Every high school in the world should take the students on a field trip or two to recycling facilities and landfills just to show them the reality of it all.

@lucadavi7628

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@LuigiCotocea

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucadavi7628 indeed!

@LuigiCotocea

2 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Wallace lmao

@rupertpoopert3345

2 жыл бұрын

Nah

@MatthewHumphrey

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, and maybe live in one of the villages affected for a month, to see the real harm behind our love of plastics

“Reduce” and “reuse” are so overlooked and are far more important and effective than recycling

@GM-vt3tu

2 жыл бұрын

I have thought that myself many times. There is a reason it is in that order, Reduce > Reuse > Recycle, because that is the order of operations for efficiency.

@gabbermaikel

2 жыл бұрын

im not an eco guy at all, but i really think that most eco people around here are plain retards. They talk trash to me for eating meat, but they do buy apples packaged in plastic boxes "because its easier". Such a shit excuse, yes its easier to grab in the store, but it adds a lot of hard to recycle trash. Just buy the apples from the crate and put them in a paper bag or in a reused bag, its easy. And there is lots of stuff you could just buy without another layer of packaging around it, so why do people ALLWAYS go for the ones with an unneeded layer of plastic?

@clovermark39

2 жыл бұрын

Yes best not to use plastic in the first place. Go back to how we used to do it, smaller local shops and using paper and glass.

@mjolnirswrath23

2 жыл бұрын

It's killing us and making us infertile, even transgenderism is CAUSED by exposure to gender bending Petrochemical plastic containers... In our food and water

@englishkenny958

2 жыл бұрын

reduce/reuse is the #1 lie coming from the industry. watch this and rethink everything kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5iflbCIdcq-Z9I.html

Wow! I'm 70 now and when I was a child we didn't have this problem. Everything came in a glass bottle which had a 10 cent refund. So if we were lucky enough to find one it meant I could buy an ice-cream which was 10 cents. Meats were wrapped in paper and we used paper bags to transport our food. Paper is very easy to recycle. Seems like we need to do is take 2 steps back and problem solved? Why is this so hard to see?

@just4funallday508

2 жыл бұрын

Recycling paper generates a lot of toxic waste; still better than plastic for the environment. I'd like to think the deposit program works for reusable items like bottles, probably not so much for plastics unless it facilitates sorting. I strongly agree that the problem begins with the delivery...Reduce!

@FrancisFurtak

2 жыл бұрын

@@just4funallday508 Right thanks!

@rmason5477

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. l use paper bags, cardboard box, avoid putting items in plastic bag/s ie. potatoes, carrots, fruit etc

@marlazeneski3961

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Everyone is in such a big hurry for everything now... I especially detest the products for Moms - little plastic things with one serving of hummus, 2 crackers, and a grape or whatever. Can't Mom just put this together for her child and stop using all the disposable plastic?

@dadoVRC

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but there is another issue out there. The world population is a lot bigger now, and we are used to consume products from bigger distances than then, and this create a bigger problem also about packaging weight. We have to rethink about our consumer culture.

I would hereby like to express my gratitude and respect to Martin and all the guys, who get up at 4 am to deal with our trash...I have lately started to perceive them as underappreciated heroes of this age.

Sometimes I think that the entire recycling thing is just designed to make us feel better (or less guilty) about the amount of trash we make. I worked at an office years ago where there were recycling bins set up in the break room, one for aluminum, one for paper / cardboard and one for plastics. I worked a lot of overtime those days and was there when the cleaning people came by with a large rolling bin where they dumped all the trash from trash cans AND all the recycling bins - it all went together into the trash. We of course never said anything to the employee committee who was very proud of their efforts to "save the planet" and I mention it here because while I faithfully recycle my waste every week, I have to wonder whether a variation of the same thing that happened at my office is not happening with my recycled stuff.

@user-ce1cu5my4j

2 жыл бұрын

You're spot on. Most of these eco activities are nothing but shugarcoating on bitter fact that the existence of human civilisation itself is harmful to the environment and can only be solved by total elimination of it. They praise electric car, wind generators and shit - but they aren't coming from thin air - they all manufactured, and manufacture process of anything is harmful to the environment in one way or another. Starting from disruption of ecosystems when a factory is being build up to manufacture waste. Even a small wooden hut build with zero plastic causes disruption of local ecosystem. No matter how "green" human activities are - they all are harmful

@DearProfessorRF

2 жыл бұрын

That is exactly what it is, but it must be blamed on the plastic-producing corporations and not the activists who have less money and lobbying power. At the end, environmental groups had to agree with the less harmful alternatives which still protected corps’ bottom line at the expense of the environment and ourselves.

@pheonyxior_5082

2 жыл бұрын

You can wonder all you want, the answer to your question lies in reality

@ruukinen

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ce1cu5my4j If you are gonna go all the way to building a hut is harmful to the local ecosystem, then literally every creature on the planet has the same affect on the local ecosystem. Not just animals either, since plants by growing naturally shade the undergrowth and block winds. If everything is "harmful" nothing is.

@HotSkorpion

2 жыл бұрын

it is, most plastic ends on the same place as everything else. Also, even if you do separate, if the plastic is the least bit contaminated by anything foreign, like for example, food, it becomes unrecyclable any way and is tossed aside at the plant. The responsibility need to be put at the corporations level that overuse plastic in the packaging, rather than the consumer.

Recycling plastic seems to be a good way to make yourself feel better without accomplishing much.

@notme2day

2 жыл бұрын

It was all just a marketing ploy put out by big oil to keep you consuming instead of thinking.. I mean .. they have to make up for us using less fuel somehow right!?!

@STho205

2 жыл бұрын

This is a convienience and germophobe situation we have all had a hand in creating. Blaming Big X is really like blaming the drug dealer while you are buying cocaine. Plastic packaging just became the cheapest and most hygenic way to package by the late 80s. Innocent trees becoming paper waste was the boogeyman in 1988. Milk was originally aquired in markets by using your own metal pails that maybe you washed each time you went to Mrs O'lerys milk barn. Then dairies started putting it in glass bottles with paper caps, delivered daily. Then people got scared of the repeatedly washed bottles, and paper milk cartons packed so well on the truck or at the grocers. Lighter weight flats too. Then wax paper got expensive, but the air blown polyethylene bottle was cheaper. Now most milk is in single use plastic. It wasn't an oil company conspiracy, but a packaging company coming up with a cheaper and cleaner package. Soda the same way Single serve yogurt same way Then there are the big box, unsupervised stores with imported merchandise. Every little doo dad is blisterpacked and hanging on a rack. 50 years ago they were loose in bins. I even remember loose penny balloons in the 5 and Dime. We'd try each one before buying. Recycling is just a societal and government way to keep the commerce flowing, and absolve ourselves of any thought of cause and effect. It is also an artificial thing to make citizens obsess over something that had to be regulated. Government loves to regulate.

@ryanvannice7878

2 жыл бұрын

@@STho205 that was one great reply. You are to be commended.

@cchavezjr7

2 жыл бұрын

@@STho205 Exactly. Saying everything is a big corporate conspiracy is yet another way to absolve blame from their own use. The whole green movement is a large marketing ploy to get people to spend even more money without doing anything that actually "saves" the planet.

