Why recycled ocean plastic is (often) a lie
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- The Oceans are swamped with plastic and famous brands are here to the rescue: Adidas, Coca-Cola, Ocean Cleanup and many more. But how does this work and is this really the way to save our oceans?
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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean: science.sciencemag.org/conten...
Plastics in the environment: www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/...
Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal: www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans: www.nature.com/articles/ncomm...
Turning ocean garbage into products - Consumers’ evaluations of products made of recycled ocean plastic: www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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"Consume to save the planet" is the most ridiculous message I've ever heard.
Just capitalism making opportunity out of an eco-conscious generation
Gotta make people feel good about themself.
@@zendao7967 Or manipulate good intentioned individuals in order to sell shitty products.
True.
But everyone needs a pair of shoes and then you might as well get a sustainable product from recycled materials.
RED-iculous?
Are you saying environmental consumerism is communist?
or misspelled?
Can't be stressed enough, as you said: Recycling needs to be the LAST RESORT and we as a society need to seriously work on lowering our dependence on it in the first place!
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
It’s said in that order because of that.
Its called environment conscience. And most people dont have nor care about that
@xNrY_ BoSS i think its fair to point fingers when they're the ones with the largest output of plastic waste. ur suggesting that the countries who could have the least amount of impact do it. that just dont make sense.
@DikoMan very unnecessary to say... but if thats how you would like to think then china and the usa (china 30% and usa 15%) do the most environmental damage in the world while being the richest countries in the world
@@dippinoutfool4977 correct me if I'm wrong but I heard first world countries send their trash there. Is this still true or did they stop doing that?
Even if is not recycled, getting it out of the waters must start right away.
We should be focusing more on not letting it get into the waterways in the first place. Then we wouldn't have to worry about getting it out of the water and it would be easier to recycle because it won't be as degraded. I'm appalled by how much trash I have seen all around the world in ditches, woodlines, and gutters. People need to stop creating as much trash. In most cases, there is no practical reason for the excessive plastic packaging that products come in nor for so many single use items if we would just be a little more responsible.
@@kraziecatclady agreed, but does that mean we just give up and say “well, it’s too late now so why bother?”
@@kraziecatclady Yes, that's the first step. Even those "coca-cola" claim some trash being recycled by the end user. Plastic straws and anything one time use plastic is already is process of making bio replacements. The plastic right now in waters must be removed. Many sea creations and birds get hurt by this waste and not being able to disintegrate means that will stay there to hurt the ecosystems.
Get rid of plastic if so bad go back to paper products at least goes back into earth and may help with California wildfires....
All companies using plastic products should be held accountable...same as oil companies with oil spill ...
the most environmentally friendly options are always to avoid buying anything, or buy second hand.
I second that! I suggest you stop buying food,
@@brucewelty7684 do you tell a alcoholic to stop drinking liquids? No?
There's a difference between having to eat to be able to maintain a healthy body and over eating so much you become 200 kilogrammes of fat
I’m really liking this reply. I’m going to take it to heart. I’ve been only buying stuff not containing or packaged in plastic. But why haven’t I taken it to the next step? I know how to diy most of what we need. Hmmm… yes. Quite doable. Thank you. Awesomeness.
@Ballah 666 I agree, but we must also acknowledge that since many products on the market are plastic, it will be very difficult to completely stop it, so I think reducing bit by bit would be the best course for our world.
Ever heard of GOODWILL
Stopping the plastic from becoming ocean plastic is the best option. So there is absolutely nothing wrong with ocean bound plastic because 70% of the worlds plastic falls into this category. Keeping it from drifting out to sea and spending 500 years floating around or sinking in the ocean is better than just pulling out the crap that's already out there. Obviously we need to get that crap out too, but if we keep it out, we reduce the overall crap in the waters.
yeah i think so too , but i sont get why companies cant market it that way , because there's nothing wrong with cleaning up around the ocean , but just say the thruth about your Product thats waaaay more helpfull and i rather buy from a company i can (sorta) trust
@@Basement_CNC because they can go get ocean plastic once and put a speck in each product. We need more strict government regulations on products labeled as recycled. Also, they need to do manufacturing plant inspection. The recycle symbol is on most stuff but I think by now everyone knows that’s a lie.
