in 1964 while in the Navy stationed on a ship out of Pearl..remember the gooney birds well, but dont recall the trash back then
I was 1970’s on board the USS Reclaimer ARS42 out of Pearl as well. Spent several days there on several occasions, between tours in Vietnam. What ship were you own?
If people recycled their plastic instead of throwing it in the ocean, there would be no need to produce more plastic as we instead would just melt it down and form it into a new thing. It should be a law that said anything you buy that has plastic in it, for example a plastic bag, you have to return it back to be reused, and if you threw it into the nature instead you would get a fine
shipping garbage to asia etc should be stopped immediately! they tell us it will be recycled, but it won't. any company shipping it is very much the reason for this. and politics which allow the shipping. "recycling" industry is a big part of the problem.
He's on a private jet, which was chartered for the crew. The aircraft charter gets their food (including water bottles) from a food company specializing in aviation catering. Why you think that's his fault is beyond me. Also, he probably recycled it lol
Perhaps because he's on a long flight on a small chartered plane, flying to an island with no potable water....??? I get it, people saying that he's "part of the problem," but there isn't really any other viable alternative for them. Probably an oversight that it was in the shot, or an oversight to not mention it if it was intentionally in the shot....
Why not make a net to encircle the islands to capture the trash then periodically pick it up? Or better yet, are there any recycling ships that can dredge that portion of the ocean and process on-site into useful materials?
and interestingly...it is in our own hands to end this nonsense...recycling at home, not buying unnecessary packaging, pushing our local councils to get their act together about recycling, even using reusable diapers! etc etc
shipping garbage to asia etc should be stopped immediately! they tell us it will be recycled, but it won't. any company shipping it is very much the reason for this. and politics which allow the shipping. "recycling" is part of the problem.
Sad to see that a protective island still polluted by the outside world what ever happened to recycle of plastics not mention a motorbike helmet it's unbelievable as to the downstream effect it's eventually has on the very same humans causing pollution of our oceans, shocking really shocking what can we as humans do to aid/stop this from recurring? I would like to assist
I've wondered if it's possible to put barriers across river estuaries, to stop a lot of plastics entering the oceans in the first place. But the only real solution is to stop using plastic. And we know that won't happen 😢
I didn't even notice that until I read your comment. You are so right and its like celebrities talking about conserving when they have multiple houses to heat, etc.
The oceans n seas reject anything that does not come from her. Even wood. If she could reject all of the heavy metals, she would. Bless All Always n Forever n Ever.
Because we Love GodJesusHolySpirit With All our Heart Soul Mind n Strength Forever n Ever y qué DiosCristoEspiritoSanto nos bendiga siempre y por vida y love thy neighbor Amén.
Always throwing your plastic in garbage cans and maybe even plastic of others who were too lazy to throw it in a garbage can. Just make sure it doesn't get into the nature.
How do we know this plastic didn’t come from Asia since Midway Atoll is closer to Japan than the US. Besides, the western shore of North America is WAY less populous than East Asia.
who said it did. most likely some of it does. Most deserts have severe rain when it falls. that rain carries your plastic to streams then to rivers then to oceans. what doesn't get carried there by rain gets blown by wind. your point is well taken though most of your plastic probably remains in a land fill like everyone elses. the problem is that even a small percentage causes a big problem as you can see.
My father was stationed there back in the sixties when he was in the Navy. He said he had too much fun while he was there. He remembers Midway island fondly. It would break his heart to know what it's become.
i love how it says possibly in our bodies its definitely in our bodies
Plastic is basically just fats. So I'm sure it gets deposited in the brain, the fattest organ in our body
@@meghanachauhan9380 That's not even the point. This plastic pollution is killing wildlife and endangering species. Whatever this pollution has an impact on our health or not, isn't the question. We must do something about this plastic pollution no matter what if it's affecting human or not.
This is absolutely disgusting, the world needs international law prohibiting dumping any refuse In the ocean lakes and rivers, especially plastics.