@towaritch

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanvannice7878 oh yes ? The guy works for the industry apparently

I am 60 years old and often think back to visiting my grandparents farm. There was literally no garbage . Food was picked, jarred in sealers, and containers where reused . Paper bags where reused waste food was rare and feed to the chickens and pigs . It seemed like most things where reused . They worked quite hard physically so they lived into there 90s . No need for a gym pass . As I write this I am lying in bed while I stuff my face. We have advanced so much 😅

My mom taught me Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Those first 2 are very important. It's disgusting seeing my friends just throw stuff into the trash. Ziploc bags were a big thing for us growing up. You don't throw it out unless it's ripped in half, you take it home in your lunch kit and we wash it and use it the next day. A box of 50 bags can last years.

@derp812

Жыл бұрын

And then what?

@coltonbuhler7011

Жыл бұрын

@@derp812 will you stop throwing out plastic, and you save money. Just this month I bought some of those new thicker plastic bags, meant to be used for years. Just a 3 pack, 10 bucks, I'll see how long it lasts. I also got 2 packs of ziplock freezer containers, for my apartment when I moved out this year. I already had glass, but ziplock is cheaper than buying more glass. And better than just using cling wrap forever when your plastic lids break for your glass containers. I'm sure these ziplock freezer containers will also break before the glass does, but 4 of them for half the price of glass is a great price

@HobbyOrganist

11 ай бұрын

Thats not the problem tho, the real root of the problem is too many PEOPLE each using and discarding, you can reduce and reuse until the cows come home and it doesnt make any difference if the population continues expanding exponentially as it has! The USA had little more in the year 1800 living in the entire country than live in JUST NY City alone to-day! It went from about 10 million in 1800 to 75 million by 1900, just 50 years later it DOUBLED to 150 million, about 55 years after that it DOUBLED again to 300 million around 2005, now it's over 333 million and everyone seems to blissfully overlook the math of 333 million people living on the same land area that had just 10 million in the year 1800; 33 times as many people, with the numbers DOUBLING twice since 1900 alone! You can reduce and reduce all you like but in 20 years when we hit 400 million, any savings is long gone and the problem even worse.

@railrunner01

9 ай бұрын

The water you use to wash the item is more expensive than the item itself. Not a good use of a resource that is dwindling quicker than plastic.

@ianjames1674

7 ай бұрын

@@railrunner01 water is dwindling due to stuff like industrialized agriculture, not really because someone is washing a ziplock bag

I own a dumpster rental business and one of the transfer stations we use is also a recycling transfer facility. I talk to the workers from time to time. Trust me, most of the plastic people think is getting recycled is actually going to our landfills. I think the world would be better off sticking to aluminum, glass and paper for most of our packaging. I mean seriously, we are buying plastic toys that come in plastic packages and it all winds up in a landfill.

@semperfi6801

2 жыл бұрын

But so many Americans are still drinking the kool-aid thinking they're making a difference. It's laughable to point that it's sad when someone is brainwashed so easily. It's scary.

@gryphonennis1002

2 жыл бұрын

i now buy as few things in plastic as possible. laundry and dish soap come in waxed card board for example. but still i do buy some things in plastic as i have no choice. :(

@spacecadet35

2 жыл бұрын

As it is easy to turn plastic into oil, if they store the plastic in a single location at the land fill, then that will one day be a valuable oil resource.

@SniperPIKACHU

2 жыл бұрын

@@spacecadet35 Yep, a few million years later.....assume humanity does not murder each other to extinction by that time.

@spacecadet35

2 жыл бұрын

@@SniperPIKACHU - We are probably only talking a a decade or two.

It's ridiculous how many people think that recycling is this magical process which completely renews materials and eliminates all problems with the consumption of resources.

@jirkazalabak1514

2 жыл бұрын

It´s no coincidence. It´w what we are led to believe by the "captains of the industry". Unless you do your own research, you will almost never encounter this stuff. If people actually knew how bad the problem is, it could interfere with corporate profits, which is something they will never allow.

@MaDrung

2 жыл бұрын

@@jirkazalabak1514 This is a very simplistic view. People are mentioning it all the time and complaining about it. The real issue is with people that consume these products. We are too lazy and selfish to do anything about it so we keep on buiying such items. It's "always someone elses fault" and "captains of the industry" fault mentality is what is the true culprit. Don't get me wrong as I am equaly guilty of this, but at least I have the decency and honesty not to blame the next guy I don't like about it, washing my hands of blame.

@JohnSoh

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaDrung nah, it's not rly laziness or whatever but economics. Individuals produce far less waste than companies. Exxon mobile is the biggest plastics polluter. And make up 90% of plastic waste.. big surprise?. Shifting blame to individuals and personal responsibility is something they're trying to do.

@davidjames666

2 жыл бұрын

the technical term is “Wish cycling”. recycling is a myth created by plastic manufacturers so as not to make the consumers feel guilty about consuming and disposing of single use plastics

@medicinemouse7647

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSoh it’s both. Much of the corporate waste is in packaging that comes down to us. We have little individual responsibility but huge collective responsibility. People showing interest in glass metal and paper/ actually compostable/recyclable packaging and raise hell when places try to switch to plastic is one way to help change perception. Also calling companies out on green washing while also reducing individual consumption can help change corporate behavior

1. Quote: "Infrared scanners sort the plastic by weight". No, they do not sort by weight, but by material - that´s the reason why NIR (Near InfraRed) sorters are used. They can "see" which kind of plastic is on the conveyor belt. 2. Black plastics cannot be sorted by NIR sorters, that´s right and the reason is that black plastic does not reflect enough light for the NIR sorters to "see" it, as mentioned in the video. However, the can be sorted by laser sorters and electrostatic sorters, which both are not really cheap. So, short and clear: Black plastic bottles or other packages are not recycling-friendly. 3. You can recycle PET at nearly 100%, even food-save. Technically this is not a problem anymore. This clip is not up to date in this topic. 4. Multilayer packages are really bad stuff, however there are processes now to separate the materials. Not easy, not cheap, but technically possible. Of course better package design is the key for better recycling. 5. Germany imports more waste than it exports. See Bundesumweltamt statistics before you blame Germany for exporting "waste". 6. How I know this? I´m in the waste treatment business for +20 years. A lot of things are *technically* possible, but someone has to pay for it...

@kuanysh.tynybek

11 ай бұрын

Danke für Ihren Kommentar, gute Infos. Viele denken ziemlich pessimistisch über Recycling, ist aber nicht so. Ich studiere Recycling und Entsorgungsmanagement an der Hochschule. Und wo sind Sie tätig, wenn ich fragen darf?

Wow, recycling is almost a lie. I found that when I changed up my own diet for my own health to focus on whole foods, I had wayyy less trash and waste. I only had a bag-full every one or two weeks, which amazed me. I composted food scraps for the garden. I didn't change my diet because of trash, it was just a side-effect. So I was healthier while also being more efficient! This problem can only be stopped when the culture of people's lives changes to not generate so much waste in the first place. We cannot have a wasteful lifestyle and have no answer to the waste. Nature can break down paper and wood. Glass can be re-grinded back into sand. But we have no clue how to deal with mass excess plastic. And there's no money incentive for business to do so. We have to do it ourselves.

@pappy9473

2 жыл бұрын

Profiteering corporations are responsible for climate damage not individuals.

@ethang6735

2 жыл бұрын

Glass in infinitely recyclable. Its incredible. And it will never be seen as a solution.