Yes. It’s really hard as a consumer to avoid buying plastic when everything is made of, packaged in, and shipped with it. Or you buy something online and they send you stickers or other plastic coated extras. I definitely agree that the only way to fight this is never use plastic in the first place
As long as some Musk-guy can create Space-X & Teslas, i doubt there is no engineering solution for getting the plastic out. It is just that no such operations on a large scale are backed up by governments or private initiatives, same as tyre recycling. Yes, there is no money or a large profit in it. But it is something that ABSOLUTELY must be done.
I'm still a fan of pyrolisis of collected plastics turning them into fuel as it seems to be working for us, even if it is somewhat energy intensive.
YES!!!
This made me even more depressed about the whole plastic pollution topic
Don't worry human waste will out live our spiece
Would u rather be lied about ‘recycling ocean plastic’ or to be told the truth that companies barely recycle ocean plastic.
@@panzer-blitz-1446 The truth than we can stop lying to ourselves and try to actually fix the problem and not trying to fix it the wrong way
@@panzer-blitz-1446 The truth is best, by far. Just really annoys you when you find out it is a lie.
Fixing the problem of ocean plastic is going to be really difficult, now that we see that ocean-borne efforts to collect the plastic has unsatisfactory results. It's going to get significantly worse as flood debris washes out to sea from China, because I can't see the CCP bothering to set up much of a river based plastic capture scheme (if any). They're already heralding the fact the floods have cleaned the streets of trash.
Yeah nobody is recycling. It’s too expensive to actually do it
Maybe we should shift our focus from recycling to reducing and properly disposing?
when I was a kid it was "reduce, reuse, recycle" because reduce and reuse where way more important steps
@@thenormalyears and the thing is, reuse is not only one of the simplest but also one of the most versatile option. Anyone can do it, even crippled (I mean, obviously if they have an arm or a leg they can use), but nearly anyone in the world can do it and it’s not too hard, especially if you learn basic DIY
Recycling is still incredibly important or at least reusing is. In many cases that's all recycling really is. I know a lot of crafters who make miniatures out of plastics most people would toss or turn plastic bottles into a thread that is rather strong. Its still important to recycle its just that the right way isn't being done, and the right people haven't been allowed to spead their methods
Pian-0 G Exactly. In Germany we use a lot of Glass bottles. You can reuse them up to 50 times and the whole process of cleaning etc still uses less energy than recycling plastic.
Or if you want a plastic bag from a shop you have to pay for it. That brings people to bring their own bag
Just need the big nations like USA and China to catch up with most of the world. Australia seems to have incentives in place for the removal of single use plastics - can't buy plastic straws, cutlery, bags anymore (which is a slight annoyance). I believe most of Europe is doing the same.
I see more plastic bottles than anything, would be better if they required glass for standard drinks.
I don't personally go out of my way to avoid plastics, though I seem to have very little plastic weight... Milk bottles and the occasional large juice bottle...
Everyone should just get hooked on energy drinks. They only seem to sell in cans
I worked for Adidas and it’s true they promote these “primeblue “ shoes made of “recycled ocean plastic” . I was suspecting that it’s not as easy as it is presented. Very nice and informative video. Thank you!
@@charlietube7165 how do they get away with this? 75%???
@@user-ri8ps6cl4w
because if they put much more recycled plastic in it then the shoe would fall apart. It's probably close to the possible maximum, the alternative would be not to recycle at all ;)
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The story goes like this: When the parley material was introduced to the adidas internal product library they didn't know how much of it was going to be available, setting the amount to "0". Some say this meant "endless supply" others say they ignored that when placing their orders. After the campaign hit, too many orders were placed than material actually available. So what do you do in capitalism when you can't supply what you've promised? Paddle back, admit you've effed up and take a monetary + image loss? Of course not - you (parley?) come up with a hefty greenwashing process using new fishnets.
I don’t work for Adidas, but I was able to have the same thought. Any likes?
At some point this is gonna end up in court as “false advertising”. There needs to be a standard for when companies can say “made with ocean plastic”.
Also what if commercial ships like cargo ships and cruises collected ocean plastic while moving cargo?
Ports could charge an entry fee in plastic per lbs and those plastics could then be used for plastic bricks.
That’s actually really smart!!
Unless there's a profit for the particular company they won't do it.
