Why the Plastic Pollution Problem Is So Much Worse Than You Think

Why are they running pro plastic ads on this?

We just got to let all the organics decay in the landfills for a decade and mine them for the plastics and metals that are left and just recycle them. 😂

someone has actually found a way to turn plastic into oil or fuel but idk if it's real

Fantastic video! It's not only informative but also enjoyable and practical. I plan to use it as a teaching resource. Thank you so much for creating such a high-quality video! I truly appreciate the effort you put into making this video!

Why not use enzymes to break down plastics? There is already a fungi that can do that

Outlawing the creation of plastic containers would seem to be what's needed, says he who remembers a time when the only plastic in my home was the Bakelite radio and got 3d back on any glass drink bottles from our local store.

Whatever you do DON’T talk about changing back to returnable drink bottles.

Just tax the hell out of plastics, both the producers and consumers. It might replace sales tax completely even. But no, the politicians are too deep in oil companies pockets

the solution is by attacking the root cause i.e taking preventative measures to phase out plastic as much as possible. we cannot individual action volunteer group clean-ups our way out of this.

Anything that need large-scale human cooperation is a lost cause. Just like climate change, they will only start actually doing something when it truly become an issue and a risk for their existence.
Classic human behavior.

Nobody talks about the unknown health implications of having trillions of microscopic plastic particles saturated into every corner of our bodies, we are a Guinea pig generation and time will tell how bad the problem is yet to get

The most immediate "threat" from plastics is what ends up making it's way into water systems and eventually floating in the oceans. It's the things floating in the water that pose the more immediate risk. This is more a function of density than biodegradability. The "easiest" quick fix is to make the things that end up in the ocean the most (single use bags, straws, bottles, etc) from denser materials that don't float. A disposable bamboo spoon is not going to biodegrade quickly enough to not be a threat when it ends up in the ocean. A denser plastic fork that won't float is less likely to ever make it to the ocean at all.

Obviously, reuse is better than single use. But it's much harder to change people's behavior on a global scale.

100% lies.

Perhaps a better solution would be to blast plstik into space. Toward the sun or Venus and let it lie there.

In my opinion, plastic is one of the worst materials we have invented.

The shift of burden of plastic pollution should go back the the oil companies, where their lobbyists placed it onto the consumer in the 1970s. CORPORATE GREED IS KILLING THE EARTH

It most countries have clean rivers. Sorry, we're a poor countries, all right? So all our waters are clean, unlike the ocean. Unlike you are your countries, our countries do not dump trash basically or even near water. There's not even water close by, so keep on doing what you want

No the planet and the horrors of life which have always been prevalent upon it, long before plastic, can never be fixed. The only way to 'save' anything alive is by not breeding it in the first place. Less and less people who have any kind of education are having kids and that's the only way forward. Once you exist you're basically fucked. You'll grow either old or sick or a combination of the two and ultimately you'll die. You might also die through an accident or violence. No amount of happy go lucky 'we'll fix this' crap will save anyone in the long run. So grow up. And don't breed. Life is a ponzi scheme.

Pump 100 000 000 000 $ into genetically engineering the perfect plastic degrading super microbe... with any luck it will wipe out humanity too, and we solve the root of all the problems.

The solution is easy - end plastic PRODUCTION...shifting the ownership of solving these major global issues onto the consumer completely avoids the single most effective way of maximizing the reduction of plastic by simply ending the production of it in its current form & taxing the hell out of plastic producers until they find a sustainable alternative...for instance, hemp & kelp/seaweed are two completely viable bioplastic options that continue to be widely neglected but would be tremendous alternatives!

"It's in our walls." 💀💀💀

130 Kg per person per year? How is that even possible? That's a lot of plastic. How does that happen?

"Really smart people are trying to do something.." Proceeds to showcase MrBeast 🤣🤣

Our government wants to ban gasoline cars. But not put ban on plastic. That's funny

This guy talking about how bad is plastic while is surrounded by plastic toys

If corporations would us glass and paper in place of plastic we would be better off. What happened to returnable bottles? I guess it's easier to blame the peasants

I feel guilty everday for my plastic waste.

