This is from Purchase, New York. It provides valuable information and presents that information in an engaging and visually gripping way.' harden plastic. It was a critical moment. We have to start showing success. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Trailer Angela Sun 01:58 Description Reviews Credits Cataloging Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. For the oil and gas industry, the stakes are higher, too, because single-use plastic is their Plan B. Would any of the trash be harmless?Use this encyclopedia article on food webs and the article on coral reef food webs to introduce students to a typical coral reef food web. And yet despite the backlash, the industry that makes plastic is expanding. So all the plastic will come off before the line ends. This is the world we see. With the help of an Indonesian journalist, we tried to speak to someone at New Harvestindo, but we were told there was no one available. Its going to be the largest plant of its kind in the world. Americans need to know that your waste ended up here. So, you're saying consumers stand here and think, "What can I recycle?" 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Dr. Mike SanClements, Staff Scientist, The National Ecological Observatory Network, Affiliate Faculty, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder'Sun's documentary sends a clear and coherent message about one of the major environmental problems we face today. Yeah, this is totally American. Literally me. If you have questions about how to cite anything on our website in your project or classroom presentation, please contact your teacher. Transcript Plastic Wars View film LAURA SULLIVAN, Correspondent: In 2015, a marine biologist came across a sea turtle in distress. 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.' It's hard to have faith in the plastics industry when it got out of its crisis in the '90s by telling Americans to recycle, even though they knew it was not economically viable. Producers should disclose the environmental impacts of their materials publicly. They cause two problems. Itll be great. She is known for her stylized images of ordinary objects. 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. ; "Plastic Paradise"; Bullfrog Films. Let's do right by our future. Plastic Paradise looks to make difference with plastic consumption By Stephanie Shinno The Garden Island | Sunday, July 11, 2021, 12:05 a.m. Share this story Contributed by Abe Kowitz Abe. The sacks are from a plastic company. How much water was withdrawn to produce this product? Students will learn the unexpected economic and ecological facets of plastic pollution and ways for each of us to minimize our plastic footprint. Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they're used and thrown away with reckless abandon. 18 billion pounds of plastic waste end up in the ocean every year. Plastic films, plastic bags, the plastic wrapping that comes around a lot of packaged goods, that all goes into the garbage. These chemicals can then enter the food chain when consumed by marine life. Plastic enters the world's oceans, is broken into tiny bits, and ingested by marine life and birds. You could recycle this in a lab. Glass? William J. Cooper, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Urban Water Research Center, University of California-Irvine'A fun and well-balanced introduction to a complex environmental topic. In response, many companies, including plastic makers, and even some environmentalists got behind an iconic ad campaign that focused attention on the publics role. This is just hangers, one type of plastic. Conversely, plastics can also absorb pollutants, such as PCBs, from the seawater. under Environment, Pollution; by Tafline Laylin. Carl F. Cranor, Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California-Riverside'Plastic Paradise warns that the environment is everyone's responsibility, and that humanity cannot turn a blind eye to its own garbage forever. Over the past year, weve been investigating the plastic crisis and found that many of the problems we face today were set in motion decades ago, by the very companies who make plastic in the first place. 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. On the bottom, it says "100% recyclable." A year? I said everybody up here said they don't want the plant. But to get to the beach, the trash had to float through the water, which is where coral reef organisms would have encountered it. [Chanting] Save our Earth before it's too late! Do you fundamentally think that in the United States recycling could ramp up to a capacity to handle the vast majority of plastic that's being produced? 