We need to change the way we package everything, specially small pieces of useless plastic that is hard to recycle. One time use plastics should be banned.

@springrollwang4441

5 жыл бұрын

I think it will be easier to dump plastic directly into the Ocean, by not sending plastic waste to poor country and dump in their Ocean, at least you save some green house gas.

@mickeyj6419

5 жыл бұрын

@@springrollwang4441 that's a TERRIBLE idea omygosh

@Well_possibly

4 жыл бұрын

evolunter, you might want to rethink that. It's common knowledge that reused plastic water bottles harbor bacteria.

@benjaminbenavidesiglesias52

4 жыл бұрын

That's for sure. First of all.

@zeebeefpv2273

4 жыл бұрын

one time use plastics should be recycled if clean or go to the landfill, and thats it. Everyone seems to believe that plastics is not supposed to be in a landfill, but thats the perfect place for it. it sits there and does nothing to the environment, we cover it up and build a park on it. trying to recycle dirty or exotic plastics is nasty and expensive, we should have just sent it to the landfills or burn it (with ash capture) and very little would have ended up in the ocean

The first thing we need to ban is bottled water. It's totally unnecessary and instead there should be drinking water available everywhere and we can carry reusable bottles.

@skipperofschool8325

5 жыл бұрын

I strongly fucking agree.

@em2106

5 жыл бұрын

R yeah too bad a lot of people are just lazy

@damiansconberg4715

5 жыл бұрын

Nope because bottled water makes more profit so that automatically means we should continue down that path and destroy the planet

@sheepieworks4974

5 жыл бұрын

@Medic Engineer no mate it's not a scam. the difference between bottled water and tap water is that in tap water there are chemicals and a lot of lime which is not harmful to the human body but makes it taste different which bottled water doesn't have. it's also great for people that go to contries where the water cleaning is different and might give you bacterial infections and food posioning since you;'re not used to it.

@zerotolerance5581

5 жыл бұрын

I live downhill from a landfill. No, I'm not drinking my tap water.

Set the playback speed to 1.25x You're welcome.

@nathanmoore2687

6 жыл бұрын

Mahir Cave genius thanks

@TheVigilante2000

6 жыл бұрын

1.5x is even better.

@Smico85

6 жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing in the same words :D *fistbump*

@calliph

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. This dude emphasizes waaaaay too many words. Thank you based KZread gods.

@PantsB4Squares

6 жыл бұрын

Its about the dramatic effect. I should have read this comment first. Hahah

His analogy is "turn off the tap before cleaning up" His solution is to clean up the plastic, but didn't mention reducing plastic consumption 🤔

@Teyrxq8

6 жыл бұрын

recycling or stop using plastic

@nikolademitri731

6 жыл бұрын

Consumption isn’t as big a problem as production. Consuming the plastic, as long as it’s recycled (both a product made by recycled plastic, and recycled by the consumer), would effectively solve the problem (not perfectly, but substantially). If this was done on a massive scale, the tap would basically be off, though it would almost definitely be a slightly leaky faucet. Ensuring this model is the primary model means that less (new) plastic is being produced, and less plastic is going into the ocean. Idk, if you follow the whole thing through, I think the analogy does actually work. ✌🏼

@editorjohn8803

6 жыл бұрын

What you're saying Lincoln is a lot of words with no content. You're a platitude. This TED talk addresses one aspect of the plastic problem with a very good solution. Don't conflate issues.

@ronaldkelly2234

6 жыл бұрын

Lincoln The whole plastic cycle has many aspects of it. Don't throw his idea into the landfill simply because it doesn't address the who plastic cycle. That's just foolish. Many other people, I'm sure, are working furiously on all aspects of the plastic cycle.

@MyOneEdit

6 жыл бұрын

I think his analogy of “turn of the tap” means stop plastics from going to the ocean by recycling. He offers one solution.

Hemp used to be mandatory to grow. Make it mandatory again. You can make plastic from it and it degrades

@Epck

5 жыл бұрын

Lol so true and paper

@tparker2095

4 жыл бұрын

@@Epck Paper comes from Trees, the demand for paper material will cut down 10 times the amount of trees when you ban plastic.