It's not just that. I live on Maui and our dump here is teeming with plastic being blown away from the dump to the ocean, the problem got so bad that we had to ban plastic bags (which had no real effects on stores). It's been proven even that not only gas pollution but physical pollution can travel miles to the sea. I remember a few months living here debris from Japan after the earthquake floating all the way to Hawaii and having to check every single Japanese debris for radiation. Our society of 7 billion can no longer throw out waste by doing what we've been doing for literally since the beginning of humankind, burying it underground or burning it.
It could be also caused when boats and ships go down in bad conditions and they go down...
Plactic is an oil industry product. Exxon, Shell and countries like Russia, Middle East are against recycling. Recycling will destroy their greedy stomachs
Simon Phillips And god only knows what ships throw overboard.
actually most of it comes through storm drains down and down to the ocean
My grandpa lived there growing up and always told me how beautiful it was when I see this now I feel a sense of sadness
I lived on this island in the 1950's. Broke my index finger on the steps of the Midway hotel. I lived right behind the hospital. I had a very happy childhood there. Loved the beaches.
based and shitpilled bro
you left, because your Parents said, unto you; "If we've Atoll'd you, once, we've Atoll'd you, more than once, to pick up your Room and clean up your Plastic!", one, too "Mini," times.
1:37 Nick Paton is himself using a plastic bottle...that's the problem: REDUCE, reuse recycle. Choose glass or metal to reduce our use of plastics.
true. but if people do that and dont buy the plastics, then the parishable things in them will go bad and then they will thown out in large numbers and what do you think will come of those??
@@msprincesss115 you think any self respecting man is willing to buy a glass bottle? And do you have any fuckin clue how heavy and rare metals are?
It's so ubiquitous it passed over my attention until you pointed this out! How hard it is for us to even pay attention to when we use plastic :(
THANK YOU for publishing this vital information!
I love how when the guy was in the plane flying to Midway and talking about the plastic problem he had a disposable plastic bottle right next to him.
I saw that too.
Do as I say, not as I do. Hypocritical.
He might have eaten the damn thing, thus, "eliminating the Midwaydleman."
Truly tragic for wildlife and the oceans. This is why I'm so adamant to recycle everything I can, and use less plastic whenever possible.
ElementalMaker most of it gets thrown back in the trash. There’s a way bigger problem.
I lived on Midway in 1972 and there was no trace of these plastics, other than plastic fishballs.
I lived on that beautiful island from fall '76 to mid '78...now I cry seeing this!
This documentary must have subtitles in other languages. I would love to share it in Latin America as an environmental education tool. Can you please do it in Spanish, or at least add subtitles? The whole world needs to learn about this, if we want change to occur. It is a great documentary!
1:38 Dont talk bad about plastic right in FRONT of it.
DylanPlays GT I don't manufacture it but I'm forced to use it because of certain things that are made out of it. There's other alternatives and other ways to control it
Yup
I love how the host picks up the garbage and then throws it back on the beach
A true man of culture who treats earth like a whore
maybe wilson ended up there
Lucas Fernandez that is so true
Lucas Fernandez maybe all the Mexicans too
Lucas Fernandez
I Am Mr. Nice Guy stupid
Did you just assume Wilsons gender?!
China recently banned plastic shopping bags. It's a start. Wish we'd all get some ships out there to scoop up that floating junk.
not to mention the micro-bead plastic issue. too small to just scoop up.
525lines.. theres a few people that invented ways to eliminate plastic and such from the oceans.. and has things, methods.. i wonder why are none of them actually doing it..
@@msprincesss115 The target is humans. Plastics have become one of the eugenicists weapons.
You’re a liberal
@@mauidano13 good focus on plastic but oof, toxic
Corporations and Businesses should also be held liable for using plastic on their products or packaging.
The problem is that consumers always get the blame for 'not recycling' but most of the stuff that we throw out are not recyclable (ex: how do you reuse an old toothbrush after repurposing it??)