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. This film makes the case that the only solution is source control, and that consumers have a great deal of underutilized power.' And then they said its from Harvest, they call it. In this state, none of this is recyclable. This is my basic question, because it seems like everybody is buying lettuce in a box now. Demand for low-cost plastic continues to grow, and the production of new plastic is rapidly expanding. For information on user permissions, please read our Terms of Service. And we know that. It's not going to happen this month or by the end of the year, but we're moving now. Honolulu Pulse'Offers some alarming information that might cause viewers to think twice about buying one-time-use water bottles.' Posted By : / actual instructions in flowcharting are represented in /; Under :nose exercise before and afternose exercise before and after Docuseek2 is a streaming platform of the best documentary and social issue films available for the higher education community. This is plastic that has no home, so it's your clamshells, Ziploc bags, film, a CD, a food wrapper. It just keeps getting better, doesnt it? Construction will eventually employ 6,000 people. In the United States. Looking back, do you think putting the banner on the Mobro was a mistake? You cannot download interactives. This is everywhere in every supermarket. A bunch of small but . The plastic industry that you were working with agreed to these and signed on to this report. Let's just go knock and see if maybe someone will talk to us. This film makes the case that the only solution is source control, and that consumers have a great deal of underutilized power.' Most end up in the ocean, where they pollute the water and harm marine life; the rest are burned in garbage piles, where they release harmful dioxins into the atmosphere. YUYUN ISMAWATI, Co-founder, Nexus3 Foundation: Yeah. Coy Smith ran recycling centers in Southern California in the 1980s and early '90s. Planetsave'Sun offers a fresh, new voice for her generation and has made a film that can appeal to the masses.' And this was in 1973. We said, "Next time try recycling." So, we dont think banning these products is necessarily the right way to go. New Harvestindo eventually got back to us and denied it was responsible for doing anything that damaged the environment. What's it like to look at a field this size and see it covered in plastic trash? We cannot keep just continuing this mindless consumerism, mindless consumption and dump it somewhere else. If you want to step up above, you can see the machine in action. Some were very skeptical but felt they had to do it. Science Documentary hosted by Ian Connacher, published by Bullfrog Films in 2009 - English narration [] Cover[] InformationAddicted to Plastic Addicted to Plastic is a documentary focusing on the worldwide production and environmental effects of plastic. The big leverage is with the producers. Because the average person saw the symbol, they know the symbol and said, "Well, its recyclable, right?". So here weve collected some old newspaper articles from 199425 years ago. A barge filled with garbage is causing quite an international stink. The film won many awards and was released in 2013. We have to show hard results. Once a completely natural product, much of today's plastic is man-made and largely dependent upon fossil fuels. What once was glass will soon be plastic. There was never an enthusiastic belief that recycling was ultimately going to work in a significant way. The smell of burnt plastic was in the air, and all around, there were sacks of plastic, and big piles, too. The idea behind that particular facility is if we improve the way that recyclables move down the conveyor belt, so they get separated, we're going to create better, cleaner streams of like materials. Less than 10% of plastic has actually ever been recycled. This is it. The film takes a refreshing approach of avoiding the blame game, while emphasizing that learning about the issue can lead to less plastic use by the general public.' We said go to a square. Amazing work!' John Wesley Hyatt took up the challenge. Until there is a viable option for recycling those things, we should be putting it in a landfill. That wasnt the intent. Thats how unrecyclable it was. I notice that you guys put the big chasing arrows. Amid the backlash, I headed to the Texas Gulf Coast, where oil and gas companies are under pressure from climate change and increasingly turning to plastics, now their biggest growth market. People all around the country bought that line and thought it was our responsibility to take care of litter. Sun, Angela (film director) Because what it allows industry to do, is it allows industry to keep the conversation focused on recycling and never move the conversation on to the bigger issues, which are the full environmental impacts of all this stuff. Reduce the impact. If no button appears, you cannot download or save the media. A PLASTIC OCEAN. Sunil Bagaria is national chairman of the plastics division for ISRI, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch DOCUMENTARY The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. It was created. The Midwest Book Review'Intriguing..chilling filmJournalist Angela Sun offers valuable new insights.' Documentary. At Plastic Paradise's conclusion, the viewer is left pondering that the amount of plastic in the world will increase by 400% by 2050. He was checking out a recycling company that he sells his plastic to. It was manufactured. As of today, plastic bags are banned in Jersey City. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined. Welcome to EPAs 2019 America Recycles Innovation Fair. ANNIE LEONARD, Executive director, Greenpeace USA: Earth Day was profound in terms of people waking up to the fact that we live on a finite planet, and there was a lot of concern about the trend that was happening towards a more throwaway, disposable lifestyle. What is the problem? Film Review: Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. One recycling company here caught our attention. In South Portland, the plastic industry was showcasing a demonstration project. ', "Business is being lost; analysts are beginning to take notice. But it isnt just industry thats kept consumers focused on recycling for so long. There are a lot of different kinds of plastics that have to be sorted. Youve seen California, the legislation, some bans across the country and a lot of targets on single-use plastic. And the next thing you know, all of the plastic containers have these symbols on them. Dr. Chelsea M. Rochman, Smith Fellow in Conservation Biology, Marine Ecologist/Ecotoxicologist, Aquatic Health Program, University of California Davis'Plastic Paradise offers new and sharpened perspectives on the problem of plastics in the environment. When we started that advertising program, I think the image of plastics was in the mid-30s, 30-35% favorability. While the efforts to change consumer behavior helped clean up the more visible litter problem, they did little to address the root cause. The economics that are described there still prevail today and likely will prevail tomorrow. I highly recommend checking this film out!' The film is excellent--in its timeliness, its depth, and its presentation. STATE REP. LORENA GONZALEZ (D-San Diego): Yeah. The audio, illustrations, photos, and videos are credited beneath the media asset, except for promotional images, which generally link to another page that contains the media credit. One hundred and ninety-one containers being held right now. People start pollution. They created the Council for Solid Waste Solutions, drawn from their ranks of big oil and petrochemical companies that made plastic, like Amoco, Chevron, Dow and Exxon. In a highly controversial action, one county in New York state has voted to ban all packaging made of two kinds of plastic. The voyage she completes can motivate students to discover more about pollution of all kinds on their own. Tejal Rao is the California restaurant critic for The Times . This is from California. First,. Others, like Colgate-Palmolive, saw a need for better education. One internal document from the Society of the Plastics Industry cautioned "the techniques of cleaning and separating the mixed plastics has not been developed for large scale economic application. Scientists hope the larvae of the darkling beetle nicknamed "superworms" might solve the world's trash crisis thanks to their uncanny ability to eat polystyrene. It then makes it's way up the food chain, ultimately into humans. Their . I dont think this kind of advertising is helpful to them at all. It said in an email that it had a comprehensive system to handle plastic waste and it follows all Indonesian laws and regulations. DAVID ALLAWAY, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality: Very nice to meet you. Step into the world of man-made materials that take up where nature left off. In 2015, a marine biologist came across a sea turtle in distress. All rights reserved. This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts. We are approaching a 'point of no return. Ask students to predict what might happen if turtles or seabirds become less common in a coral reef ecosystem. I showed Ron Liesemer industry reports we found dating as far back as the 1970s. The Midwest Book Review'Intriguing..chilling filmJournalist Angela Sun offers valuable new insights.' His company buys throwaway plastic from some of the largest big-box stores in the U.S. Its showing the people picking up the litter. Did you feel like they cared more about selling plastic than they did about making recycling work? And the guy industry tapped decades ago to get recycling going isnt surprised. plastic became the unrivaled material of choice for consumers. If the oil industry is able to get 100% of the material recycled. Highly recommended.' Today the American Plastics Council unveiled the machine. TV-PG. There's nothing wrong with promoting recycling except when recycling sucks all the oxygen out of the room and we never do anything else. I strongly recommend this film as an instructional tool to connect ecology, communication, and global service. Dr. Joel Baker, Director, UW Puget Sound Institute, Professor and Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science, University of Washington Tacoma'Angela Sun has found a way to present the imminent dangers of plastics pollution in a jarringly visual and inquisitive formatSignificant take-home messages include a misconception of just how few plastic products are recyclable, and that plastics production will continue to increase as long as the demand for plastic products remains. But the proof here is the dramatic amount of investment that's happening right now. Dr. Mike SanClements, Staff Scientist, The National Ecological Observatory Network, Affiliate Faculty, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder'Sun's documentary sends a clear and coherent message about one of the major environmental problems we face today. What are the toxics emissions? And if you turn this over, you see the chasing arrows. Every single piece of this has to be sorted in some way. Called me a piece of trash and swore thats all Id ever be. As we continued reporting, we found even more internal documents and court filings and spoke with over a dozen industry insiders, including three top executives who represented the big plastic producers and agreed to talk publicly for the first time. Plastics are once again on the low end of the public's opinion and now the industry is telling the public again to recycle. Well, one thing that's different is the actual ecological context is different, that we're really bumping up against ecological limits. The good news is they're coming. Oh, man! 