@BiMiHi

Жыл бұрын

Glass is grinded into glass-sand and then melted back into glass bottles, but yeah u r correct.

@treverwhoever6733

Жыл бұрын

@@pappy9473 we're all responsible don't blame it on corporations

@pappy9473

Жыл бұрын

@@treverwhoever6733 We all certainly have a responsibility to behave well. However, ordinary people are being made feel guilty while corporations are doing little or nothing to reduce emissiones and other environmental damage. And corporations are by far the most significant offenders, not the general public.

Wall-E seems more of a documentary after seeing this.

@MariaTorres-hc5uq

2 жыл бұрын

You are totally right...

@ahotdj07

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I love that movie!

@imperiumoccidentis7351

2 жыл бұрын

Wall-e was always a documentary, sadly.

@JM-sm8ir

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahotdj07 One of my favorites. Whenever it's on I always miss and watch same parts. Weird.

@Zeewman

2 жыл бұрын

Just like 1984.

Glad that they made this video. As someone who has worked in the recycling business. I would say the actual situation is more dire than what is being depicted. We need to not use plastic wherever alternatives are available even if it meant inconvenience.

@BestMods168

2 жыл бұрын

I love how you eat with wooden plates and utensils and how you carry your groceries with a reusable tote.

@winonalieux6728

2 жыл бұрын

The inconvenience is negligible compared to the cost of trying to restore the messed up places on earth.

@benstone8632

2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a misconception about alternative tho. In terms of carbon footprint, a glass coke bottle is so much worse than a plastic one

@zoravar.k7904

2 жыл бұрын

@@benstone8632 we can be more sustainable with glass by utilizing washing stations and electric smelters fuelled by renewable energy. Plastic doesn't get more eco friendly. 'Sustainable' plastics tend to either be too weak or require more additive packages to create. There was a time when glass bottles such as milk bottles were used hundreds of times.

@benstone8632

2 жыл бұрын

@@zoravar.k7904 I completely agree that the reuse of products instead of recycling is far more effective. However, plastic is such a diverse tool with loads of different ways to utilise it. (As well as being extremely cheap). How could you convince big business as well as the general public to change their perception on it?

This is such a wholesome way to study a topic, to actually go on as an intern at the absolute ground level. Big ups!

That's why I always say 'Reduce, reuse, recycle' should be exactly in this order. Recycling should be last resort.

The companies wrapping everything in multiple types of plastics and half empty bags are the problem.

@randomserbianguy5677

2 жыл бұрын

For real

@michaelmcgee2026

2 жыл бұрын

We are ALL the problem

@imperiumoccidentis7351

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmcgee2026 Agreed but companies are especially the problem. Consumers in the earlier 20th century had no problem using glass/paper/metal for 99% of products, either as packaging or as part of the product. Recycling was easier, and even the stuff that wasn't recycled could easily break back down into the earth. Now, you have to go through 15 layers of plastic or rubber packaging, just to get to your...plastic product...made in china...which then breaks after a month...and is irreparable...all going into landfill. Hilariously its also probably where a good chunk of the worlds oil is going to, completely shitty, one-time-use products nobody really wants. We might run out of oil quicker entirely because we used it all for wrapping and bags.

@davidjames666

2 жыл бұрын

that would by far be the most preferred method in Reduce, Reuse, and finally, the last resort - Recycle

@stephandiehl3893

2 жыл бұрын

No the problem is consumers continuing to support companies that use plastics its simple quit buying products that are in plastics let companies know why ultimately the consumer drives the market

CLARIFICATION: The official number for Germany’s recycling rate is 38% for plastic that was thrown away by consumers. But of these 38% about 16% are exported to other countries and recycled there. 7% are burned. The 16% that we referred to as being “actually recycled” in the last section, is the plastic that is turned into recyclate and used for the production of new plastic products in Germany.

@brudo5056

2 жыл бұрын

This 7% burning… is it done with energy conversion to the recycling process or the (energy) grid in general ?

@brudo5056

2 жыл бұрын

What about the possibility of pyrolysis instead of full burning ? Probably it can reduce the amount of toxines by captation in sub processes more easy then in the case of burning where they ‘try’ to reduce at the end-of-pipe location…

@aghost5281

2 жыл бұрын

The dude literally said only 16% of his plastic got recycled. The rest got burned. My guess is that 60% of Germans plastic is burned, which is still a lot less than other states.

@aghost5281

2 жыл бұрын

And countries, sorry I didn’t sleep

@floobertuber

2 жыл бұрын

@@brudo5056 Yeah, no kidding. Whatever happened to the promise of Thermal Depolymerization (TDP)? I guess it's just not 'economically viable' enough at this point.

This video was very enlightening. IMO, companies give us what they think we want therefore one way to stop them from plastic overuse is to stop buying their products (eg. individually wrapped processed cheese slices that are again wrapped in plastic) . We also need to change our "convenience" mindset into mindfulness (nonchalance has gotten us into lots of trouble- what's one more bag into the garbage?). I also agree that repurpose is key and yes, it needs to be coupled with a reduction.

@McBuggs.

8 ай бұрын

Agreed - It all starts from companies that use mixed plastics for packaging, they must change their system. Slowly they're doing so, but will take great worldly efforts. Before 1980, there wasn't a whole lot of plastic packaging used. Many people kept glass and whatnot to reuse because it was sensible. I noticed a lot of paper and cardboard in the landfills, but that began to change when it was realized it was a problem. We need to go back to old-school paper wrapped products, cardboard or glass containers which is easily recyclable matter. There's too much plastic of different applications/forms (with colourants) that are difficult to recycle. Only usable one time and ended up in landfills or incinerated as mentioned in the video. Shipping discarded plastic around in containers by boat is a waste of fuel/energy causing unnecessary air pollution. A plastics issue currently being studied to resolve.

I currently live in Belarus - the culture of sorting plastic and other types of waste is either absent or minimal. On the weekends, we "have fun" with the fact that together with the family we go to the forest and collect plastic, glass and tin cans there. I am proud that I taught my four-year-old son to love nature and take care of it, but the government should do much more - today even containers for the separate collection of resources are far from being everywhere, and we are not talking about recycling in principle ...

@rhamlet5290

10 ай бұрын

90% of plastic put in the recycle bin isn't recycled anyway. It isn't the solution. The solution is to reduce all this plastic crap.

We don’t need recycling , we need to stop the production of completely unnecessary packaging.

@Vicoparadiso

2 жыл бұрын

And goods.

@rogerpattube

Жыл бұрын

Define unnecessary

@antoniopalmero4063

Жыл бұрын

@@rogerpattube redundant, superfluous, unneeded, not required,

@philomath67

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Way too much pkging. I work at Amazon. The waste makes me cringe.

@samanthat7553

Жыл бұрын

I work at a hospital so there are definitely things that need to be sterile but we waste so so so much plastic

I knew plastic recycling in USA was BS when the “recyclers” charge extra to pick up the product. When I recycle metal the recycler pays me.

@simmerke1111

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The Netherlands actually has (or had) a system like this for plastic bottles. Something that is easy to recycle, if separated. Depending on how you look at it, they'd give you x cents when you return them to the store. It's an actual monetary incentive for people to recycle things that are incredibly easy to properly recycle. Even if it's added to the initial price of purchase, it still works wonders.