Goverments should tax plastic businesses heavily to force everyone to resort to biodegradeable products like paper cups, paper bags etc. and use these tax for clean up purposes
Cannabis can make biodegradable plastic but the powers that be do not want it to happen because it will hurt their pockets
this tax will be paid by you at the end
shipping garbage to asia etc should be stopped immediately! they tell us it will be recycled, but it won't. any company shipping it is very much the reason for this. and politics which allow the shipping.
This is so heartbreaking! Let's all be mindful on what we use and what we throw away.
Heartbreaking for myself who lived on Midway as a boy. It truly was paradise in 1964 when the only thing you looked for coming on the beach was fishballs.
Thank you for sharing.
I was there in the mid 80's while in the Coast Guard. It was beautiful.
Heart wrenching
The solution is to simply stop using disposable plastic. It starts with the individual. You. Spread the word, share the video, live by example. Refuse straws, plastic shopping bags, coffee cups, water bottles, food containers, styrofoam in any form. People complain about plastic, exclaim how horrible the problem is yet won't lift one finger or change one iota of their precious disposable lives to make a difference. It's certainly not easy, but it can be done. Stop your self-righteous complaining and start acting. As one example, don't ever buy another product that is made from Styrofoam or is packaged in styrofoam. Then spread the word, tell people, your family, your friends, the people you can influence. If enough people did this, styrofoam would cease to exist. If manufacturers couldn't sell their products because people refused to buy them packaged in plastic, then they would change the packaging. Viola, difference made. Stop being shocked and start acting now.
When are you holding in your hand a plastic telephone?
I love plastics because it made live so much better. Just dispose properly after use. Look at all the chewing gum on streets and ask yourself why people are littering their home towns. Because some just don't care and some don't give a damn fuck. Ban chewing gum first please.
Use biodegradable & natural products. Use metal utensils plates & cutlery that can be re-used. Re-use & re-purpose plastic & glass till its possible . Avoid Styrofoam - what can not be avoided set aside for recycling.
get a clue. word of mouth isn't going to solve this problem.
At least creates awareness. Atleast people at their individual level can make a difference.
Can't find the reference now, but I did read a article about the Pacific Ocean currents that bring garbage from Asia to not just this area but also the Pacific Northwest. Trash from Asia collects on the shore of Oregon, Washington, and the west coast of Canada and even Alaska. I wonder also how much is just dumped by the crews of cargo ships.
I can tell you TONS of garbage from Asia is currently inside you as well as on the BC coast of Canada. Its really bad.
sorry they exported a lot to Asia... but to be fair, not only America but all the developed and developing countries produced all kinds of plastics everyday
I live in Japan, I love this country and almost every single thing about it... But... it's convenient society and the old tradition of wrapping things beautifuly has moved into a modern times of plastic.
I honestly feel disappointed and heart broken at the use of "one time plastics" that has integrated into people thinking and lifestyle. Single plastic wrapped bananas, snack rice balls (onigiri) with 3 layers of plastic, meat from the grocery store with a printed plastic lettuce as "decoration" ...
When you go to the grocery store the store attendant already has 3 plastic bag that are different shapes and sizes ready for you before you can say "no bag please!"
Soooooo much of the time the "convenient" plastic ends up in the river, streams and oceans.
The big river that flows from the mountains down to Tokyo out into the ocean is littered with so much garbage, it honestly makes me feel sick... The garbage I see will end up on this island oneday....
Honestly Japan needs more education and more forward thinking but there so many people who just don't give a shit about the environment or the detrimental mentality that will slowly poison the planet...
A big problem it's not just Japan, but every country people need more education and the most biggest thing is, they need to care...
You can love a country and its people and traditions but you don't have to love what they do...
in the last 20 years it was always pissed off when i was at the grocery store and noticed one by one all the glass containers started switching to plastic, it didn't take long now there is barley any glass left. bring back glass! its better for your health and the environment. remember glass soda bottles!