Greed is a degrading and worst thing of the humans
But really good idea tho
@a bag of rocks Reacting to our destruction of the planet with eco-fascism instead of just doing better 😎👍
In Quebec, where I live, false advertising of this kind is illegal. Every commercial needs to be approved by the CRTC. For example, advertising products to children is illegal. I've actually never heard of Addidas' shoes made out of "ocean plastic" before seeing this video. Here, Addidas make other kind of advertising, mostly about normal shoes
@@PG-3462 Right now there’s similar laws about advertising to children in America. However things like “made with 100% real X” is a common tactic used by companies to make consumers believe what they’re getting is authentic when it’s not. “Made with” and actually being 100% X is different. Cheese is a good example. During the Great Depression cheese was mixed with sawdust to make it cheaper. After the Great Depression, a law was passed that said cheese can not contain more than a certain percentage of sawdust, although no cheese brand today that I know of uses sawdust. If they did, they can still say “made with 100% cheese” but they can’t say that the entire product is “100% cheese”. There’s also “made with real X flavor” meaning the flavoring used tastes like the real thing, not that the flavor was extracted from it.
It’s basically the same thing with recycling. “Made with ocean plastic” doesn’t mean it’s made with 100% ocean plastics, or even 1%. Literally any trace of ocean plastic means you can say that because there’s no regulation.
This greenwashing is sickening. Especially from Coke, the biggest producer of plastic waste in the world...
I mean they are a company and this is a capitalistic market. You can't blake them for wanting to keep sales up. If you want to be upset, be upset at the government that allows it.
@@nullobject5943 problem is (well one of many) that we will never have a world where all governments agree. Sure, they need to act - but so does all of us. Both individuals, companies, countries and other collaborators.
@@iESCAP1SM I agree with your statement. I'm just saying, we shouldn't get upset with companies for trying to increase sales. That's just the nature of business. We should be upset that our governments are allowing these practices.
@@nullobject5943 I’ll have to disagree with that. We are largely in this mess due to overproduction of things we are told to want, need or replace. The day a company like Coke refurbishes itself as a fund organization to help people with education, water filtering/supply or some such I’d be pleasantly surprised. The belief that the worth of money trumps the worth of all else really is the core issue. Exponential growth simply costs too much resources.
@@iESCAP1SM That's just not realistic. It's a business, not a charity. I don't know what you're hoping to accomplish. You think we can just persuade businesses to make less money for a cause? They couldn't care less. They need to be told what they can and cannot do. The same way we restrict business from underpaying people, etc. Business will always exploit if given the opportunity.
Plastic being so damaging and difficult to recycle is a big reason for why people are advocating for the shutdown of the entire plastic industry and if not that, at least all plastics that aren't biodegradable or perfectly recyclable.
Well plastic is cheap and useful for many things, so it's not happening
@@akuma1362 idk man who do you think china makes the plastic for? its not as simple as just cancelling china bro 😓
plastic saved more trees than you can imagine
That's what I'm thinking, this shit should've been illegal decades ago. We're suffering from plastic so much, yet brands keep producing it. It's horrible I wanna cry
@Heather Petersen i meant a few, guess i shouldve specified that.
Recycling plastic in general is (mostly) a lie. It's almost always more expensive to recycle than to use virgin plastic and thus no manufacturer wants to spend more to just be "environmental friendly", and not may customers are willing to pay extra bucks just to buy the idea.
I think people are willing to pay extra bucks for sustainable product. For example between a regular pair of snickers priced at 100 dollars , and a sustainable one for 120
@@puertousbmonkey Still a very small portion of customers.
i Germany there are grocery Shops where you have to bring your own boxes ok which you can put your groceries. It’s to prevent all the unnecessary packing or wrapping
@@puertousbmonkeybuy less products made using plastics and buy more made using natural materials like cotton and leather.
Great content. These companies need to be called out for their lies
Thanks Kapil:) Any other issues that you think we should make a video about?
@@kaisteinecke8034 I'd really like to know what's going on with the hydrogen powered vehicles. When will they be commercially available etc. Thank you.
@@kapilhooda2373 Cool! We'll look into that:)
@@kapilhooda2373 they've been commercially available for a while now :)
@@kapilhooda2373 hydrogen is just the fosile fuel industries attempt to stay solvent!
Very educational video!
I work part time with an organisation (Pangea Ocean Cleanup) who collect ocean-bound plastic from highly polluted rivers in Asia. In fact, by this time next year we will likely be the global leaders in ocean-bound plastic collection directly from rivers.
So far, we have had a hard time getting any attention from corporations who produce the plastic products. We will keep going, our aim is to deploy 16000 river barriers, which will reduce oceanic plastic inflows by around 80%. Currently placing barriers in Sumatra.
Thats awesome
Outstanding!!! You need more advertising.