@manoahvanderwolf3259

2 жыл бұрын

@@simmerke1111 no, it fools you to fall into it's trick, as you don't actually realize that you PAY EXTRA for waste companies to recycle the EASIEST PLASTIC to recycle: PET. You don't pay extra for the plastics of your pasta's, cheese, and yogurt cans. you pay extra for the plastic BOTTLES, and you feel happy getting a receipt that you feel gives you 'discount' at the cash register. You forgot you paid EXTRA beforehand, and you don't even realize that they are so smart that same machine where you put in the bottles REJECT bottles that are a bit dent or without the sticker. Why is that? Because they don't want anything but PERFECT PET-bottles that, again, are the EASIEST plastics to recycle. they even FORCE YOU to return them and not re-use them yourself @ home because the bottles are EXPIRABLE due to the oils they have delibaretely put in them, so that they start breaking down after a certain amount of time and this would contaminate that which the bottle would contain: this is why there is an expiry date on vacuum-packed WATER. You too got tricked by the big companies. It's not that you can do anything about it, but tricked nonetheless.

@simmerke1111

2 жыл бұрын

@@manoahvanderwolf3259 Yeah, it's horrible that they reuse the plastic instead of me using 1/1000 bottles for something or other. I'm fine with them being returned instead of being dumped next to the street. I also crush all my bottles before returning them, they're fine with it.

People definitely don't recycle properly, but it may have been helpful to be clear (especially for people who don't live in Germany) that the "gelbe Tonne" isn't just for plastic; it's for packaging. So we also put aluminum foil, tin cans, milk/juice cartons in there as well.

@Orcawhale1

11 ай бұрын

Even if they did, it wouldn't change anything. Because you simply can't recycle everything, infact in most cases, you'd still end up with a lesser product.

Excellent. When I was little, we didn't have single-use containers. Glass bottles went back to the milk or soda company, washed and used again. We need to do that again. Modern technology can make that economical again.

I'd like to see glass bottles come back. If glass ends up in waterways it doesn't harm anything

@jirkazalabak1514

2 жыл бұрын

Not only that, but glass can be recycled for the most part. The shift to plastic happened only for profit and convenience, that´s it.

@BecauseBinge

2 жыл бұрын

Or paper cans, there are some beverages here in UK sold in paper cans and they function perfectly!

@ahotdj07

2 жыл бұрын

Me too but unfortunately, it is so much cheaper and cost effective to make plastic than glass.

@bobshanery5152

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahotdj07 Yes and plastic was actually sold as "environmentally friendly" because you "saved trees". Many people seem to have forgotten this. Plastic bags came around the 60s if I recall right and it became really popular around the whole "hippie" time.

@DavidCruickshank

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it's not that simple, Glass creates a lot of pollution when made, and since it's so much heavier than plastic it cause pollution from transportation to skyrocket, especially since you can't deliver as much due to increased packaging etc and the need to replace breakages.

Remember the "scoop and weigh" shops ? where they just had big bins of dry food , rice , flour , cereal , sugar , wash powder etc etc .. And you just fill a bag with how much you wanted or could even fill your own container .

@DoctorCVC

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like something we could do with returning to

@sicilianotoronto

2 жыл бұрын

There are shops in Canada called The Bulk Barn where you can still do that.

@icanseeyou9820

2 жыл бұрын

there are still refill shops, i have two locally where i bring my own containers and get stuff like spices, dried beans, grains and pulses. it's a great system and ends up being cheaper too. just needs to be more conveniently and widely available

@glenncordova4027

Жыл бұрын

There are stores like that all over the US. The less processing a food product goes through, the less packaging it seems to need.

@zakosist

Жыл бұрын

Cant remember to have seen such a shop in real life, but not sure. There should be more of that

I'm happy to see the example of the aluminium foil being removed from the plastic tub making it sooo much easier to recycle. Therefore I always try to separate the plastic packaging as best I can :) As a kid I always carried a reusable plastic tub for my foods and a reusable plastic mug/bottle thing for drinks - at some point I had stopped doing this, but fortunately a few years ago my English teacher added environmental topics in our projects. This made me realise that I was wasting plastic every single day by carrying one or two of those thin plastic bags to carry my bread. I felt disgusted with my new ways and changed them immediately. Now I only use the reusable options again and also got a Dopper water bottle & one that holds tea as well 😊 Spreading awareness is incredibly important 💚

The most effective approach is to reduce consumption. I actively avoid products with unnecessary or excessive packaging. There's a health advantage to that too as I end up purchasing a lot less processed food.

Seems like most of us have forgotten that there are THREE (3) REs, the other two (2) are REduce and REuse. Something most of us have forgotten about.

@udaui

2 жыл бұрын

Reducing is also so important. I will start that with myself and try and not buy, use plastic unless really needed.

@JohnSoh

2 жыл бұрын

Those things come before recycle too

@j.frankparnell6195

2 жыл бұрын

Recycle shouldn't even be part of the equation. It should be Refuse Reduce and Reuse.

@freeenergynow

2 жыл бұрын

Number four is REfuse!

@leesonneville1817

2 жыл бұрын

How am I going to reuse any of my plastic waste, realistically?

"Recycling" is a straight up racket. Almost nothing actually gets recycled.

@BlackJar72

2 жыл бұрын

Metal does, because it's easier to do and actually economically viable (which is why metal recyclers actually pay you for scrap). Plastic? Probably never, it's just an unsustainable material.

@chrismil651

2 жыл бұрын

Metal and glass can be recycled easy, similarly with paper. It's plastic that's the problem

@grimwaltzman

2 жыл бұрын

Asphalt

@collection6062

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismil651 glass isn't that easy to recycle... it's easy if people put it into glass bins. But once it's mixed with other stuff (plastic haha), it fragments into nasty pieces. It's just the ability to get people to sort the glass properly thats the problem.

@ahotdj07

2 жыл бұрын

It is sad too. Makes you wonder if it is truly worth it - at least when it comes to plastics.

13:11 I remember buying those exact pots online during a clearance sale and I’m still reusing them. It’s a great idea to make planters out of recycled plastic! Especially the type that you can keep on using after your seedling is ready for transplanting.

Great video. Thanks for actually doing what you are talking about. Makes the trash situation real and shows the value of manual labor.

companies have successfully shifted the respnsibility onto consumers, same with co2 emmissions. If the market doesn't demand change, which I doubt it will, only regulation on a global scale can tackle these problems...