@Epck

4 жыл бұрын

@@tparker2095 yeah the reason I appreciate hemp is because it would become a substitute for the trees in paper manufacturing

@Epck

4 жыл бұрын

@@tparker2095 and I dont want to ban plastic I want to unban "hemp"

@zeebeefpv2273

4 жыл бұрын

you need to know that in order to make "biodegradable" plastics from hemp or any other plant, you need to add chemicals to it that make it totally NON-Organic. So the result of its breakdown is the same methane off-gassing as paper or other organics in landfills but it cannot be collected and reused like organic compost. Also there is a very limited number of uses for these types of bio-plastics because they do not have near the wide range of qualities and uses as olefin-plastics. Plus, I believe we need to focus all of our plant growing technology on making food for people, NOT for packaging! Plastic is perfect in a landfill, and the carbon used to make it is sequestered within it. It does not leach into the soil, and is a stable base for future (park) construction on the site of a decommissioned landfill. Its OK to be human, and it is OK as a human to have some waste. We need to continue to reduce and properly manage the waste, recycle all that we can, and know exactly the limitations of the waste/recycling infrastructure in the areas where we live so we dont send off worthless dirty "recyclates" to third world countries where it is easier for them to just dump it in the river instead of properly processing it like they say they will do. I really like hemp, but plastics has saved my life and affects people more positively than they will ever realize.

Why not stop producing plastic in the first place. Or using biodegradable alternative plastic

@droid_protocol_official

5 жыл бұрын

aasem al-lmki it’s the next step

@sugabopp

5 жыл бұрын

because there is no other material like plastic, its cheap, strong and easy to use. so thats why we use plastic in everything

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT

5 жыл бұрын

The rest of the world couldn't afford it. The majority of the Earth's population is below the American poverty line, and plastic in all it's ease and cheapness, has given people access to and the ability to buy things they'd never be able to otherwise.

@aasemal-lmki8286

5 жыл бұрын

@@AClRCLEOFLlGHT i hope we find cheaper and better alternative and adapt it as soon as possible.

@vishwateja315

5 жыл бұрын

Search for envigreen. They make biodegradable bags which are substitute for plastic.

Manufacturing companies. They are the SOURCE of the plastic. We're not putting pressure on them.

@sophia6297

5 жыл бұрын

Amen 🙌

@sophia6297

5 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about oil companies. We need to limit them, as they are the SOURCE.

@cavewallmedia

5 жыл бұрын

Yes good point as well. All part of "The Fix" for the global discarded plastic problem. . . to create alternatives. . .then to choose to only use these alternatives. . . will affect the companys producing the "bad" stuff. . it is market forces. . . and will indeed get to the souce.

@dlmalley8639

5 жыл бұрын

Sense PLASTICS are Oil based... It's the Big Oil Corporations that are ruining our FUTURE with Toxic Pollution. Plastic made from plant based cellulose is more Earth Friendly.

@jewelweed6880

5 жыл бұрын

We buy it, so they sell it. If we won't give them money, they have to change. But it takes effort and thinking on our parts, and a willingness to deal without certain conveniences. It would be easier for us if they change first. But it's easier for them to just keep doing what makes them money and is easiest on them. Vicious circle.

very interesting speech. And thank you, for seaking slowly, so I had understand better, because I'm not english motherlanguage. Thank you

Do not listen to your critics. Your contributions to saving the world will become your legacy. It’s people like you who give hope to the hopeless. Well done my friend.

the fundamental problem remains the current economic system, as in a monetary-market economy there is no profit in being eco-friendly (in fact taking care of sustainability might even have some extra costs), and in general there's no profit in taking care of health and well-being (on social, environmental and individual levels). if there is no profit in doing something, industries won't do it: either because they can't afford it (due to economic competition with other industries) or because they have become addicted to profit /power (which is an understandable symptom /consequence of living in a unhealthy economic system, which also correlates with the quality /health of society and culture). programmes like the one proposed in this video can alleviate plastic waste and the respective pollution, but if we wanna "turn off the tap", as he said at the beginning of the video, if we wanna address the root cause of the problem (which also happens to be the root cause of many big problems and of much sickness and suffering in our societies) then the "tap" is the current economic system. pollution (like the other problems i mentioned) is not a technical or technological problem: we do have the tools to clean the oceans and to produce goods and in general to live, as societies, in a completely ecologically-sustainable way. the problem is economic. another example is how eco-friendly alternatives are often suppressed by big industries as, otherwise, their profits and possibly their economic survival would be threatened. there are alternatives which would technically be feasible if enough people were willing to stand for them, or which might eventually be taken into consideration by governments anyway as the current system gets closer and closer to collapse, due to ecological crises and technological unemployment (due to automation); if u wanna learn more on this whole topic, the starting point id currently recommend is www.nlrbe.org (which stands for "natural law resource-based economy"), as at the bottom of that page u will also find 2 links that will bring u to the 2 main projects that i know of on this topic; i also recommend their most viewed videos (which are their main documentaries) on their respective youtube channels

Your metaphor is flawed. Recycling is not equivalent to turning off the tap. It's more like bailing one side of the overflowing sink into the other side so less water (plastic) hits the floor (ocean). It may slow the rate of plastic entering the ocean, but the core problem remains. Until we ban the creation and distribution of single-use plastic bags, containers, utensils, etc., the plastic "tap" will remain open, and the ocean will remain at risk.