Thank you for your work to make the world a better place.
Hi. I'm from Indonesia especially from lombok. Same problem with sumatera, in lombok trash plastic at ocean is from river too. Sorry for my bad english
Instead of "saving the ocean" by buying products made from "recycled ocean plastic", how about buy fewer plastic products, or just buying less in general?
Large globalist corporation says: Buy more stuff to save the environment!
We better listen, they have our and the environment's well being in mind. It's not like they're responsible for most of the world's pollution, or in it to make as much money as possible, right?
But we need to consume products and be ready for next products. Joke aside the anti consumer got seen as a hate movement for some damn reason.
@@Pandaxtor it's a balance. It's unrealistic to just stop the world altogether, but we can do a little bit more to just buy less shit
@@kirbyswarp In the end, you're the one who make the decision of buying what companies offer or not. Actually, if people were willing to pay a higher price, companies like Nike would make shoes out of actual ocean plastic. Companies simply supply what consumers want to purchase and at the price people are willing to pay
@@PG-3462 People are willing to pay insane prices for chinese sweat-shop shoes that cost them $15 to produce.
The Ocean Cleanup has just released a new version of their ocean plastic recovery system into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They've used lessons learned from their original attempt that will theoretically vastly improve their ability to capture ocean plastics. They're doing a 6-week trial to see if their new model works. It'll be interesting to see.
The new videos show that they are working. So it is actually possible!
I work in the plastics industry. This is one of the most accurate videos I have seen on this topic. Great job!
yes filtering plastic by color instead of type is very accurate
@@autosneak1618 My english isnt the best ... why do you need filtering it by color? Is the result way worse with all kind of colors? An extruder should get it done with all colors?
You have obviously no idea what you are taking about.
@@sambeutlin9617 you missed my point, color doesnt have any effect on the recycling prosses, im just pointing out that at 2:23 they should filter by plastic type and not color
@@autosneak1618 Ah, it was sarcasm. I agree: type is the important factor.
As someone who's studied environmental. Sciences and waste management as a compulsary course I've always wondered how they managed to recycle ocean plastic, considering how impure it was, who knew soap was the answer x)
If we banned single use plastic tomorrow, it'd be pretty inconvenient, but we'd adapt quickly.
How we would drink water then?
@@nienetoperek glass?
@@aydenzinter2849 thats not gonna cut it. there is only so much sand in the world
@@ImAnOcean the point of using glass is that it is actually recyclable and reuseable lol
@Heather Petersen Coca-Cola did that back in the day but because plastic is so much faster to produce on the global scale they made the short-term best decision while not caring about the environment.
The Ocean Cleanup is working on both river and ocean cleaning projects. They have not given up on the oceans to work solely on rivers. I highly recommend checking out what they are doing.
Yes, exactly this!
I remember seeing a campaign for some company saying “made from 100% ocean-bound plastic” and thinking to myself “….. they didn’t say recycled. They didn’t say RECYCLED ocean-bound plastic. They’re just clearly stating that their packaging is 100% ocean-bound, which is bad.”
Everyone needs to remember "every day is earth day" my three children and cousins kno the first thing we do when camping is pick up trash then firewood and then tents. Carry on your good work!
@@throwaway692 if you read the comment you can see they did
@@throwaway692 what other half
@@quabiloyoink he's probably stupid
Another exposure of corporate greenwashing. Good job, well presented and researched. Another great topic cover from DW, my go-to for interesting articles.
truth not just stories
@@vivianl.2077 Quite right!
WeLl It Is OcEaN PlaStIC cS if We dIDnt UsE IT It wOUlD EnD In oCEaN
This doesn’t work if you don’t stop the inflow of the plastic wastes into the ocean
yea stopping the flow of plastic to the ocean >>>>>>> completely cleaning the ocean of every ounce of plastic it currently has
@@thenormalyears its easier to slow down the waste inflow than it is to recycle it all
The Ocean Cleanup project did work, and the research phase is continuing, the focus was not shifted to rivers instead. The focus was in two directions from the beginning.
Sand and that amount of dirt is no issue if its used for building materials such as tiles, sheets, etc
Heck, you can throw it around, step, jump and kick on these tiles with no scratches or marks.. Really really durable material
This guy is going places
Maybe but when those need to be recycled again you cant.