@rifna5482

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, how can the consumers changed if the companies still used it to everyday products. They obly care about profits and our money

@proctain

2 жыл бұрын

Regulation made this problem. See between plastic bags and paper, they are equal in pollution. They just pollute differently. So when uninformed people just like you demanded everything shift from paper you MADE the plastic industry. People found anything not packaged in plastic "dirty" or "flimsy". So regulation was forced through to require manufacturers to use plastic. From there cheaper ways to make and utilize plastic came from this. Funny enough as long as it does not involve food or a long wear time most plastic is made from a acid extracted from corn. It is non polluting and completely biodegradable over the course of 5 years and sunlight exposure. Its call PLA and its used even in 3d printers as the cheapest plastic for it. But NIMBYed out of western countries the actual techs for recycling then also asked your politicians to bow to China. So China and north Africa made a business of buying recycling to get the hard to make plastics and then throw the rest away. Regulation made it possible if not mandatory. Parts of the world are dying from the unrecyclable and toxic waste that comes from windmills and solar panels. Both are TERRIBLE technologies in no way suitable for use. The over all life of a SINGLE wind power turbine is 10 years. In that time it goes through 2 sets of blade that cannot be recycled or processed and are filled with toxic materials. It is woven fiberglass and a epoxy so toxic that it has to be in a filtered fum extraction building during curing or it will kill people. Those blades then erode away filling every place down wind of them with these. The generators themselves are retired with only the copper windings ever recovers and the housing thrown in a dump. Even the cobalt (a carcinogen) of the magnets is just left to rot. Solar panels are even worse. Every year of use they loose 20% of their current output. They die outright in 15 years. And anything including high winds and hard rains can cause micro fractures which causes them to leak cadmium into the ground water. That is normally a radioactive by-product of nuclear reactors and handled as a hazardous material. But in solar panels do to the regulations voted in it is allowed world wide without proper labeling and then when the solar panel fails it is just chucked in a land fill. WHY? Because the process of making them precludes them being recycled. Not only did people who know nothing about anything make this mess, they are actively making is worse because they listen to 15 min videos that don't tell the whole truth or follow the lies of celebrities whose only agenda is to gain fame by pretending to care about issue made popular by scam artists. To actually care about the world people NEED to walk away from any of the "green" orgs and look at real solutions. You want clean power or near zero carbon emission power? Natural gas burns and becomes steam with almost zero co2. Nuclear is cleaner than ever and if allowed to innovate there would be no reactors used for enrichment for weapons. Or fuel wood. The wood being grown neutralizes the co2 released by burning it. Let paper packaging back into the world just require actual recycling of it and stop having the paper plasticized. People made it a hundred years rather easily and healthily with waxed paper. But if you truly want change, don't try to vote for it because the people writing the laws only thing of how it will profit them. Stop buying single use products. Stop buying all the things that are not actually recycled. Instead of trying to force people to conform to what you idealize, being a good example of how it is better and be the change you want to see. Demanding regulation is the lazy way out and only makes things worse.

@margyb7469

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, everything is blamed on the consumers but not on the companies that produce it and push their chemical products through media, same as pollution that caused by companies which cares more for profits.

@adsfadsfasdasdfasf2439

2 жыл бұрын

@@proctain Nice ASSumptions nerd but no one here was saying that paper packaging was bad, or that nuclear was bad, or that natural gas was bad, or that solar and wind are good. Maybe you should stop sodomizing your strawman and learn to read and realize none of those were mentioned.

@criptin4075

2 жыл бұрын

@@proctain Plastic is for sure a worse polluter in the long run.

Here in Canada we are just as bad or worse. Plastic sorting is very common, but this is a lie in reality. We are poisoning ourselves with plastics.

@ahotdj07

2 жыл бұрын

I would have to say United States of America is just as bad.

@fallenshallrise

2 жыл бұрын

He touched on it a little in the video. Most of Canadian plastic is sorted, bailed and shipped somewhere to be stored in a field. If oil prices ever get so high that recycled plastic becomes cheaper for manufacturers than "virgin" plastic then we will sell it off. Until then it's either stored or burned.

@cnmpscy34

2 жыл бұрын

so that's why canada is shipping waste in the Philippines illegally because canada can't control their own waste.

What an eye opener. But it goes to show you that there are people out there solving problems. Very educational. 👍

In Australia, plastics have a recycling symbol with a number that relates to the kind of plastic it is. Out of five different codes, only two are actually recyclable. And yes we offshore our waste.

Thank you for creating this video. The sooner we get into reverse logistics from the retailer back to the manufacturer the better. I want to be able to take my bottle back and have it sent directly to the original supplier. I don’t want to own the vessel, I’m just ‘renting’ it until I have the drink etc

My capstone project in college was analyzing the feasibility of adding a secondary fuel source to a trash burning boiler. My research led me down a cynical rabbit hole about how much "recycled" plastic, among other things, is simply burned in boilers.

@pappy9473

2 жыл бұрын

Profiteering corporations are responsible for climate damage not individuals.

@MrPSaun

2 жыл бұрын

@@pappy9473 Who said they weren't?

@pappy9473

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrPSaun It's the general view that ordinary people can make the difference necessary to reverse the advance towards climate disaster. They can contribute to the effort but above all else massive international conglomerates must take responsibility and appropriate action.

@danspencer9499

Жыл бұрын

@@pappy9473 Well, that's not going to happen...

@pappy9473

Жыл бұрын

@@danspencer9499 probably not. Enjoy life as best you can and be good.

It's the plastics industry itself which is to blame here, not the consumer. As a shopper you don't really have that much control over what your items are wrapped in.

Thank you for making this video. I've been telling people that recycling is a scam for years and they always look at me like I'm insane.

@jollyjokress3852

Жыл бұрын

it is not completely a scam. 38% recycled material is better than nothing. I wonder why those companies just cannot use one type of plastic. But the best thing is prevention by the consumer anyway.

@ghrohrs2020

Жыл бұрын

You're 16% wrong, by the evidence of this particular recycling system. You're 84% right, but what good is it if you're only 84% right that there's a bullet in the chamber when you pull the trigger against your skull?

Blame the government and greed. In Scotland we used to use glass returnable bottles up to 30p to return the bottle for resuse. Supermarkets replaced butcher, grocer, baker, fishmonger who served fresh produce that could be wrapped in waxed paper.

After my last visit to a local electronic recycling facility I realized that for one, they're very picky/particular about what they take and two, a lot of this depends on how conscientious those who are responsible for taking and sorting the stuff are.

I remember before I retired I worked for a very large corporation that embraced recycling. The company issued a second blue recycle trach can. I often would work after hours and noticed when the janitors would come in, all trash AND recyclables were always thrown into the came janitor bins. Year after year this never changed. I'm retired now but I suppose it's the same.

@jamescarter3196

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, people who are lazy about recycling love to say things to make it sound like it's pointless

I'm from Louisiana, US and work for Osprey Initiative. We are working with municipalities and government agencies here along the gulf coast to assist in their recycling efforts. Much needed problem to be solved here in the States. Great video.

Reducing and reusing seems to be the most effective habit.

a company that produce a product should be in charged on recycling them. They should charge the consumers the recycling cost up front. very simple regulation

@notme2day

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure where you're from but here in the US plastic was created by the BIG OIL company's. They also pay a LOT of money to our politicians to keep plastic in this vicious cycle. Big oil created the biggest marketing lies by making people think that recycling works so people continue to feel better about buying these disposable products that help fuel oil company's... since people want more fuel efficient cars which cuts into oil company profits.

@washinours

2 жыл бұрын

well as of 2019 KZread was consuming about 243.6 TWh (over 1% of global electricity production) , this is *insane* So I agree with you it's time to pay up, got your wallet ready?

@Ranstone

2 жыл бұрын

@@washinours Everyone loves to talk about regulation and tax until it comes time for them to pull out their wallet.

@droe2570

2 жыл бұрын

@@notme2day I love it when people blame a company but not the politicians. The politicians do not care about anything but lining their pockets with your tax dollars. Maybe stop electing immoral pieces of trash to office. Sounds like the problem is not "BIG OIL" but politicians, and the imbeciles who keep electing them. And if you actually bothered to study it, you would know that it was government regulations that created the massive use of plastic. Government regulations forced us to replace waxed paper with plastic, not "BIG OIL".