My husband and i were just saying the same thing. It would be a sticker shock when it comes to price at 1st but we would all get used to the increases in prices and get better at recycling glass. There are a million different types for plastic. There are not that many different types of glass. Its much easier to recycle or sanitize and reuse.
@@ginadelsasso288 yes! Plastic is killing the ocean!
When I was a kid we returned glass bottles to the store for a deposit. There was no litter because if someone tossed one someone else would pick up the bottle and take it back to get the money.
INDUSTRIES STILL MAKING IT! SUPERMARKETS , SHOPS STILL SELLING IT !!!! PEOPLE STILL BUYING IT !! WE ARE ALL TO BLAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just hydrocarbons. Your body's filled with hydrocarbons..
Time for governments to step up against the plastic industry and ban it as being a hazardous material, toxic to life.
i find it hard to believe someone hasn't come up with a biodegradable plastic that dissolves in sea water.
kickstarter anyone?
Hemp
It's not a matter of someone inventing an alternative. It's that the non-biodegradable option is cheaper for these corporations.
Ever heard of micro plastics? Can't get rid of those.
@@mathewfinch cheaper? You realize bio degradable plastic means it'll decompose and you'll be unable to reuse it buying more and more of them? I'd prefer efficiency and cost cutting over nature anyday
@@meghanachauhan9380 then you’re a monster clearly
Came to watch the video here because it's near unwatchable on CNNs site. This isn't some new story either. Natgeo reported on it back in 2010, and even that was based on a steady increase from the 1990s on.
this is disrespectful that they would trash the island even when this was historically where the biggest naval battle took place in Midway
Everyone who may be reading this, be careful for what your buying in stores, and all that plastic that washes in shores..... Save these dear animals and give them beautiful remarks... how??? Dont use plastic. Thank you and god bless everyone! UwU
Midway is a place of history
It’s first days to the battle of midway and today
It saw the bloody turning point of the pacific which is the Battle of Midway
Around it is 5 aircraft carrier wrecks, Japanese and American Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu and Yorktown
We must preserve this atoll of history which has a beautiful coral sea and a battlefield where a turning point in the pacific war of WWII was
India has banned the plastic shopping bags . Y can't others
Talk to China
They give zero fucks.
what they need to do is stop throwing garbage in their rivers..
Both India and China need to get their shit together. As an American Im getting tired of taking the blame for the world's shit.
Pontificate all you want Nick, but what are you drinking from at 1.37??
We found a problem, alright... But what are we going to do about it? Who's in charge of doing something about it?
Do you have a link of the video with Spanish subtitles? I need to use it with local students in Costa Rica.
Hi, my name is Christine & idk if you are going to see this or not but I just wanted to ask if I can use a part of your video for my UA-cam video. It’s a video I made where it shows what helping others can do for the world and the next generation. In regards of your video, I will give you guys 100% credit for it and add your channel and link in my description. Kind Regards, Christine.
9:32 is that Roy on the seal's body?
i thought it looked like the word 'YOU' on the seals body..
hi removed 19 sacks of plastic rubbish, 12 sacks of aluminium cans from my local river bank this week, help keep your local area clean. You will feel good in your self, seeing your local areas clean.
We had such a beautiful world. What the fuck have we done. I could live without plastic why can't everyone else. Coca Cola and others like that should be severely punished for their utter irresponsibility.
Fuck off.. No you couldn't..Unless you are willing to live. (a shortened life) in the woods and eat only fallen leaves..you are contributing in we deal ways to the changing planet.
CNN you are required by law to have this closed captioned. Please upload the captions.
The Battle of Midway was fought to make this place a huge dumping ground.
Rip midway island
How wonderful would it be though if you ever get stranded somewhere? You'd horde that plastic like gold.
Sorry but it’s mostly from Asia.
Governments must get seriously and urgently involved .