@veduh

6 жыл бұрын

KungFuBlitzKrieg his metaphor connects the main source of plastic in our oceans is impoverished communities who have no choice but to live in squalor- so they are turning off the “tap” of the main source- by turning that trash that has no place but in the streets in those communities into a currency and a way improve their life.

@PantsB4Squares

6 жыл бұрын

Time to give the elderly jobs. Put them in the sweat shops croaqueing grocery bags. That will help a portion..

@joshtrudgeon5337

6 жыл бұрын

exactly. according to analogy- plastic is the water, production and consumption industry of plastic is the water pressure, and the sink/kitchen is planet earth enter he he sees people with no supplies. He then began talking about how he was going to source the supplies for life to people who didnt have any, as long as they began using eye droppers to clean the overflowing sink in the kithen. droppings are to be collected in a bowl I transform their droppings into bowl of baby jesus tears of infinite value. I give their lives meaning and worth as people pay exorbitant amounts to pick droplets from my jusus tears of infinite value *applause*

@joshtrudgeon5337

6 жыл бұрын

no way solves the problem, and wastes time and energy toiling with the spoil

@louisrifat2647

6 жыл бұрын

kungfu and bytheunknown both very right - combined; now need to look at getting it out of the seas and stopping it getting there in the first place.

Another great contribution. It is inspiring to hear your idea and see it put into action. Walking the talk. It gives me hope and inspires me to do more. There is no time or room left for the coward that stands on the sidelines critical of those in the fight. Great work!

Right, agreed. I just want to bring attention that it's not just one person “turning off the tap so the water wouldn't spill“. There's so many of us and not everyone concentrates or is skilled at one type of helping the environment. What this man is doing is from a completely different field than someone who would clean the oceans directly. And what he is doing might be absolutely necessary but it will take years for it to show results. The same goes for cleaning the oceans. But since it requires people from different fields I don't think it is necessary to start with one and finish with another. They should be happening at the same time, working hand in hand.

all you pessimists here, it's not perfect but it's far better than doing nothing.Sure there is profit to be made, is that so wrong?

@amisfitpuivk

6 жыл бұрын

It’s easier for them to call bullshit and say it won’t work and go about their tunnel vision lives rather than accept a subtle change in what they buy could possibly slow down the polution of the planet. Thank to denial, they are also immortal!

@manfredschmalbach9023

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, making that sort of profit in that sort of business with this sort of "business partners on the collector side IS in deed extremely wrong, but as long as this cynical approach works it's still better than nothing in terms of "closing the tap".

@de0509

6 жыл бұрын

ikr. The only reason the world was so hyped with solar power last year was because they found it got cheaper than coal. "The" coal, the one energy source thats supposed to be dirty but also cheap... and solar beat it in terms of price (at least in the middle east) World doesnt run fueled by goodwill and hippie thoughts. People can hate reality if they want, but reality is that people cannot work for free. Its not even a capitalism thing. Its reality. If you earn nothing, you cant feed yourself, and you cannot top up the energy you spent while doing good deeds, meaning you cannot do the good deeds anymore (because youre dead). Money isnt some kinda "necessary evil". Its a tool. Whether this tool is used for good or evil depends on the user

@brittasings

5 жыл бұрын

Someone who says "why dont we stop producing plastic..." is not pessimistic 😂

@MT-ub8qg

5 жыл бұрын

This is not a profitable enterprise by any stretch of the imagination and relies on dead end funding. Love the idea but this is a pipe dream.

David, I cried watching your talk....your idea and ambition are encouraging....I want to join your platform here in São Paulo, Brazil...you are the man!

It seems to be a good idea, but to make poor people clean up the mess we first world people make is questionable!

@kamlarampersaddesilva3679

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@springrollwang4441

5 жыл бұрын

But I love to see Sea Bird suffocating.

@jandrews6254

4 жыл бұрын

Now, two years later in 2020, some of those poor countries are refusing to take first world’s recycling garbage and they’re sending it back to whence it came.

@ericksonjustinAK

3 жыл бұрын

What ignorant virtue signaling dribble. Most of the garbage in the ocean comes from 3rd world countries that have major rivers flowing through them. 90% comes from the major rivers flowing through 3rd world countries. Look it up. I’m all for helping those countries provide sanitation services to the poor villages and help those cultures have a shift in habits... as long as it doesn’t involve European or US politicians who will try to make it into a game of “I’m better than this guy. Vote for me to help you feel better about yourself and better than all of the people that vote for my opponent .” That crap gets us no where but to division.