@tony16991

2 жыл бұрын

Govt. Regulation where the lobbying cronies are protected and the consumers and mom and pop stores are left to bear the losses of it. Genius! Especially when we see govt.s solving world problems so effectively

I lived in Germany for a total of 5 years. The last three, we (US military) did have a very robust recycle program. I was surprised when I saw the German way of handling much of it (incinerate or dump in landfill). Much of it was impossible to sort effectively (plastic), so it just had to be disposed of. Glass and cardboard was handled well though.

I really enjoyed watching this recycling journey. Being that I am half German, I also enjoyed hearing the German language. Thank you for producing this very informative video of plastic recycling and where it all goes.

This is SUCH a high quality video, wow.

@AdmiralBonetoPick

2 жыл бұрын

Well, sure, this channel is run by the German government's public broadcaster.

I’ve managed to cut down my plastic use by a lot since going ‘Minimalism’ and been buying long life alternative milk which is made mostly out of cardboard. I buy water filters (yes it’s still plastic, but I go through way less with those than water bottles) and am looking at attachable water filters on taps for longer use.

@DragonQuest27

2 жыл бұрын

You buy milk made of cardboard?

@photosby3van

Жыл бұрын

I’m assuming it’s a typo 😂 the milk alternative container is made from cardboard material.

@rafaelbilski9756

Жыл бұрын

Yet milk container is not recyclable, because is lined with plastic inside, which is practically impossible to separate from cardboard. Another lie in a massive pile of lies around recycling...

Great video dude. Learnt a lot. Its amazing there are no real regulations clamping down on the producers. We should ban plastics in food chain. WELL DONE: spreading good!

Thank you my friend, I am watching your video with my grandson! A great lesson indeed, we wish you progress in your beautiful channel.

Admirable dedication to getting the best story.

In USSR, all luquids sold in glas bottles. There was several types: For alcogol, wine, milk products, beer and soda water. All bottles people were able to return and receive cash back after. All other products has been packed in carton or paper package. Except was canned goods with metal package. So all packages were able to recycle or fired up (if you not in town) , and for daily garbage box we had only food leftovers. I am really not understand, were is the problem now? It's only political will needed to fix problem.

@Eisencyanblau

2 жыл бұрын

Дөрес әйтәсең!

@rhysjonsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that glass, paper and metal cost more money for companies to produce on mass

@ravilbukhareev

2 жыл бұрын

@@rhysjonsmusic Not exactly. Now you not able to return bottles, because bottles not have a universal standart. For example every single beer label has own type of bottle, plus label on bottle hard to remove (before labels putted on bottle with soap water and was easy for remove). So now business should create new bottle for every single half a litre beer. I think it's much expencive than just wash the bottle.

@podstrahuy

2 жыл бұрын

There was no ultra-cheap plastic back in the USSR days.

@BuhlouBear

2 жыл бұрын

I visited Minisk back in the early 90's and remembered lots of paper cartons, glass and aluminium. I don't remember "recycling bins" per se but I did come across a one or two scuffed glass bottles which insinuated they'd been recycled. In the US I was contracted with a subsidiary that canned and bottled beer based out of St Louis Missouri. I asked how many of the bottles that beer were recycled and what percentage of beer cans were from recycled cans. I was told that was not only a priority, it was not considered and at that time there were no plans to begin doing so. Beer cans and bottles alone fill a significant segment of landfills, even after alleged recycling efforts here in the US as beer is the third most popular beverage after colas (also rarely recycled containers) and bottled water. Bottled water containers is a plastic composite that compresses easily to take up a little less volume in landfills instead of ease of recycling or increased material break down.

I'd consider myself diligent at recycling. However in the back of my mind I've always wondered,"is this an exercise in futility"? I don't have the answer I'm comfortable with. I too wish we'd go back to the time when things were in glass but even then how do they recycle glass with the labels attached? Perhaps in a future video you can address this. Great video. USA here (but of strong German heritage).

When we started cleaning up Singapore’s marinas and some ports with Jellyfishbot, a flotsam collection robot, I was very puzzled with the sheer number of plastic bottles with caps on we saw floating around. Why empty plastic bottles with caps on? As Singapore is surrounded by Malaysia, Indonesia, we know the bottles were floating from nearby countries but we couldn’t visualise people who could consciously litter while putting the cap back in after consumption. So we investigated further...it turned out that good-willing citizens in the European cities and streets who make the effort of disposing their plastic bottles with caps on (to make it easier) in proper recycling collection points were simply misled. Those bottles are simply collected, exported for “recycling” with zero processing (hence zero costs) -not even compressed- to countries far far away where the local “recycling companies” simply toss the whole thing to the sea. Voilà! Problem solved.

Amazing report! I love how you show the processes and the people that actually do the work.

He is such a charismatic and engaging interviewer. I love everything about this channel!

One easy thing I do: Buy items in the largest size possible, for items I use often. This Reduces waste and ends up being cheaper in the long run. Laundry and dish detergent, I get the biggest size then refill a small container. Coffee I also buy the largest size offered. In my city, our recycling system is a racket. Reducing is the first step.

I worked on an environmental cleanup project at a metal scrap yard and wondered about all the plastic that was around. The plastic was just mixed up with steel shavings that was sent over to the electric furnaces. This was the first layer of material put into the furnaces as the electrodes were lowered into the ladle to create a puddle of molten metal then larger chunks of metal were added. I asked about the plastic, if it would contaminate the metal. The temperatures are so hot to melt the steel that the plastics are completely disintegrated but the carbon is added to alloy the metal. The exhaust air from the furnaces was clean enough and cool enough to breath. A far cry from what the old blast furnaces were like. But I still cannot fathom that, burning plastics in a co-generation facility cannot be done efficiently and clean.

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joseph, have you seen our videos asking why we don't burn our trash? kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYSKt9SIXcKdg7A.html - and how can we recycle the unrecyclable: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYR5psard6etotY.html Let us know what you think of the videos in the comments sections 🙂

A+ from an American English teacher living and running a small business in Tokyo. Your English is perfect and your delivery has style and charm. It’s obvious but should be stated anyway: we’re one species limited to one home that we’ve been treating like a trash heap since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Keep up the great work and you will affect some positive change👍

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

I like how they tell people they’re doing it wrong instead of accepting everything and throwing it away later making people believe they are doing it right.

@shadowsilverlight1651

2 жыл бұрын

what they need to do is fine people for putting in wrong bin. you can refuse to take all you want, but i bet no one removes the stuff and just leaves it there.

I'm in San Antonio, Texas, where there is a recycling program -- sort of. A local news report found that only 12% of what is turned in for recycling in San Antonio actually gets recycled -- most of it gets shipped somewhere else, or ends up in the local landfill.

I remember those Gelb bags from our time in Germany. We had one small trash can per 2 families. My family recycled everything we could. We took it to the "convenience center" to drop it all off, as the rubbish men did not take any recyclables. Under the kitchen sink, there was a small waste bin that we lined with a paper bag inside of a plastic bag and that was where we scraped our plates and put whatever dirt was swept off the floor and emptied from the vacuum. Germany composted our kitchen waste and dog poo if we used the paper dog poo bags to clean it up.