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. When you look at plastic, you know how it helps things stay fresh and safe and light. For the last 40 years, the conversation in this country has been about the recycle part of "reduce, reuse, recycle.". I strongly recommend this film as an instructional tool to connect ecology, communication, and global service. Watertight and endlessly malleable, plastic is the perfect invention yet, its miraculous durability is also its curse because it never goes away. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined. [Chanting] Save our Earth! Americas postwar boom presented endless opportunities for this new, durable, lightweight material. The table is set with polyethylene products, too. The world is flooded with plastic garbage. To appease government officials, the industry funded a local recycling pilot project. Were they? Recycle, bury, what to do with it? Devastating Plastic Paradise Documentary Shows How Our Trash Lands up in the Pacific Ocean (VIDEO) Environment. This is a pile of U.S. recycling. It currently covers roughly 1.6 million square . And theres nothing wrong in an industry promoting those kinds of things, but thats not addressing the problem that people are criticizing you about. That message is reinvigorating a backlash against plastic, the likes of which the industry hasnt seen for decades. STEVE RUSSELL, VP, American Chemistry Council, 1995-2020: The thing that made them unique was the ability to do more with just a little bit of material; to make things that we used lighter and more efficient. 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. Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. Plentiful supplies of natural gas are driving down the cost of making plastic. There's going to be more plastic than ever. The voyage she completes can motivate students to discover more about pollution of all kinds on their own. One in every 10 Americans took part in rallies, concerts and. Polystyrene, PET, PVC, polypropylene. We need to confirm if the data that we have is correct or not. Good stuff, easy to do. Do you think that they took a lesson away from how to fight the bans? Freemans boss at the time, Larry Thomas, the head of the Society of the Plastics Industry, was blunt about it. [CDATA[ Back in Oregon, I put the question to David Allaway. Anyone may search for titles and find detailed information about the titles. Here's this flexible bag, and it's a plastic-metal laminate. I think thats true. The industry attitude was, "We'll set this up and get it going, but if the public wants it, they are going to have to pay for it.". She or he will best know the preferred format. But if it's not happening in Oregon, it makes me wonder what's going on in the rest of the country. ", "Thoughtful new documentary by @sunnyangela examines the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, @plasticdise plasticparadisemovie.com #ppgp2", "Offers some alarming information that might cause viewers to think twice, about buying one-time-use water bottles. What are we looking at? These Chinese children spend most of their waking hours between plumes of smoke and mountains of plastic. The question that people are going to have is what are they supposed to do to make this better? So they knew that these problems existed. In the meantime, let me just recycle this.". LEWIS FREEMAN, VP, Society of the Plastics Industry, 1978-2001: A vice president of the DuPont company pulled me aside and said, "You guys better get up to Wilmington. It was also a boon for oil companies as they had an entirely new market to tap from 20 million pounds in 1927 to 650 million pounds by 1943. It provides valuable information and presents that information in an engaging and visually gripping way.' 1. I think others were more hopeful. They want to sell more plastic containers. If youre in politics, youre in deep trouble with a 35% rating. Starting in the late '90s, Bagaria and other recycling brokers had a one-word answer to the growing plastic waste problem: China. What does Chevron Phillips want to see happen? Industry would only switch to a triangle, which recyclers said was too similar to the chasing arrows. I think we were overly optimistic about the potential of recycling, and perpetuating that narrative led us astray. I guess I think of it more as an investment in managing plastic waste. 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. We have to separate paper, and then the metals and then the plastics. This is our moment, California. When the recycling market in China went away, Bagaria and other brokers scrambled to find a new home for their plastic, and countries like Indonesia saw a business opportunity. Now what were doing here is were sorting it out into the milk jugs, the natural HDPE, the pigmented HDPE, PET water bottles. Much more education needs to happen on how to recycle. It spent most of its money, millions and millions of dollars, on advertising. Americans discard more trash than any other country in the world. So the big plastic producers came up with a multimillion-dollar solution: advertising. // ]]> Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. It didnt make any sense.
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