@brucebanner6127

3 жыл бұрын

Bro, .... the speaker said 80% of the waste comes from poor countries, please pay more attention when you watch.

This sounds intresting...Collect the plastic and feed your family. The homless in my area would thrive from this idea. Making plastic a kind of currency seems like a perfect set up.

@eclipse5393

6 жыл бұрын

Plenty of homeless people already do this. It doesn't work in 1st world countries where the cost of living is higher.

@garyconnors9837

5 жыл бұрын

@@eclipse5393 and that is why this is not a solution, it would cause gentrification of the third world, which is good, but after that the citizens of the newly third world countries would produce more garbage and they won't need to recycle it.

@kathyyoung1774

5 жыл бұрын

How about requiring many welfare families to collect a certain amount. I know many able bodied people on welfare who can’t be bothered to work but have time to watch a lot of TV and go to bars.

Wonderful idea!!! This and the great ocean cleanup project launched at the pacific garbage patch recently are part of the sweeping fixes taking place to make a world of difference.

Was so excited when he started off with "the solution to stopping the flood is turning off the faucet", aka stopping the plastic problem at the source....... but then he just talked about dealing with the end result aka pollution, which won't solve the overall problem.........

@lillili77

6 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Danielle agreed. I think that this needs to happen simultaneously but as he said, when people are that poor it's hard to worry about recycling. So this way they are dealing with one part of the problem. We need to lobby governments around the world to ban single use plastics alongside this initiative.

@mcstinkle

5 жыл бұрын

no one thing solves the overall problem. The "overall" solution is, in fact, a mesh of smaller solutions that have the same goals in mind act on different angles.

@brittasings

5 жыл бұрын

His plan is literally a bucket and mop🤣

@privateperson5054

5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe all of you totally missed what he said. 80% of plastic in oceans comes from poor countries. This is turning off the tap.

@jewelweed6880

5 жыл бұрын

@@mcstinkle Yes! Exactly. No one thing will fix the problem. It must be hit from every angle.

David it was so great to meet you and share our common dreams around poverty, plastics in the ocean, and empowering women. Thank you for your great contributions.

Lot of potential in India...how can I be apart of this ?

@collybeans586

6 жыл бұрын

Drop and give me ten!

@davidjames666

5 жыл бұрын

Send a toilet to India

@sreeharic536

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidjames666 can you send back what they take during colonization.after that we will send a golden toilet

@sreeharic536

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidjames666 we have the best democratic system so any indian will not worry about corruptive qov. Will not last.

@anishkumaran9256

5 жыл бұрын

dream travel as an Indian, I can say that the ind govt is corrupt af

How can anyone vote thumbs down for this? It's brilliant, and not even a pipedream -- it's already a reality! Very exciting. Thank you, Mr. Katz.

@GABRIEL-dz9mh

5 жыл бұрын

They are probably oil industry masters/CEOs/oil rig owners

The option of bartering plastic garbage for necessary commodities will encourage many to use more plastic than before. My state has put a total ban on plastic with a few exceptions including food packaging and medicines. So while the new packaging is compulsorily of higher microns, many supermarkets are buying back the food packaging material at a nominal price; this will make people actively recycle what otherwise would be headed for the landfills and oceans.

Wow, such simple solutions to clean up our plastic messes and lift up downtrodden people. By the way, I appreciated the speaker's timing and pauses. Gave me more time to contemplate and embed his points.

God bless you and your work !!Such a great thing!!!!

This is brilliant. Now, if only we could see this replicated on a massive scale. It would, no doubt, change the world. ✌🏼

I wanted to do something like this in Haiti after visiting there, but I couldn't figure out how to make it work. I am very glad that someone did!

David Katz, your way of thought is brilliant, keep it up! We need to start adopting this ideas!

@TYDUNN506

5 жыл бұрын

Cleaning the ocean could be the humanity richest opportunity.

Nice. Great idea/concept. . . to help along, the fix of the global discarded plastic problem.

Nothing short of brilliant. Keep up the great job.

This is amazing.. just great! Best ted talk I've heard in a while..

Awesome! Would love to see this help solve the plastic problem in Australia. Along with so many other countries..

Am I the only one who likes how he paces himself in his speech?

Does not shut off the tap. We need to find plastic alternative quickly.

@bdufka

4 жыл бұрын

glass and paper ;)

@Well_possibly

4 жыл бұрын

PS, great username.

@joh1997dude

4 жыл бұрын

@@bdufka paper straws are the most disgusting things ever

@nuloom

4 жыл бұрын

Joh-dude straws were a dumb idea in the first place

@ericksonjustinAK

3 жыл бұрын

The tap is garbage in rivers in 3rd world countries.