This needs way more views!!! Excellent reporting DW Planet A and thanks for showing us all "how the sausage is made" so to speak by getting your hands dirty in the entire plastic recycling process. 👏👏👏 I'm always conscious of how much plastic I consume when shopping for groceries at the store. I always use reusable shopping bags and when they tear or get a massive hole after a lot of repeated use I recycle them and purchase a new one to replace it. It's always far cheaper and more environmentally friendly than using plastic grocery bags. My flimsy plastic grocery bag consumption has gone to zero for the past 4+ years and counting.

@winonalieux6728

2 жыл бұрын

It’s possible to keep the few ripped totes and stitch together one good one from the pieces.

@just4funallday508

2 жыл бұрын

As much as I hate using the self-checkout, going through the regular checkout with your own bags can be even more difficult. I remember when I was a kid, there were national competitions to pack groceries. Points were given for equal weight distribution, fewest number of bags (read full bags) and stability of the bags. Not like the one or two items per plastic bag common today.

Hey brother, I'm a from India.. Yes it is our is get polluted more day by bay. But what we really need to do is to be more conscious about the affect of these pollution to our mother EARTH 🌎 ... Our world need more people like you..Keep it up man...You are doing great job👍...

@udaui

2 жыл бұрын

I think we should include school/college visits to these dump areas so awareness spreads

this was actually really fascinating to watch. I have no idea if the person who made it will see this but good on him for committing to a day of helping collect the plastic waste. No easy feat. Also I now want to buy a bunch of flower pots from that German company making it. I want to buy them wholesale. This is not because I want to increase plastic consumption. I go around picking up plastic trash from the ground, washing it, sorting it and recycling it...and feeling defeated. Long story to this but anyway...it's because I want to support companies that are doing their best not to inundate other countries with their plastics. Also, being in Vancouver Canada there is a huge love of gardening here. I am tempted to go back and work for Home Depot just to see I can get the company to buy a bulk amount of these pots.

Wow that was eye opening. I wonder can you do a segment on glass and cardboard recycling. Perhaps the numbers are better

There is a company here in Canada that can convert all 7 types of plastic to high grade diesel, marine and aviation fuel. It's produced at low temperatures and low pressure. I think the technology was actually started in Germany however! Cielo is the name of the company.

@chruw4132

2 жыл бұрын

Why is your company not sharing their tech or know how?

@Dreadnought16

2 жыл бұрын

@@chruw4132 Sorry its not "my" company, I meant '"we" as Canadians. You can buy shares in the company. I think the ticker symbol is CMC. I don't think they share the tech because they spent 16 years developing it.....its their intellectual property and they should be rewarded for their hard work and risk taking....

@ausfyausfy2455

2 жыл бұрын

@@chruw4132 what makes you say that? Companies don't have obligations to share technology...

@IkarosVonVoid

2 жыл бұрын

@@ausfyausfy2455 Force em, embarg em, they have no rights.

@Tweaker7316

2 жыл бұрын

tbh I dont know whats worse.. to fill the worlds oceans and land with plastic waste that stays for decades or to blow out co2 created from plastic, which also consumes so much energy .. I really wish we would sort out the plastic and waste in general more, meaning us the consumers.. doesnt take so much effort to throw the trash in the right bin or seperate the aluminum top from yoghurt cups etc. and think of other ways than to convert oil from plastic to fuel to blow it out as co2 for our cars, generators, etc. I would think that storing all the waste until we think of something more useful (except the part thats recycleable) and not turn it into fuel, but I guess its hard to think about other things to do with our waste.. at least I havent come up with anything, but there are far more intelligent people who I am sure thought of something but were just ignored or laughted at for having an innovative idea, which is sad and another problem

Those orange suits make them look like a bad 80's pop band.

@BlackJar72

2 жыл бұрын

Or a prison chain-gang.

@LifeforArt

2 жыл бұрын

No. It's the other way around: in the 80s, pop bands were dressed like garbage collectors.

Last year the disposal company in my city sent a letter letting us know that they dump everything in the same place, so our respective trash cans (compost, recyclables, trash) meant nothing.

Excelent video. You have given me a hands on, inside view into this shady business. A very inconvenient truth. THANKS

This KZread channel is both making me want and don’t want to find out what happens to our wastes

Honestly if this is Germany, imagine the other countries. We're all screwed

@almamater489

2 жыл бұрын

@@KezanzatheGreat yep, full on horror Information

@ahtoshkaa

2 жыл бұрын

In other countries we don't shit out tons of plastic like Germany does. So even with 0% recycling rate, it is still atleast 2 times better for the enviroment then what the Germany is doing))

@mistermoo7602

2 жыл бұрын

@@almamater489 The problem is that it's literally "more expensive" to care from an economics standpoint and until that worldview changes nothing else will.

@almamater489

2 жыл бұрын

@@mistermoo7602 the problem is that these companies should be required by law to take care of their own product trash, then suddenly it won't be that expensive to produce less toxic shit

@almamater489

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahtoshkaa I live in Serbia and can't say that. Everything's in plastic. We recycle none of it. People throw it everywhere at random. You can't avoid buying it and we're basically fucked

Great summary, recycling truly does sound like a team effort including us consumers and manufacturing companies. Hopefully through videos like this one, we can become not just better stewards of the environment, but also more thoughtful human being for one another. All the best and blessings be.

I’ve been thinking about our waste and recycling a lot lately I pray there will be a 100% reuse

In Australia, we shred a fair amount of liquid container plastics to use as fibres in spray-on-concrete. way cheaper than using steel fibres. Doesn't have a massive impact, but it's a pretty good use for a product that has no outer use.

@meerkathero6032

2 жыл бұрын

Same here in Europe. Shredded plastics are used as fillers for various products like concrete. There is a catch though: The plastics are now in the concrete and as soon as the concrete will be demolished the plastic particles will be set free in the form of microplastic. A good solution for the industry, not so much for the environment.

Taxation for companies who produce plastic. It makes the package of ham in plastic more expensive when compared to paper wrapped product. Toy in a card board box would be cheaper than the product in plastic package.

@durgan5668

2 жыл бұрын

Taxes are passed onto the consumer. And if the two same toys were side by side, 'maybe' you'd buy the cheaper one in cardboard, or maybe you'd buy the one you could actually see through the plastic one. Or, as parents, you could realize buying cheap plastic toys that don't last is a waste of your money. The money that theoretically, you should save for your kid's future. Impulse buying isn't a good thing, but we all know that. Parents used to send us outside with a ball or bike and we were out of their hair for hours, and healthier for it. But that takes effort. I realize I sound like the grumpy old guy, but I AM the grumpy old guy. We've been fighting this since the '70's, at least, when the US passed air and water legislation. We have the solutions, but again, it takes effort. Reuse. Repair. Don't buy crap from China you don't actually need. Spending 15 minutes in a drive thru lane? You can make a meal at home for a lot less money and a lot less trash, less fuel wasted and less time. But it takes effort.