Mr_Dirt it wasnt recycleable in the first place, and by then they work just as great as good fuel when permanently destroyed, which leaves the sand and other indestructible impurities intact at the bottom of the furnace. There are many possibilities folks 😃
Or maybe types of bricks 🤷♀️🤔
Priscilla Jimenez that too yes :D
It's all gonna be shipped to China and India when disposed of where it returns to the ocean again.
On another note: While we envision ocean plastic as being floating objects that are can identify as the products they were, a lot of plastic is broken down into particles the human eye can't easily see. It's just that that doesn't make for motivational warnings.
Yeah I heard about that. I think it's called microplastic
China said it was no longer accepting it and it all shifted to india and southeast asia
Ok, but I don't think you realise how much plastic and trash india and china produce and throw away on their own.
When you realize a majority of plastic isn't recycled anyway.
Vast majority is not recycled
Recycling is mostly phoney.
@@JB-1138 unfortunately true 😭 it’s an almost impossible business to run right now
I had a science teacher who used to say “There’s a reason recycling is listed last in ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.’ It **is** helpful and you **should** do it, but it’s the least effective of the three.” That stuck with me.
I’m excited that the Ocean Cleanup is collecting at river mouths and launching a new attempt to remove the Garbage Patch. It would be nice if manufacturers and other companies would stop trying to hop on the ocean plastic trend and instead focus on reducing their waste, carbon footprint, and general environmental impact
Yeah, based on this video, it's clear that cleaning the oceans is never going to be profitable for the forseeable future.
Best to focus on limiting the plastic that gets there in the first place.
I think the Ocean Cleanup project is doing incredible work, and this video definitely minimizes their amazing determination and work. I would watch their videos next to anyone who found this video a bit depressing!
Just tricking you into buying their products instead of someone else's. Basically what 90% of the companies do these days, really sad.....
Very interesting and infuriating! I hate when big companies lie!
They are only interested in our money and thats the profound truth. They (corporations) are only concerned about the labels that claim "environmemtally this and that" in order to sell the people the idea that they're doing something about environmental issues. The truth is that they could care less.
"They" in this case are the CEO's. And their intrests lie in the ocean liners, yachts, mansions, posh country clubs, Rolls Royces and all that material jazz that the narcissistic personality types think is important. As long as the environment near and around their mansions are pristine, and private islands, summer vacation homes etc.. They are fine. The rest of the planet can eat cake as far as they're concerned. The only time they care at all what people think is when they for whatever reason stop buying their products. When their bean counters start showing a decline in sales they all have big important meetings to figure out why. And thats when they come up with bull💩 to slap on the products label. With lawyers in the meetings ready to bob and weave through the hoops in order to be able to legally make the claims.
"Made from recycled ocean plastic".. With an asterisk *
Hidden somewhere is the truth.
"Made from %1 ocean plastic, %99 brand new plastic that will end up right back in the ocean"..
I'm a long winded bastard but it's because i have alot to say.
So I suppose WE are the only ones that can make any changes.
Stop buying their damned plastic!!! Drink soda from a fountain.. I'll tell ya that the "Yeti" insulated cooler cups and related technology makes the soda giants nervous. Cups that can keep ice up to 12+ hours.
Just sayin... Im just sayin.
what's wrong with filling one full of iced soda or whatever and carrying it around to stay refreshed..?
Im not a "greenie" or any other virtue signalling douche but I've seen the islands (literally) of plastic with my own eyes and it's beyond cringe.. Even for a dyed in the wool lifelong conservative like myself. And dammit im pissed...
Big companies and "big" countries
@@ksenos69 I'd be willing to bet most of it comes from India and China.
@@lilmike2710 Mmmm, not only. I think it's from all over the world. It's not necessarily just one's fault.
@@ksenos69 Oh indeed.
I agree %100..
Remember: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. In that order.
Yes and in that order is very important 🙌
U guys do a great job disheartening and enlightening people at the same time.
People are tripping dude. They just need to melt it all down to a liquid and then mix and mesh it back into a wire form if they want wires for clothing. I'm just like why wouldn't you do that?
to fix things, its not gonna be some miracle thing that companies start doing because its profitable
@@lowkeybeams5663 because plastics release toxic Chemicals when melted
@@carterrussell5888 yep, could be EXTREMELY hazardous to those melting it and the surrounding area
@@lowkeybeams5663 they’re not like metals, unfortunately. Melting down most plastics destroys the compounds maintaining their properties completely, and pretty much ruins them permanently for whatever next-intended purpose they’re supposed to be for. You just get a toxic goop.
That video deserves a lot more views like most of the videos on the DW Planet A account.