Ingenious solution to help solve the global plastic problem and help the developing countries as well. The industrialized countries are not going to stop using plastic and this is the best step I've seen so far in addressing this issue on a global scale. I noted that reading the comments below, no one has a better idea. Glass is too heavy (shipping cost) and breaks, some recycling areas in Florida have stopped accepting glass because there is no resale value. Companies like McDonald's have started to attempt making paper coffee cups that will hold up to heat for at least 12 hours, so far they haven't got a good solution, but companies like them will find one.

Yes recycling is a good options as a midway plan while we don't ban plastic from our society as a spread material all over use. We need plastic, we may very well always need it, and if so will also always need to recicle it, but we need to rethink it's use and meanwhile have to clean up the mess we already made. Ocean cleanup is until now the best practical, economically viable and down earth executable way to do it. Anyway we need all the good ideas possible to help acting against this cancer, so in the end it's a good idea also.

this is so incredible, i love his mentality "turn off the tap". Such a smart idea, helping people better themselves well helping our planet.

You know something is wrong with your speech when you set playback at 2x and it is still perfectly comprehensible

@robertpsotka3525

5 жыл бұрын

really ???

so many underappreciating and misunderstanding comments with many thumbs up below.. it's crazy. I think this is one of the very best things humanity can do against the problem right now, nothing less. great work Sir, God bless you

i love his passion! His desire for a better environment and better planet and in doing so creating an sustainable economy. This is a brilliant idea! And a fantastic working model, whilst he does that we need to come up with solutions to now reduce plastics in products at manufacturing stage.

proud of my mom, she has a campaign to collect and reuse plastic bags that in this country the bill paper comes inside those, and most importantly the ones that help her are her students in their free time, I wish there were more people like her out there

This is the *good* David Katz.

Este hombre es un genio y realmente inspira ese nivel por hacer el bien.

In the netherlands we already have that system for plastic bottles. You bring them back to the store and get like 0.20 per bottle. You can get money back or pay some of your shoppings. We separate glass, plastic, clothes and greens like vegetables and paper. But we do not get money back for all of it. They do create new products and make energy out of the vegetables. Google it 😃

@chengvallido8634

3 жыл бұрын

I love Netherlands and the Dutch people

Something needs to be done about other plastics in north america, like felt marker plastic, tampon plastics, mcdonald toy plastics, makeup plastics and other plastics that are made by the millions.

@kathyyoung1774

5 жыл бұрын

Naomi Beery Are you actually suggesting GLASS tampon inserters? Or steel?

Wow, this is a pretty intense speech, a very good solution, respect!

Amazing idea. I really hope it works out all over the world.

There used to be drinking fonts in all villages and towns - we need a similar system direct from natural or man made - springs ( filtered, stored spring water ) at £1 per litre slot machine/card machine.

Most underrated TED talk.

We can avoid plastic bags and other single use plastics. But what about packaged products because most of these are in plastics. Heartwrenching

Your speech is excellent. What we should do in this regard?

Well done, I like the Plastic Bank initiative as it can help with prevention and environmental sustainability

“social plastic” Who created that word? Amazing

GREAT PLAN!!! We have to start somewhere!!!

@prabhjotsingh1255

4 жыл бұрын

actually they have

Quite a lot of Southeast Asian countries have been doing this for years actually... I just hope that local communities or cities or countries have a reward programme for collecting trash (not just plastic) and recycling that is sufficient for people to survive

Great talk Wonderful Initiative- Just wonderful- Brilliant!!!!! I think the overflowing sink analogy would be more representative, if it also included a parallel for the ocean life dying due to plastic pollution. Something that informs on the time-sensitive problems that exist at locations other than the overflowing sink itself. And would lend more credence to concurrently implementing solutions at different points of the problem cascade.

Tell that to the Asians, South Americans and Africans. My country has curbed plastic waste to 30% of what it used to be and we're a small country to begin with.

Anybody who says ban plastic all together, please throw away your cell phone, laptop, iPad, and half your items in your office and home! You are being unrealistic!! This guy talks soo slow but I like his project and any doing and creating awareness is crucial. As for the solution I believe to mass shred into basic building materials and sell it back to manufacturers vs them buying new materials to make plastic. It also can be used in road building or you could make complete furniture, pipes, fences, etc. out of it. Possibilities are there, simple and doable. And yes it can become a self-sustaining business or management but for the greedy and profit driven of course not.

@vanzon6176

6 жыл бұрын

germanylicious i think You should ban the platic thats is unnesesary, like bags, bottles, food packaging and so on, you are able to produce that Economycly...

@germanylicious

6 жыл бұрын

VanzonHD oh of course. But I don't think people realize how much of our daily items are of or contain plastic.