The army people instead of doing nothing in the camps must go each day in the areas of pollution to clean and involve local communities
But from where how these bottles plastics came in this island. Is it the sea waves or the unproper dumping.
I searched midway for Japan vs US battle but got this. A war against plastic is necessary.
7:31 microplastics ☹️😡 9:02 seal 10:47 Midway memorial 12:54 Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foam 13:36 cool rainbow - could have stayed on the screen longer
It was bad in 76-78 but it is so much worse now...sad. I loved living there as a child...
In germany we got something called Mülltonne and Pfand
@1.37 i seen your plastic bottle...mr.nick
they say this like its every person's fault.. most of us dont even live remotely close to an ocean..
msprincesss115 ...but most ppl alive today use & throe away a lot of plastic products, everyday. Proximity to the pacific ocean is irrelevant
Are you stupid
it doesn't matter where you live, the plastic your throw away will end up in the ocean at some point.
beautiful birds
Are there closed captions for this video?
so its great that we have this island to collect it
I wouldn’t be watching this video if it wasn’t for my chem teacher 😪
It's a responsibility of entire humanity to work on this issue, instead of blaming any continent, race, locality and any other division that they think, there is a need to solve these problems on priority and unitedly. Focus on the bottle caps, plastic bottles it's showing, it's reflecting brand names and just think of origin from where these brands originated. Large/medium/small corps will continue to make money out of selling these things, but just think twice before going for these options which are acting as a source of disappearing of living species. Rulers of the past/current/future world used/is using/will use division among the civilizations for their benefit of making money, keeping their lands out of any troubles and much more. Don't let this happen to you, think wisely, as a resident of this planet and not specific country/land/region, your decision or choice will define what the future generations would be able see or enjoy! Keep waters/environment/land clean and literate surrounding before it would be too late!
Those rich people must get involved instead of traveling the world and polluting a lot...bold actions needed
What no one mentions is the amount of resources is takes to manufacture alternatives like glass and paper. Plastic is fine if your country doesn't dump it into the environment.
It's funny how the fault is rejected on the "user" of plastic,using it few seconds and throwing it away.
Nobody speaks about the manufacturer making huge money on programmed obsolescence, consumerism,improving the situation by using easy and indefinitely recyclable material as aluminium more often etc...
manufacturers don't give a shit about how long ressources will last,they just want money.
Is anybody else only watching this coz three teacher made them.
Yo which school?
What large item of trash do they find on the reef?
9:30 someone tattooed the word you on that seal or is it from eating a plastic sign.
Ban single use plastic. Use more paper as packaging. Paper is better as a recyclable material that can be reused to make new things. You can regrow trees but you can't regrow oil to make plastic.
why did thay get rid of recycleable bottles ?
Spent a short time here in 1964 while in the Navy stationed on a ship out of Pearl..remember the gooney birds well, but dont recall the trash back then
I was 1970’s on board the USS Reclaimer ARS42 out of Pearl as well. Spent several days there on several occasions, between tours in Vietnam. What ship were you own?
"That umbrella...all starts off in a city, let's say..."
If people recycled their plastic instead of throwing it in the ocean, there would be no need to produce more plastic as we instead would just melt it down and form it into a new thing. It should be a law that said anything you buy that has plastic in it, for example a plastic bag, you have to return it back to be reused, and if you threw it into the nature instead you would get a fine
shipping garbage to asia etc should be stopped immediately! they tell us it will be recycled, but it won't. any company shipping it is very much the reason for this. and politics which allow the shipping. "recycling" industry is a big part of the problem.
It is very disturbing. How long are we going to retain using plastic in our everyday lives? It must be stopped.
1:37...he has a plastic bottle on the plane...
what would you rather it be made out of?
The hypocrisy is amazing !
... maybe a glass of water instead of plastic bottle? Reuseable water bottle too high tech ?