Thanks Meerkat
Thank you and spread the word :)!
Recycled plastic will eventually ends up in the ocean again, whether it's ocean plastic or ocean-bound plastic.
REDUCE: Don't buy it in the first place
REUSE: Get stuff that already exists
RECUCLE: Make it from unusable material, or other broken stuff
I am just tired of looking at pictures of nice cars, beautiful girls, handsome men, knowing this picture is the deadly lie people are heading to.
You should do a documentary on how big companies like coca Cola battled against a US bill which would have taxed non-renewable materials (like plastic), making renewable materials a better option in the 20th century
Well....Industry lies to consumers, it is just publicity, the real solution is to use less plastic. It is our responsibility to consume and litter less
It's also our responsibilty, but you can't blame everything on the customer (my opinion). Politicians really need to step up their game in this regard and hold companies accountable.
Stop eating fish. You can see in the video that a lot of the plastic comes from discarded fishing nets
Does Industries make Patents with their products like in Tech or does their ways for helping environment is public and production is super secret?
@@justinokraski3796 it's not just "stop eating fish". About 8 millions tons of plastic go to the ocean every year from litter produced in land. Don't believe that it is only from fishing industry.
@@pauliusnarkevicius9959 Do they don't have any environmental strategy or policy?
Make products durable, that's a more practical way and what companies should do. Stop spending money on nasty greenwashing.
you guys I work for a project for 90% recycled shoes made in Europe, we take plastics from clean ups organisations in Spain and Portugal and produce the sneakers there to make sure it is effectively upcycled trash. It's called Effekt Footwear :)
Thank you for sharing this product. I hope to be a future customer.
That segment from 7:20 had me chuckle. Cleaning oceans from the plastics we produce = bad, admitting fault; Using discarded plastic = good, innovative + the buyer is part of the solution.
I always thought that the companies said it was recycled as people end up buying things termed as eco-friendly ,recycled,
glad u made such an informative video thank you .
Well DW you never fail to impress me.
I was afraid of these label "made from ocean plastic/recycled plastic etc" will make consumer thought "ah the plastic waste problem is solved then, i can just keep buying!"
Not buying unnecessary items can really make a big step in the environment. Its easy and it saves your money 💰
recycling ocean plastic might be feasible when robots can sort stuff for us
and by then we can start fishing robots out of the ocean and they can sort their forefathers to (hopefully) make their replacements
Marketers lied ? I'm shocked ! 🙄
Recycling is the last resort. Remember to reduce consumption and reuse first. Though a lot of the fault also lies with corporate malpractice of producing a cycle of cheap disposable goods and low wages that keep people from buying quality products.
Thank you for making these videos!
Great video. Next question: what about products made from recycled coffee grounds? There are a lot of those as well.
Great content - love the research and behind the scenes view into the topic. Just subscribed ❤️
Coca Cola and other companies should be forced to recycle there own waste, if you buy a coke we have to returne it to them to be recycled.
You can do that in Mexico with their glass bottles
We need laws and regulations but that won’t happen until the garbage starts affecting our daily lives.
We used to get 10p for giving our glass pop bottles back to the store for recycling, there was a while working infrastructure and everything
this was great i learned a lot
We added a link to this video to our blog. Thank you for spreading awareness on this.
Keep up the good work Sir. Please make more vids...!
Very good presenter. He seems very friendly and professional.
What about his horrible accent?
@@poisonouspotato1 how many languages do you speak?
Love the work you are doing DW!
would have loved a view on alternative ways to process ocean plastic or ocean-bound plastic.
Isn't it just as good to prevent the plastic from reaching the ocean?
Incredibly disingenuous when it comes to work done by The Ocean Cleanup. Reworking a prototype does not mean they have given up, which is heavily implied here. In fact, they have just finished up highly successful final testing of a new version.
Does ocean plastic still retain some of its energy value? I know that most countries with more advance recycling programs tend to end up burning plastic for its energy value (using some kind of filters to prevent toxic smog). Thinking if its too hard to recycle at least collecting it and burning it would get "rid" of it.
Step 1 - get it out of the ocean.
I dont think theres a non-toxic way to burn it. I’m not an expert but last I knew, there wasn’t. I thought that was the whole problem
@@amazingsupergirl7125 It takes more energy to burn it than you recover.
I'm thinking too, that burning at specialized facilities would be at least a better solution than doing nothing at all.
@@amazingsupergirl7125 Nope, we do it in switzerland
I'm curious on the laptop they advertised that supposedly has ocean plastic.