@oscarmike47

6 жыл бұрын

cell phones, laptops and ipads only make up very small ammounts of plastics entering the ocean. the vast majority of plastics littering the ocean is from plastic bags, bottles etc. simple items which are consumed daily an thrown away daily. mostly in poor developing countries. i grew up in indonesia and there was plastic litter everywhere. in the rivers and on the beaches. how many iphones and laptops do you think i saw among that litter?

@germanylicious

6 жыл бұрын

Jon B oh true. I totally agree but I only named a few or I'd still be writing. I was trying to make a point because if you look around in your office there are tons of plastic items. Your microwave is too. Obviously not single use but that's why I said people that say ALL plastic! should be banned are being unrealistic even if not everything ends up in the ocean. You ban it all you won't even have the long term products. That was my point.

@andjelatatarovic8309

6 жыл бұрын

the packaging is mostly the place that plastic lies though; if you have a steel cooking oven etc... the plastic isn't necessary

God Bless You and you effort! I will contribute! Wow! So powerful!

This was absolutely spot on!

hello from the other side (Algeria)

So in order for there to be incentive to collect plastic, plastic has to be produced correct? It's a good idea, but not a long term solution as long as plastic is being produced, which hopefully won't be much longer.

@cantrellesque

6 жыл бұрын

Nyanino There's already plenty of plastic out there. No currency system works if its basis is limitless.

@therealcoolio3267

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Unfortunately we won’t have anything to replace it for at least another 30 to 50 years What this man is doing, and what Boyan Slat is doing over at his company, are two examples of viable solutions to some of the bigger part of the problem. No waiting around for the death knell of micro-organisms in our oceans, which most government bureaucracies don’t pay any mind to

boyan slat started ocean cleanups... his river cleaning 'interceptors' are capturing tons of plastic and other waste with booms and conveyor barges

one of the best ted talks i have seen ever!

And here in slovenia I'm obligated to pay my government 60 eur/month so they collect my recycling that I need to pre-sort for them and keep 5 separate trash cans in a 40m2 apartment. Yay progress.

the long pauses aside: great talk!

@paulus650

6 жыл бұрын

youre not watching at normal speed still are u ?

@raymondo162

6 жыл бұрын

You CAN NOT be serious !! Pay impoverished island people to litter-pick, and then (sic) pay their pittance in to a 'savings account'............are you for real?? Are you a Mercan or something??

Because it's such a huge problem, the plastic scourge isn't going to be solved with a single approach. The ultimate answer is to eliminate it and replace with something environmentally safe. But that's not going to happen any time soon. In the meantime we need to clean up the mess we've made and continue to make every day. It's going to take a diverse toolkit with many different approaches: Reducing our use. Banning or charging for plastic bags. Cleaning up the gyres. The Plastic Bank is yet another tool in the toolkit.

I think that's a good idea, it won't solve everything, but is so much more helpful than some other recycling projects and not futile since it helps getting ride of poverty ! I encourage it! Nice talk!

I wonder how chinas recent ban of the importation of plastics for recycling will affect his business model

@PrettyPinkPeacock

6 жыл бұрын

So true! Thanks for this comment!

@homebrandrules

6 жыл бұрын

PrettyPinkPeacock thanks

@pierrecurie

6 жыл бұрын

They probably create enough/have enough sitting around, that they can depend on that. China does not have a plastic shortage.

@dlmalley8639

5 жыл бұрын

He will find another project that will be planetary sustainable technology. He's a caring intelligent young man.

Remember when we were kids, we use to go find soda bottles and return then to Any store and receive$.5 cents for each bottle.. just place a small refund to these items, $,10 for larger and so on, and make it illegal to throw it away.

I sort of skimmed through this. Did he address how we can greatly reduce our need for plastic? That's where it all comes from. We think we need it.

Thank You David! … and Thank You LISA! Good work. Very Good Work! Lets get some clean water and healthy food to these people so they can focus on a good education.

Social plastic trade? Simply called it Green trading! Tin cans and cardboard also could go in. Bravo!

For sure you are correct, we need to declare this to be a state of emergency.

Brilliant idea. I'm joining in now.

Respect for this man and his proposal❤

fix his weird long pauses between his speech by putting the speed on 1.25

Overall a good idea. The main three problems remaining though are- first of all, all the plastic that is being manufactured in great quantities is unhealthy for humans as well and affects our health. second of all, a lot of the waste ends up in the ocean before most people can reach it and clean it. The third problem, though that might just be me misunderstanding this, I heard him talk about this model being available in poor countries, which would help reduce it dramatically, but why stop there? What about the rest of the world? There's a lot of littering in my country and I'm sure this doesn't only happen in the most poor of countries. Recycling also isn't equally pushed and understood all over the world. This model is agreat start, but I think we should also start working on healthier and more environment friendly materials to replace plastic, as well as developing a better awareness for environmental issues and recycling worldwide.

