plastic paradise transcript
What is the problem? What do you think? "Some firms used it as a green marketing tool." Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian - IMDb Plastic Paradise Worksheet.pdf - Plastic Paradise 1 Why is Well, you would imagine that when you take a garment off the rack and take it to the checkout counter, then this should go back. We took a seat by the side of the road and she showed me pictures she'd collected of plastic that locals said had been dumped here. the equivalent of a garbage truck dumped every minute. In this video I take you on a Swap Meet tour where we will se. We support, actually, the ACC goalsAmerican Chemistry Councilgoals of getting plastic waste out of landfills by, I think the date is 2040. By 2050, its estimated that global production of plastic will triple. We call it Plasticstown USA. I would say that this package is rarely recycled in most parts in the country. They say residents will put all their plastic containers in one bag. He told me he could take me to a place where the company had recently been dumping plastic. Less than 10% of plastic has actually ever been recycled. Freemans boss at the time, Larry Thomas, the head of the Society of the Plastics Industry, was blunt about it. Highly recommended.' I notice that you guys put the big chasing arrows. Register to request a quote. COY SMITH, Former board member, National Recycling Coalition: During that time, the plastics industry, they went around to states and they convinced those states to pass lawsand they did this very quietlythey passed laws that required that symbol with the number on it be put on plastic containers sold in that state. In many ways were just getting started. So you can talk about this stuff a lot. Plastic Paradise makes the issue of plastic pollution real and relevant. Sun offers a fresh, new voice for her generation and has made a film that can appeal to the masses, "Chilling filmjournalist Angela Sun offers valuable new insights. And yet it's become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. Plastic Paradise 1) Why is plastic different than any other substance on Earth? If you want to step up above, you can see the machine in action. How big can the trash get? We have to separate paper, and then the metals and then the plastics. The big leverage is with the producers. The U.N. estimates by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. This is one of the easiest visualizations of how humans (not all, but many) have lost connection with the environment--a sad state of affairs--but the truth.' Plastics are once again on the low end of the public's opinion and now the industry is telling the public again to recycle. Once in the ocean there is really no way to get it out, other than hope that it washes up on a shore and is collected. There's dissatisfaction about what's going on with the solid waste issue." The manufacturing of plastic has increased from 20 million pounds worldwide in 1927 to 115 billion in 2014. Plastic Paradise is another documentary on the topic of plastic waste and our oceans. Plastic is different than any Film Review: Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Construction will eventually employ 6,000 people. I would say that their conclusions in 1973, you say, are still true. Her film articulates this message in a way that will resonate with anyone that cares about nature and the environment. I was the front man for the plastics industry, no getting around it. David Allaway is a senior policy analyst with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Recycle, bury, what to do with it? We follow Angela Sun while she investigates the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is where the plastic waste of three different continents accumulates. Because as long as it remotely resembled plastic, they wanted it. Addicted to Plastic - DocuWiki Then what? One study estimates that 60% of ocean plastic comes from Asia. This million-dollar plastic sorting system in Salem is the first of its kind in the world. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Film Review They knew these problems existed, absolutely. I remember being a kid and watching those ads. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Where Art Meets Eventually, the reality of what was happening in China became clear. There was an attitude that if your product was not recycled, then it should not be in the marketplace. For scrap. I said everybody up here said they don't want the plant. After the community complained to the government about the burning, the dumping stopped here. Stuck with plastics they couldnt sell, Smith and other recyclers met with representatives from the plastic industry. The Plastic Paradise of Tokyo's Famous Kitchen Town Old types of recycling need to be modernized and new types of recycling need to be brought on board. So, if somebody throws their Tide bottle into their bin, thats a win, but what youre saying is youre seeing more and more of this stuff. Dr. Patricia Corcoran, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario'Angela Sun spoke with all the right people and even went to places she wasn't supposed to go in order to present the full story on plastic pollution. At the bottom of all these plastic containers is this little chasing arrowthe little recycling symbol with a number. There is no proof. The plastic industry that you were working with agreed to these and signed on to this report. ", Another said "there are no effective market mechanisms for mixed plastic. Let's just go knock and see if maybe someone will talk to us. Directed by Angela Sun The photography is a strong asset, and images from Midway Island are especially striking. Made from readily available petroleum, plastic was