Thank you for everyone work on publizing this topic, and bringing us this information!!!!!!!!!!!!
The cost difference between virgin and recycled plastic has to be paid for with REAL money. Something has to be dug out of the ground, grown or manufactured. This adds extra CO2 to the equation.
What about ocean cleanup's sun glasses?
Thank you for this video… this really needs to be heard.
The Ocean Cleanup comment about "the tube didn't work and they focus on rivers instead" is not correct. Indeed the ocean v1 didn't work so actually now v2 is launched for ocean plastic collecting. River (mouth) plastic collection is a completely separate and parallel work stream which also needs to be addressed. If you catch plastic there it will never reach the ocean in the first place.
The failed one is System 001, the first of its kind. Its next iteration, System 001/B was successful and that's in 2019. I wonder why DW used video footage from the Ocean Cleanup but failed to check the basic facts?
Everything everyone did in this video seemed like such a struggle.
I feel like the problem with this video is that it's pointing out a bunch of problems with recycling ocean plastics but it's still better than doing nothing in the long run so it's still a good thing that we need to do
Maybe recycling isn’t the right plan? Definitely needs to be cleaned up though but idk even how we could
This is awesome! I always wondered if they actually were using plastic in bottles and such. You can't tell by looking at it.
Recycling becoming more economically viable is still very promising. That last step is so key when common markets fail to reduce or reuse
DW swimming against the tide. Well done.
Well, i think it is already pretty good that ocean bound plastic is getting recycled. I assume due to the density only a few types of plastic can be fetched from the ocean floor anyways. Since i didn't know the difference between the two types of ocean plastics, i have a hard time calling it false Advertisement. Using only very small fractions, and calling it recycled from ocean plastic, however, seems pretty vicious.
I hope the CZcams algorithm recommend this video to more people
Thank you for bringing up this important point. There is also much better return on investment of time and money working on prevent. Also creates local jobs and drives income into communities as the environment gets cleaned. OceanCycle is certifying these ocean-bound supply chains to add more confidence to the process and to help consumers have the proof behind these claims. Keep up the good work!
Great Video! I learned a lot.
Cheers Mike!
Biodegradable plastic is the future.
Yep Brooks has Already done this with a Midsole that the early versions of the BioMo infused midsole or whatever it is called in the 2000's when under a pile of either dirt or garbage was shown to decompose fully in 100 years not 400-500 years like most so that was 25%--20% of the time. I am not sure how the second generation of that plastic was with the BioMo infused midsole? of if it was not really a second generation but if they just used more of the BioMo in the plastic like foam midsole most shoes use, to make the midsole Decompose faster.
It’s funny, I would absolutely love to be a part of a team that’s sorting ocean plastics or any plastics to be cleaned and repurposed as a job. But I would hate to work in fast fashion retail
Use a thresher, mix it with sand pass it through an extruder at 250 degree Celsius, make tiles out of it
This is kind of like the green movement as a whole. Green in NAME ONLY.
you're mistaking actual environmentalism with corporate green washing
The best you can do is burn them for fuel
burn plastic for fuel? what kind of logic is that
You literally can't burn away a problem any more. Burning plastic releases carbon dioxide and toxins, some being carcinogenic. We need to recycle/reduce plastic to its most basic constituent elements.
Let's take a look at how much waste these companies are producing. I have an itching feeling it's not going to be cancelled out by recycled plastic shoelaces or whatever
Yep. One gram of recycled material and five pounds of new plastic
So why aren't these companies fined for misleading advertising? Or better the ads should be forbidden.
I see nothing constructive about this article (sic). You emphasize a distinction between near-shore and offshore plastics. All of it needs to be grabbed; the river collection options are crucial.
Not knowing the toxicity emitted as plastic is heated/melted, I wonder its utility in 3-d printing, say, in construction, like, buildings.
This just made me depressed. I find every day reasons to despise humanity in a humbling way, as im also part of the problem.
You are not part of the problem. Capitalism is.
Try to reduce your personal impact any way you can. Not following fashion so closely, make do and mend, buying second-hand all go a long way to reducing impact.
For years, my son has been using a metal water bottle, making his own iced teas in the morning for his days out. If he needs another drink, he buys a can.
I don't actually remember the last time he bought a plastic bottle of drink...
If you can grow 'any' small amount of food of your own, that's always a benefit as far as waste management is concerned.