@PatrikKron

6 жыл бұрын

I belive that there is not enouth money in it for people to walk the streats and pick plastic in countries that are not poor. Moreover in counties that are not poor most people does not need to worry about getting food to the table on a daily basis, therefor people have more time to care about recycling. I don't say that people in poor countries does not care about recycling, just that's it's a lower priority than getting food to the tables, and when you have more time that you do not need to worry about getting food to the table you can recycle. Moreover in most rich counties there's the facilities needed to recycle.

@Future_Pheonix

6 жыл бұрын

Patrik Kron even in countries where most people aren't starving, where the country itself isn't considered "poor", there are still plenty of people who live in poverty, so I disagree. As for caring for recycling, I once again disagree, it's all about awareness and a very case by case thing that depends on the country you're in and sometimes just your own awareness of the subject. Even if most people do care, there aren't the same facilities everywhere to provide everyone with recycling solutions, I care about recycling for example, but there are no recycling bins in the vicinity of where I live, some places here have them and some don't, and they even placed some and then took them back for some reason, it's a mess and has to be regulated more seriously, if you ask me. And then there's the matter of public places where people litter, and out in nature, like in nature reserves and beaches...or anywhere. Sometimes there aren't enough trash cans, or they aren't properly closed, so the wind carries the trash elsewhere, where it hurts the environment and the animals, I've seen it many times. Lastly since you said "rich" countries, I'd like to first remind you again that there is plenty of poverty to be found in many rich countries as well, and second that there are countries that are neither considered poor, nor rich, but something in between. Obviously in countries that have more poverty there is more money to be made and more cleaning will also probably be achieved, I was just suggesting taking it a step forward, maybe at least in a smaller scale or in specific places in other countries, where the problem is more apparent.

@70ME3E

6 жыл бұрын

"a great start, but.."? u underappreciate it so much. "I think we should also start working on healthier and more environment friendly materials" thats obvious bro.. and ppl are surely doing that too, yeah. until that, this might be the best thing there is so I would say it's freaking amazing

@Future_Pheonix

6 жыл бұрын

Air-Grip Biker I didn't mean to sound under-appreciative, I was simply pointing out the remaining problems that I think we should keep in mind, and I don't think trying to bring up the remaining problems into conversation is a bad thing. I think that on issues such as this we should keep bringing them up(while also praising the positives, which is why I said it was a good idea overall) and remind ourselves of what is yet to be solved. Yes, I'm sure there are people who are working on alternatives to plastic and other harmful materials, but I think the urgency of the situation requires that we focus on finding those solutions as much as we can and bring them up often, even public awareness alone can push things and influence the pace of this process. (Sorry if this reply was too long... Oh, and I'm not a guy btw...)

Mr. Katz, I found it very admirable how much you seem to truly care about the ongoing problem of ocean pollution. It is a factor that many people are beginning to become concerned about. There are also many sources that agree with plastic pollution being the leading contributor to ocean pollution, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature stating that plastic makes up 80% of all marine debris, ranging from both surface waters, to deep-sea sediments (International Union for Conservation of Nature). With this being stated, it also contradicts your idea of not cleaning the ocean at all, but instead “turning off the tap”. This is reasonable solution, but has some flaws when regarding all of the plastic that is still left in the ocean. Some continued points that support this suggestion is that while there is at least 14 million tons of plastic that ends up in the ocean every year, there is over 300 million ton of plastic that are produced every year (International Union for Conservation of Nature). More of a reason to “turn off the tap” instead of focusing on just cleaning the ocean. In this scenario the ocean will never truly be cleaned as long as there is still new plastic being produced, which is where the idea of Katz’s Plastic Bank would come in (TedTalk). Commenter Shane McDaniel also makes a good point on the subject by stating “As he said " part of the solution". We are not going to eliminate plastic but we can limit our dependency and put much greater controls how it is controlled. This solution can be scaled up all over the world and make a serious contribution to the problem of plastic in our oceans. Combining this with bans on single use plastic globally we are beginning to solve this huge problem.” (McDaniel) While strong points were made there are multiple others that need to be brought up in concern with the flaws of the plan with the “Plastic Bank.” One of these being made by commenter “I Had A Great Idea For My Name But Then I Forgot it” is bringing the attention to the fact that there is so many people required for this field that it would take a long time to actually show results, and that instead of just sticking with the one solution where we focus on “turning off the tap” that both the Plastic Bank solution and the Ocean Cleanup Project should go hand in hand and work together at the same time in order to show faster, more efficient results (It). This is a strong argument because implementing the plastic bank in countries that are not in states of poverty could take years to take effect and then longer to actually show results. Another concern to look into, one that first came to my mind when I watched this video, is the fundamental problem that remains within our economic system, while it is a healthier way of life, unfortunately there is no profit on being “eco-friendly”, if anything there might even be some extra cost involved. This point could cause lack of appeal to the target audience when trying to expand this solution to other countries. A source that looks further into this idea and helps explain exactly what the issues with our economic system is, is the webpage “Natural Law Resource-Based Economy”. One of their projects, otherwise known as the Zeitgeist Movement, is a advocacy organization that focusing on the majority of the modern world’s social problems, including mounting ecologic crises ( (Natural Law Resource-Based Economy). After reviewing a couple different sources, including ones suggested by commenters, I have to disagree with the idea Katz suggest with completely ignoring ocean cleanup and only focusing on limiting plastic production and recycling old plastics. It would be a more efficient method of both ocean cleanup and “turning off the tap”. If anything, the ocean cleanup can help be a head start while the Plastic Banks try to spread and make their ways into countries who are not in states of poverty.