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He's on a private jet, which was chartered for the crew. The aircraft charter gets their food (including water bottles) from a food company specializing in aviation catering. Why you think that's his fault is beyond me. Also, he probably recycled it lol
Perhaps because he's on a long flight on a small chartered plane, flying to an island with no potable water....??? I get it, people saying that he's "part of the problem," but there isn't really any other viable alternative for them. Probably an oversight that it was in the shot, or an oversight to not mention it if it was intentionally in the shot....
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anyone else doing this for homework?
ok some of this stuff washes out to sea from our coastal cities
but i bet most of this stuff comes off ships crossing the seas
Why not make a net to encircle the islands to capture the trash then periodically pick it up? Or better yet, are there any recycling ships that can dredge that portion of the ocean and process on-site into useful materials?
The ocean garbage patch there is twice the size of Texas!
Why this bird is able to be cutted easily?
Why is there no warm on the bird?
and interestingly...it is in our own hands to end this nonsense...recycling at home, not buying unnecessary packaging, pushing our local councils to get their act together about recycling, even using reusable diapers! etc etc
shipping garbage to asia etc should be stopped immediately! they tell us it will be recycled, but it won't. any company shipping it is very much the reason for this. and politics which allow the shipping. "recycling" is part of the problem.
Why can’t we stop using plastic bottles??? We need to start using paper lined bottles
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Sad to see that a protective island still polluted by the outside world what ever happened to recycle of plastics not mention a motorbike helmet it's unbelievable as to the downstream effect it's eventually has on the very same humans causing pollution of our oceans, shocking really shocking what can we as humans do to aid/stop this from recurring? I would like to assist
I've wondered if it's possible to put barriers across river estuaries, to stop a lot of plastics entering the oceans in the first place.
But the only real solution is to stop using plastic. And we know that won't happen 😢
The old metal and glass bottles are better on the envirmont.And anything that can be cleaned an reused like the old glass pop and beer bottles.
I stopped watching at minute 1:38 video about plastic bottles being a problem and yet he himself is part of the problem. -_-
I didn't even notice that until I read your comment. You are so right and its like celebrities talking about conserving when they have multiple houses to heat, etc.
That doesn't make him a hypocrite...it is just one more piece of evidence that demonstrates societies dependence on one-time use plastic.
Everybody knows they are part of this problem. But somebody has to create awareness instead of all looking the other way.
Yaima Lopez You ever think that just maybe he discarded it safely?
But he says it in a super dramatic tone so you know he's not full of shit.
The oceans n seas reject anything that does not come from her. Even wood. If she could reject all of the heavy metals, she would. Bless All Always n Forever n Ever.
Those innocent birds I'm so sad they never deserved to die
Now midway is for USN or USAAF and Emergency landings
I still don't understand how this all ends up here?
oscar vander by the wave current. The plastics come together on islands and this is an example of one.
We, not You. How was the water in the plastic water bottle on the flight to Midway?
Why did I get a USP (US Plastic Corp) commercial for this video 😐
Today i donated a watch, an IPhone and $50 to a man, I was so happy when he put his plastic knife away.
Rather ironic how in the intro on the plane, he’s got his throwaway plastic water bottle next to him.
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It's sad really. How do we stop this from happening ?
Always throwing your plastic in garbage cans and maybe even plastic of others who were too lazy to throw it in a garbage can. Just make sure it doesn't get into the nature.
Turtles have to eat canoe
How do we know this plastic didn’t come from Asia since Midway Atoll is closer to Japan than the US. Besides, the western shore of North America is WAY less populous than East Asia.
This is absolutely shocking and sad.
In the end it was no bombs or rounds that made midway a non vacation spot, it was the plastic bags
The plastic industry is killing our oceans so sad and we feel so helpless!
I live in the desert so how does my plastic get to the ocean?
who said it did. most likely some of it does. Most deserts have severe rain when it falls. that rain carries your plastic to streams then to rivers then to oceans. what doesn't get carried there by rain gets blown by wind. your point is well taken though most of your plastic probably remains in a land fill like everyone elses. the problem is that even a small percentage causes a big problem as you can see.