the go-to material for the war machine. Honolulu Pulse'Offers some alarming information that might cause viewers to think twice about buying one-time-use water bottles.' It is ultimately getting recycled. The economics that are described there still prevail today and likely will prevail tomorrow. And few places have pursed recycling more aggressively than Oregon. The most famous one, with the crying Indian. I mean, it says "sorts out the problems.". For the oil and gas industry, the stakes are higher, too, because single-use plastic is their Plan B. And by impacts, I don't mean whether or not it can be recycled. All rights reserved. Honolulu Pulse'Offers some alarming information that might cause viewers to think twice about buying one-time-use water bottles.' Thomas wouldnt sit down for an on-camera interview but agreed to talk on the phone. And yet it's become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. 'This is an issue of vast scales. Lets be the ones that came together to change the world. When I came here in June, I asked them where did they get this from? Instead, what they disclose is the recycling logo. bloated seabirds and littered waterways have fueled a global anti-plastic movement. The film is excellent--in its timeliness, its depth, and its presentation. I mean, absolutely societywide we bought this myth that recycling will solve the problem and we don't need to worry about the amount of plastic being produced. But to get to the beach, the trash had to float through the water, which is where coral reef organisms would have encountered it. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Many U.S. cities are taking steps to ban plastic grocery bags. I had no staff. I think its a transitional moment. One hundred and ninety-one containers being held right now. But later that night, on a back street, I met up with a New Harvestindo worker who agreed to talk to me about what the company does with its plastic waste. JENNIFER BOADA-RODRIGUEZ, Senior technical associate, Colgate-Palmolive: So were here today to showcase our first-of-its-kind recyclable tube. Literally me. I mean, for most states they did it in, recyclers didnt even know it happened. What makes our lives convenient is burying us. based on Indonesian customs documents wed obtained. And you don't think this is just an industry coming up with a way to get out of a crisis? On the bottom, it says "100% recyclable." This is from Purchase, New York. It's not going to happen this month or by the end of the year, but we're moving now. After a 30-minute drive, we reached a quiet neighborhood with an area hidden from the road. Because we are struggling to clean up the modern debris and modern litter in Indonesia, the additional burden of waste from overseas, I dont know how we are going to handle it. Years later, we shut it down because there was no way to make money at it. How do you get it to a place where 100% of this plastic getting recycledhow do you get there? Added to the plastic consumer goods swirling and settling in the way-beyond, are the estimated 640,000 tons of discarded plastic and nylon commercial fishing nets, many weighing more than a ton each, that snag on and break life-giving coral reefs, and entrap and kill larger marine animals. ', "Business is being lost; analysts are beginning to take notice. Documentary. By doing so, this film will inspire young people to act as global citizens and contribute to finding solutions for the major environmental problems of the coming century.' The Midwest Book Review'Intriguing..chilling filmJournalist Angela Sun offers valuable new insights.' Sun, Angela (film producer) We said go to a square. To preview films or license them for streaming, you must register and login. Recyclers also appealed to government regulators, but they sided with industry. And on the day I stopped by, local lawmakers had been invited in to hear about the benefits of a new sorting machine that industry says will make recycling plastic more economical. What items were the least common? There was never an enthusiastic belief that recycling was ultimately going to work in a significant way. This confusion about what can and cant be recycled, and where plastic ultimately ends up, is no accident. No, this is about all of us understanding that we each have a role to play in making the system that we have better and achieving the goals thatI think everybody would have to say we cannot continue with business as usual. It includes a good history of the genesis of the plastics industry from materials shortages during World War II, and demonstrates that things put in the environment (such as a message in a bottle) can stick around for a long time and move great distances. Ask students to predict what kinds of floating trash might be most harmful to ocean life and why. His company buys throwaway plastic from some of the largest big-box stores in the U.S. So, it was up to us in the plastics industry to solve this problem so that they could continue to package their products in plastic. It says it's recyclable. Waste pickers would look for plastics of value, and the rest would be burned. When we started that advertising program, I think the image of plastics was in the mid-30s, 30-35% favorability. The sacks are from a plastic company. Back then, one of the vice presidents at the Society of the Plastics Industry was Lew Freeman. Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession: Directed by Brett O'Bourke. Jim Becker is the vice president of sustainability. They cause two problems. How much water was withdrawn to produce this product? 