This really opens more eyes to see not just how much plastic waste is being produce, just in that area, but worldwide. Many companies who collect plastics ask customers to wash out their items that are needed, like milk containers. But then that means we're using more water than a household needs, just to wash plastics! Another thing, if there could be less plastic shipped out, that's less cargo ships needed. Less cargo ships going out means less waste produced to make cargo ships. It's like the food chain in a way. Plastic waste in bin. Bin (materials used to make it, people driving a vehicle to work to make them) Garbage truck (fuel needed, materials needed to create truck) Recycling Center (materials needed to build it. People driving vehicles to construct it) Items within recycling center (Consists of not just the waste brought into the facility, but what the employees need to work there, like cleaning supplies, tools, etc) With all the types of learning materials we have kids learn in school, why is there not more companies wanting to use 30% or even 50% recycled materials to make school supplies. Getting items made from recycled plastics into peoples hands can create inspiration and motivation to the younger generations, and it's their future that is at risk the more years go by as the plastic waste issue keeps going. Many are finding ways to replace plastics, such as using a type of cardboard in place of plastic rings used for soda cans (I'm looking at you Coca-Cola and Pepsi to jump on board to STOP using plastic rings!!) But the people creating non plastic solutions are still just a few compared to the big companies who have plenty of money to start making changes to help our world be healthier, but their greed is getting in the way. A town near us had to move a recycling dumpster because they found out people from out of town are bringing in their plastics for recycling. It was found that most items could not be recycled, and not because of non plastic items were found, but because of certain rules the company wants people to follow, such as washing out certain plastic items, and keeping the plastic bottle caps on the bottles! So the dumpster was moved and fencing around with, along with a camera nearby to watch it. The dumpster is for certain city owned buildings in that area to use, like the court buildings. However they rarely put much in the dumpster. Which is fine if they Honestly, don't have much plastic waste, doubt it! But I wish there could be a public dumpster with a sign that clearly states the rules to follow pertaining what is allowed and not allowed into the dumpster! The out of town plastic items brought in, were from an area that can't get recycling services becauese, even tho they're the next area next to the town, they're "too far away". But get this, the same company that picks up recycling will drive through that area to pick up trash and recycling from the next town! They drive through not one area, but a second area to get to another town to pick up their recycling, but the area closest to the first town is "too far away for recycling services", yet they have to drive through it and another to go even more west, to get to the next town to pick up their recycling, and then gotta drive back through going eastbound, to get back to recycling center. The area they reject wanted recycling services. So someone secretly started bringing in recyclable plastics, and was following the rules the company wanted, more so than the plastics being dumped in by those who were actually allowed to use the dumpster. 😒😮‍💨 Also, Walmart and more shouldn't allow their plastic bags to be used freely. Start charging people if they want plastic bags. Take Aldi's for example. People bring in paper bags or other types of bags to REUSE. Also, we like the new paper bags with the handles. Sooo much easier to carry now!

@zakosist

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"But then that means we're using more water than a household needs, just to wash plastics!" Water is endlessly renewable and does not harm nature, but work with it. Plastic is not (only limited renewable), causes permanent garbage and lots of damage and suffering directly to wildlife. And then turn into micro-plastic which could damage our health and be nearly impossible to avoid. So using water to wash and recycle plastic is totally worth it unless you live in a heavily drought struck area, then you may have more immediate worries.

We need to get communication between producers manufactures and Recycler’s and eliminate the problem areas

Here in the UK, when I worked for a charity as a van driver, I used to take van loads of rubbish donations (90% of donations to charities get thrown away), to landfill. I saw all types of refuse disposal lorries from the local council, tipping their contents into landfill, including the recycling bins contents. A few years later, I saw them dig the landfill back up, and heard they were filling containers with it, and selling it to India.

I wish more stuff was made of metals, less single use consumables at stores. Like the big water jugs, you return for refill, there should be soda fountains for your two liters.

Would love to see how the sorting machines work in detail

It's sad to see/hear the reality of what recycling does since I'm an avid recycler here. Great video and beautiful eyes on you!

Every household person should participate in garbage collection once in a year in his or her area. That should made as rule. That will make things more better.

@JKTProductionzIncNCo

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Also governments along with the public, academia, corporations, manufacturers, producers, etc. should start seriously trying to find ways to phase out plastic as much as possible.

Great film, keep up the good work.

thank you for the video footage and opening up these factories ♥

Thank you for this well-produced / researched documentary on plastic waste. I wish to point out PepsiCo net worth as of January 09, 2023 is $247.06B. Surprise their RD have not come up with greener or reduced packaging, or contributes to waste management that I know of. As a consumer what can I do when I go to the supermarket? Do I want reduced packaging that is green, for sure who would say no. The big question is; why this is not offered to the consumer? Possibly your next documentary can be investigating big companies and their commitment to the plastic crisis.

@DWPlanetA

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Hi Dean, thanks for your feedback! We wanted to let you know that you're in luck, we have already looked at how companies are genuinely committed to plastic. You can watch it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6FkmdesfKqYn7w.html 🌍♻

Thank you, very interesting. With all the development and technology that currently exists deciding what can be done with the waste material before the packaging is made is the way to combat and reduce our impact.

@frankkennedy7831

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h ,sorry,

This video should be learned in every school everywhere

@Dennis19901

2 жыл бұрын

@Geba Are you good or?

@fuyuan822

2 жыл бұрын

​@Geba If you are saying this out of good will to the well-being of people in Tibet, Taiwan or Hong Kong, I admire you. Though I don't agree with your approach here I can appreciate the good will. But I suspect it's not the case. I suspect you just find joy to see other people in struggle or suffer. People you never met and know nothing about, people you don't care or actually hate. If so, I suggest you spend your life on more meaningful things.

This video describes pretty well, in the best of light what happens to used plastics. I wish there was more about the chemicals and oils used to make and recycle plastics, some include lead and other toxins. Most plastic products aren't very effecient, I can see using them for car parts and appliances that will last more than 10 years, but when it comes to food packaging and packaging in general, it's a bit over the top.

It is NOT "necessary to burn them"! There are at least three different processes to turn ANY plastic into something useful; one turns it back into oil, another turns it into a plastic goo that can be used in manufacturing, and a third micro-shreds it and mixes it with wood fiber to make construction materials. The first of these sorts out metals and many minerals along the way so they can be reused as well (and can take four-fifths of all household trash).

A real eye opener ...well done Kai for creating awareness

I believe it was the oil industry that lobbied for plastic recycling knowing full well it's not feasible (or possible in most cases). That way they could continue to sell plastic, and people would think they're doing good for the environment. Love it.

A real eye opener... Lots of hard graft too... Thanks for loading this Video.. Far too much plactic waste... Our planet needs protecting🤗😘

I really wish there was a way to just melt not burn all the less desirable plastics and reform it into sheets for say building materials. I'm sure some gasses would still be released but not as much as when it is burned. Even if Items say a 4x4 post for fences or something along those lines. I know I've seen some videos about turning some plastics into bricks.

"no time to waste" yeap, definitely German

@kaisteinecke8034

2 жыл бұрын

xD

@AccidentalScience

2 жыл бұрын

...German with a British humor, considering the topic.

@lasdiLP

2 жыл бұрын

In what way? Because we are always on time?

@khair2668

2 жыл бұрын

probably yeahh

Well done for doing this , the world is choking on this obscene mess.

It seems like when plastic is recycled the energy used is so great it creates a negative impact. The answer is simple, ban one use plastics in supermarkets.

Reducing waste is the key. Not only does it require a lot of thought and planning to be successful, but it also depends on people changing their behaviors, too. Which is no small task.