I really wish more rich people would open recycling plants. I'm working on it

Europe tries to help the issue.
Could the US do the same?

Just replace oil plastic. Simple... right?

It's ok, we are making mars, humans wanting to be like dinosaurs...

Actually you make wonders and i liked your statistical languange which make my eyes open on what is going on with plastic together we can reduce plastic pollution and making the earth safe place to live

Where's our superpower..
US: iam busy protecting freedom u guys go ahead

DEATH BY PLASTIC BAGS TOOTH
BRUSHES. BOTTLES .CHIP BAGS
BISCUITS PACKETS MILK BOTTLES
COKE BOTTLES WATER BOTTLE
PLASTIC IN FISH SHRIMP CRABS
BIRDS FEEDING PKASTIC TO THEIR
YOUNG KILLING THEM IN THE PROCESS. PLASTIC TO PROTECT
MEAT PLASTIC . FISHING LINE
PLASTIC FISHING NETS. FOAM
IN BEAN BAGS . STRAWS RUBBISH
BAGS PLASTIC KNIFE AND FORKS
TOOTH PASTE . WHEN ALL MAN
KIND .IS NO MORE. ALL WE HAVE
LEFT IS PASTIC TO PROVE MAN
WAS HERE. BUT REALLY WE
ARE STRANGLED BY PASTIC
ITS EVERY WHERE. I WALK
TO MY SHOPPING CENTRE
PLASITIC USED BOTTLES.
NOT IN BINS
STRAWS ON THE GROUND.
TWO BINS. NOT HARD TO
PUT IT IN. BUT PEOPLE THESE
DAYS SEEM TO FORGET ON HOW
DANGEROUS PLASTIC IREALLY IS.
























PLASTIC IS THE WORSE THING
MAN EVER MADE. YOU JUST
CAN'T GET RID OF IT. PAPER
METAL GLASS WILL SLOWLY
ROT IN TIME .NATURAL
PRODUCT. BUT PLASTIC DOESNT
EVEN IF THE SUN BREAK IT DOWN
SOME OF IT. ITS STILL THERE.
BUT IN SMALL PARTICLES.
ITS DEFINITELY A WORRY.
THINK OF ALL THE PLASTIC
IN EVERY SUPERMARKET AROUND
THE WORLD. TOY SHOPS NICK
NACK SHOPS WALMART THOSE
PLACES. THE ONLY WAY TO
STOP IT. IS TO BAN IT.
BECAUSE OF GREEDY COMPANYS
WON'T DO . DEATH BY PLASTIC
AND NUCLEAR WAR. WILL END
US ALL. ITS COMING SOON.
ITS A GOOD NITE FROM
ME. AND ALL THE PLASTIC
WE'VE MADE.

You eat about a credit card every year.

Just lies, this is based on bullshit, glass causes more pollution, study science and don't talk dumb things

Yes throw stuff away, but the plastic companies don’t actually recycle the plastic, so therefore it’s nobody else’s issue but the plastic companies

Plastics should be the exception, not the rule.

Myco remediation

grow hemp and banish the global market/monetary economic system to history books.

Woooooooo😄😅😅🚮🚮 you go!!

The truth is that you need to work out a way to get rid of our garbage 🗑. But the ocean 🌊 is huge and deep trust in the lord and insists that people will dispose of the garbage when they are on our ocean 🌊.

Plastic pollution is actually way more scary than what this video covers. The real threat is from the chemicals in plastics (PFAS, phthalates, BPA) that leech into our food / drinking water and end up in everyone's blood (yes, yours too).
These disrupt hormones, cause cancer, obesity, birth defects, and brain development issues.

And they're impossible to avoid entirely, due to how much widespread the problem is, and at this rate it'll get many times worse in our lifetimes.

Would be nice to have a explanation of different type of plastics, which one are worse than others, because there's plastic everywhere and not buying plastic is almost impossible, but cutting the worst type of plastic is very possible!

I genuinely love you man! You put these astronomically difficult and overwhelming issues into understandable and digestable (and entertaining) videos. Please keep it up!