I hope this program reaches all parts of the world

This guy is making a business with plastic. He did not turn off the tap, he is cleaning up the water and selling it again.

@vamp6767

5 жыл бұрын

More like scooping it up from the sink before it spills onto the floor.

@mcstinkle

5 жыл бұрын

supply & demand

@joeycarbstrong-8710

5 жыл бұрын

no

Social plastic is an important cleanup effort, and his effort is great. But for him not to emphasis the importance of ENDING plastic production is irresponsible. Plastic production is the source of flow that needs to be stopped.

@1DigitalFlow

5 жыл бұрын

Thats not his business model ;]

This is brilliant. Does anyone have any ideas as to what other global problems can be solved in this way?

The best and maybe the most efficient solution for these is for the world to setup a global law about plastic manufacturers prohibiting the use of plastics, instead use cartons with aluminum foil inside to replace sachets and plastic bottles by using so cartons can decompose and aluminum can be recycled and has much more value therefore there would be much people that will gather the aluminum to recycle it.

The concept proposed here is by no mean a rational solution to this practical problem. We need to move to a BETTER technology (evaporatable silicone? dissovable wax?) to replace plastic. People will stop being supplied plastic on their packaging and will therefore stop throwing/wasting it in the ocean/soil. It takes a long-term vision and requires investments, thinking and engineering; not just "social justice warriorism". Plastic banks are just another way to collect the plastic one one side before it reaches the ocean. Meanwhile, somewhere else, people keep dumping... :p

The real problem is oil giant company like Shell, Exxon 🌬️☄️♻️🐾🕊️🐝🍃🎑🎋🎏

This is a great first step and a necessary one. We do need to reduce the amount of plastic entering our environment, but cleaning up will take time and offers prosperity too.

Thank you Dave!

this isn’t the murderer

Good idea, only, besides recycling, the oceans and land needs to be cleaned up as rapidly as possible and a moratorium should be placed on commercial fishing fleets to allow the oceans fish populations to recover from over fishing. Humans populations must be allowed to use and farm any an all vacant lands in cities and communities. People must start becoming self sufficient..local farming!!

@trupiil

2 жыл бұрын

No one cares if there is no big monetary incentive for the elites in it.

I warned people that the plastics issue will be coming to our local community. BANG there it was in yesterday's local newspaper. The waste management contractor has no place to put 75% of the stuff people are putting into the recycle bin. They still seem to do OK with aluminum, CLEAN tin cans, CLEAN appropriate plastics and SOME of the cardboard. They do NOT want the low grade food residue contaminated plastics like the K-cup pods. Contaminated stuff must be resorted out and that costs money.

Great news great idea and an amazing achievement. Superb!

Social plastic--> Alleviation of poverty-->Environmental protection

11:09 "That alone will put hundreds of millions of dolars..." Nope, sorry it's only 50Million $. You told us 50cents per kg. We can make that calculation :D

Thank you!!! I can not think of a better way to solve our big big plastic problem. I hope in Mexico we join this Social Plastic Project too.... blessings

As he said " part of the solution". We are not going to eliminate plastic but we can limit our dependency and put much greater controls how it is controlled. This solution can be scaled up all over the world and make a serious contribution to the problem of plastic in our oceans. Combining this with bans on single use plastic globally we are beginning to solve this huge problem.

Only when the rich suffer the same as the poor will they open their eyes.

@BOB-wg5uz

4 жыл бұрын

i agree

This is so amazing 😄

I am not sure about the economics of this but I applaud the idea of not just giving someone a handout. This builds selfworth and a better understanding of how the world works.

Wow I love it!!! This is genius! Good stuff!