Removing Microplastics from Waters - Challenge Accepted | Katrin Schuhen | TEDxVienna
Dr. Katrin Schuhen stands with her team at Wasser 3.0 (www.wasserdreinull.com) for a completely new approach to remove micropollutants sustainably from our water. Waters contaminated with micropollutants are highly complex systems.
Wasser 3.0 meets them with a maximum of interdisciplinary expertise, innovation and idealism. As part of research projects, marketable solutions have been developed since 2012 to eliminate microplastics, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, hormones, X-ray contrast media and other pollutants.
The methods made by Wasser 3.0 can be flexibly applied wherever micropollutants contaminate the water. The solutions are cost-effective, sustainable and the result of the overriding concern: improving water quality and protecting the ecosystem worldwide. Since July 2019, the team of Wasser 3.0 have been successfully operating the first pilot plant at a wastewater treatment plant in Germany, which is able to remove microplastics from urban wastewater.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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What only 15k views this video needs so much more recognition that this😱 her study and solutions are so epic to help the environment! For our water!!! She's awesome!!!
what an important video and only 8k views in 2 years. The entire world appears to be watching other KZread nonsense.
@socialsciencewithfun1227
Жыл бұрын
Very well agreed. World should know its importance
@moises8war
Жыл бұрын
facts
@juts_sama
Жыл бұрын
Because well no one cares so come what may
@hyjj1360
Жыл бұрын
Plastic cause cancer and estrogen plus plus .
@artigotale
3 ай бұрын
Dude, this is ultra important for humanity
I cannot believe that this amazing woman was at my former university and was voted out because her teaching was bad. (I bet it was a systematic vote against her though). I saw her once when she was interviewed at uni for TV. Nevertheless, I think Water 3.0 was her path! ;)
an amazing idea, thankyou
Amazing work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
please describe the collection of sampling methods in the in-effluent and effluent in the WWTPs for microplastics.
What happens to that chemical that floats the plastics to the surface? Do we end up drinking it? And what side effects does it cause in our bodies?
@jarogniewtheconqueror2804
Жыл бұрын
One I know is that it disrupts hormones causing low fertility/infertility for both women and men and men lose testosterone and become more feminized, cancer as well, it kills cells as well and has been found in animal brains so not very good at all
@michell9328
8 ай бұрын
That’s what I thought
just WOW!!
Waaw such an impressive
good explanatory video , an important question that you do with the waste obtained from microplastics ( those white balls ) , how do you eliminate that waste without polluting the environment
@moises8war
Жыл бұрын
Good point
We have solved this and collegial communication is good 👍
what have you mixed in water to accumulate microplastic from water?
Does hybrid silica gel solid or liquid?
Take everything with a grain of salt. If it's too good to be true it might be. Even if the intentions are good, you never know if there is a hidden motive. Can't help but feel like it's theranos.
And then? The reagent?
6:57 but can you still drink it?
@annika5576
3 жыл бұрын
yes you can - the gel simply binds the microplastics, the rest of the nutrients are still in the water
@wasser3.0
3 жыл бұрын
It is a treatment for waste and process water, not for drinking water.
this video is so important to global climate change
How do we do this at home?
@therandomchannel-cr7ox
7 ай бұрын
Assuming removing them someone on here mentioned HEAT lets say water heat it up then let it cool right?
World is not taking any action against microplastics
Why only 11,000 views?
@ILovePancakes24
2 жыл бұрын
Censorship to make sure people don't want to ban plastics immediately
So what is actually her process to remove microplastic from water?
@juts_sama
Жыл бұрын
A lot of ted talk. I think
@juts_sama
Жыл бұрын
A before and after microscopic view would have been nice
@therandomchannel-cr7ox
7 ай бұрын
Heat?@@juts_sama
@juts_sama
7 ай бұрын
@@therandomchannel-cr7ox cold?
So what will happen to the climped up microplastics? How can you truly get rid of it?
@henryc7548
Жыл бұрын
You can probably destroy the polymer chains with heat
@therandomchannel-cr7ox
7 ай бұрын
what do u mean with water heat it up in a sauce pan then let it cool? right?@@henryc7548
The only way to remove microplastics is to prevent them becoming microplastics. For s atart, trade new fishing for old. For the rest place a bounty redeemable for cash.
People are becoming dumber these days they are not seeing the true threats THE PLASTIC Rather than they are trying harder to get validation from others and stuff?
intresting topic, and im glaad people are working on it. That being said her voice is highly annoying.
@blancavilleda3910
3 жыл бұрын
Lol ! I thought I was the only one.
@dilarae.c.6267
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome Woman! Study chemistry do world prevalent issue related impactful work, and still be chill like her first, before judging primitively. Better take the message than becoming personal huh
@SSimms-vn7ul
3 жыл бұрын
Obviously English is not her first language
@toddcrosby2783
2 ай бұрын
I like her voice, and I teach voice!
i cant stomach the angry authoritative tone of leftists
@jarogniewtheconqueror2804
Жыл бұрын
Plastics cause feminization of men by attacking testosterone, if right wingers want manly men not femboys then stop these microplastics ruining our hormones
blah blah blah get to the point