'Superworms' may hold the key to world's trash crisis : NPR Today the American Plastics Council unveiled the machine. Well, that is a challenge. It just keeps getting better, doesnt it? A major showdown is shaping up in California. But it's not economical to recycle it given the current economics of recycling. Theres no one that would even take it if I paid them to take it." Dr. Kirk J. Havens, Director, Coastal Watersheds Program, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary'I believe that this film portrays the state of the plastic marine debris issue accurately. How are those two things going to meet anywhere in the middle? Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Archive Do your part, save the Earth, recycle. Plastics 101 | National Geographic - YouTube It all made me wonder whether the plastic industry is just recycling old ideas. Angela Sun provides an excellent model of how one curious person can use her talents to follow her interests, speak from the heart, and contribute to improving the world. An endangered sea turtle? he was actually Italian, dressed up like an Indian [Laughs]but the fake crying Indian, the most famous one, ends with this very dramatic sentence where they say. In the United States. Lately there's been a lot of talk about how plastics impact our lives, for better or worse. Timothy Hoellein, Aquatic Ecologist, Assistant Professor of Biology, Loyola University'With fantastic archival footage, revealing modern images from the pacific and thoughtful, fact-based explanation, Plastic Paradise provides an educational, hip, and very entertaining look at some of the many ways plastic is affecting us all. The U.S. is now one of the worlds largest plastic producers. People with respiratory problem, they really get affected. If the public thinks that recycling is working, then they're not going to be as concerned about the environment. Yes, because we are struggling to handle our own waste. I highly recommend checking this film out!' That wasnt the intent. [Speaking Indonesian] It used to be only once a month, but now it can be two or three times a week. Highly recommended.' It did a good job of doing what it was asked to do; it made life more efficient and easier. Itll be great. "Greatly harming our oceans, and killing and injuring countless marine creatures and seabirds. The producers know what the environmental impacts of these different formats are, but they don't disclose it. With Josh 'Shag' Agle, Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry, Drew Birch, Richard Boccato. Can we afford, ecologically or economically, to turn it off or to leave it running? Any interactives on this page can only be played while you are visiting our website. Responding to pressure from states and environmentalists to better identify the many types of plastic, it created a code to tell them apart. You could recycle this in a lab. Welcome to EPAs 2019 America Recycles Innovation Fair. Anyone may search for titles and find detailed information about the titles. Her documentary, Plastic Paradise, reveals the devastating truths around single-use plastics and the reality of what they are doing to our oceans & marine life on a massive and rapid scale. What are we looking at? This is our moment, California. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Because we thought that it was getting recycled gave us the freedom"OK, no problem. It is, and it performs very well. The plastic industry had brought a demonstration project here in 1994. Devastating Plastic Paradise Documentary Shows How Our Trash Lands up in the Pacific Ocean (VIDEO) Environment. Yeah. So plastic came to be used in many applications because it performed better. And I think whats good is that were all working together to help improve some of those recycling habits and understanding behavior. TV-PG. Modern-day miracles that were made with the help of petrochemicals. No, it was not an accident. It said in an email that it had a comprehensive system to handle plastic waste and it follows all Indonesian laws and regulations. Another priority is narcotics. A lot of Americans do this, like what you're doing right now. Tejal Rao is the California restaurant critic for The Times . The film won many awards and was released in 2013. Have each group report their findings to the class. In Oregon, again, there are no curbside programs that would accept any of these tubs. And yet it's become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. Plastic Paradise: In Conclusion. Youre saying youve got plenty as it is? Currently, we support online registration for anyone affiliated with a higher education institution. ", "Eye-opening insightPlastic Paradise provides an informative, timely and, relevant look at the consequences of plastic consumption", "A film that moves the grassroots and has the audience thinking twice, before grabbing a straw to go with a beverage.". Plastic Paradise - A Swap Meet & Hobby Shop Tour - YouTube But I had millions of dollars to do what I felt was necessary. We dont think that were being misleading because technically it is recyclable. We'll just buy new hangers. They wanted us to sort plastics when people thought plastics might be starting to be a problem. So this is classic. They didnt want to go anywhere near no triangle. Its facing opposition to the construction of new plants. How did it get there?The trash survey was conducted on a beach. and focus public attention on a growing problem. Soto, Tanya Leal (film producer). The voyage she completes can motivate students to discover more about pollution of all kinds on their own. Here's this flexible bag, and it's a plastic-metal laminate. The recycling system that we have at the moment, its not really recycling because some part of it exportedbeing exported all over the world to be "recycled," but you never know whether its really being recycled overseas or not.
plastic paradise transcript