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1/6/22

We’re Drowning in Plastic Pollution. Can We Actually Fix It?



Can we really clean our way out of this problem? We’re on PATREON! Join the community https://bit.ly/3F1rooI ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ There’s been a lot of talk on YouTube lately about ocean plastic pollution and #TeamSeas. But there hasn’t been enough talk about the **ridiculously unthinkable scale of the ocean plastic pollution problem** or how it intersects with other environmental issues like climate change. And here’s a big spoiler alert: Nearly all environmental scientists agree that ocean plastic pollution isn’t a problem we can clean our way out of. So what CAN we do? That’s what this video is about. Detailed references and annotations: https://bit.ly/32Yfgb7 We’d like to thank the following researchers for helpful interviews and background materials for this episode: Winnie Lau - Pew Charitable Trusts Dr. Max Liboiron - Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) Dr. Miriam Goldstein 0:00 Intro 1:21 History of plastic 2:59 How much plastic are we making? 4:28 Plastic is petroleum 5:29 How much plastic is in the ocean? 7:38 How plastic gets to the ocean 9:09 Can we clean our way out of this? 10:30 The ACTUAL solutions 13:09 Final thoughts ----------- Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons: Barbora Bei Ken Board The Clinger-Hamilton Family Attila Pix Burt Humburg DeliciousKashmiri Brian Chang Roy Lasris dani bowman David Johnston Salih Arslan Baerbel Winkler Robert Young Amy Sowada Eric Meer Dustin Karen Haskell AlecZero Join us on Patreon! https://bit.ly/2nDLaES Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram https://bit.ly/2oeeZvZ https://bit.ly/2olcB6Q Merch https://bit.ly/2nJe7iD Facebook https://bit.ly/2nAG1h0


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