When I first moved to my current address and found my garden was almost solid rock, I started by beachcombing for plastic oil drums (can also find some around farmland), already thoroughly cleaned out by seawater action.
Cut the tops off, drilled a few holes in the base, filled some with **new compost** to use straightaway, others I fill with kitchen and paper waste to create new compost for the following year.
I grow potatoes, parsnips, salsify, scorzonera, herbs, sunchokes, onions, raspberries, and carrots in them. And you can fit a lot of these drums into a small space in a tiny garden, or a balcony.
Some white drums perish quickly I find (a year), but I've had blue, grey and black drums that have lasted 18 years so far (and they still look sturdy and dependable for a long time to come).
**Initially, new compost comes from plastic bags, I know. But these can be re-used for multiple years as extra compost-making bags.
I pierce the bottom of the bags, fill them with leaves, moss, etc and then leave them behind the shed for a year. By then, their contents are a lovely fresh compost, ready to top up the 'pots.'
You never have to do anything large-scale if you don't want to.
Even one or two beachcombed drums to grow the equivalent of a month's worth of potatoes is a contribution - because the potatoes you buy from the supermarket were transported this way and that, washed in huge machines, and then packed in plastic bags.
Lots of videos about growing your own food on YT. Don't get despondent because some growers have 10 acres or whatever, we all started off with next to no ground. (18 years ago, in my old home, I had a 6ft x 8ft concrete space - still managed to grow food plants and small trees in it).
@@elliotwalker3080 dont go around blaming your personal demon for everything. We are all part of the problem.
@@debbiehenri345 will do
We are all flawed and broken. Jesus died and rose again to give us the opportunity for redemption. Seek Him. It may not change the whole world. It WILL change your corner of it.
Very impressing! It's easy to pollute the sea, but hard to de-pollute it.
Great vídeo!!! Thanks for share!
ich bin stolz auf dw.
it looks like it takes more resources to recycle ocean plastic than we are saving. think of it gathering ocean plastic requires boats which use fuel which is probably fossil fuels, which is trading one bad thing for another
You just explained human problem solving.
The shift wasn’t moved to rivers like stated at the start. If you follow ocean clean up you can see they are actively doing both.
At 2:02 if you're wearing the right headphones or earbuds where you can visualize your surroundings 3d, it scared me at this moment replaying it so many times
60% or more ocean plastic is ghost gear- from seaspiracy
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Hi Narayanan, I watched the doc and was shocked as well, but it seems that many of the facts are taken out of context. Some of the people that have been interviewed for the documentary were pretty outraged after they've seen the film. Here is an article by the guardian for background: www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/31/seaspiracy-netflix-documentary-accused-of-misrepresentation-by-participants. The documentary was produced by the same team that created the film "Cowspiracy" which was also heavily criticized for taking facts out of context.
And that is another lie. More than 8 million tons of plastic go to the ocean every year. That documentary is only a strategy to keep stupid people using a lot of plastic in land. Yes, it is true that you must eliminated fish products from your diet in order to help preserving wild life in ocean but do not believe that it is the only source of pollution.
So you go into so much effort to clean and sort the different plastics and end up making a letter opener? Seems a little bit regressive knowing that we are moving more and more into digital formats to send information.
You’re right we should just leave it in the ocean to compound in the food chain.
This kind of confusing marketing should be more sanctioned. Transparent companies should be winning
Great video! What is the song that plays in the beginning?
You're really exaggerating the processing of ocean plastics, why does the cutting and washing have to be done by hand? Seems like a very simple process for machines to do. Then the only issue is extracting the plastics from the ocean, but if you collect plastic that washes up on shores you're basically collecting ocean plastics since those will wash back into the ocean at high tide. If people were willing to pay 25% more for things made of ocean plastic everyone would be doing it already
Very illuminating report, keep up the good work.
Very interesting. Thanks for the video. Do you know if Repreve is the same ? I have to say that as a small company and going through the supplier selection process, both Repreve and Econyl seem legit at least for the non-ocean recycled fabric. We needed to sign agreements, had to go through their own channels and recommended fabric suppliers. You get a certificate from the fabric supplier that is later validated by the yarn provider. For us, it's very difficult to go check and inspect the factory and the recycling process to make sure it's actually recycled fabric. For sure, they are better than other suppliers that I came across with their "own" certificate ... We will for sure not use "Ocean plastic".
In a perfect world, I'd like to sue the big companies and plastic manufacturers and make them pay for the damage and find a solution to their problems.