Yeah, I mean, its bleeding already. 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. The world is flooded with plastic garbage. ThermaSet is the future. 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. Some people have a deep, abiding respect for the natural beauty that was once this country. Reduce the impact. and industry is investing tens of billions of dollars in new plastic plants. It says it's recyclable. 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. And yet it's become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. 08/08/2014. Eleven billion. They would just take the low-hanging fruits. Loaded with more than 3,000 tons of waste from New Yorks Long Island. A lot of Americans do this, like what you're doing right now. 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. But it isnt just industry thats kept consumers focused on recycling for so long. The customs document we had said the company was getting plastic from the U.S. With no one from New Harvestindo willing to speak to us, we still wanted to know what they were doing with all those bales of plastic waste and whether it was all being recycled. Now the country is trying to clean up its image. The big problem is that it is all about money, profits. 'Superworms' may hold the key to world's trash crisis : NPR Not a good idea for your wallet. I dont think this kind of advertising is helpful to them at all. If no button appears, you cannot download or save the media. 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. The Midwest Book Review'Intriguing..chilling filmJournalist Angela Sun offers valuable new insights.' It provides valuable information and presents that information in an engaging and visually gripping way.' Kyoko Hamada is a photographer who was born in Tokyo and lives in Brooklyn. Plastic Paradise engages students by illustrating how their everyday interactions with plastic are connected to pollution at the farthest, most exotic corners of the world. Tejal Rao is the California restaurant critic for The Times . But even as Liesemer and his colleagues were publicly promoting recycling, privately, the industry had long expressed doubt it was ever going to happen on a broad scale. Plastics are once again on the low end of the public's opinion and now the industry is telling the public again to recycle. They cause two problems. Eighty plastic bags found inside the whale. Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali - TED And by impacts, I don't mean whether or not it can be recycled. Using the infographic and a world map, point out the pattern of ocean currents. Freemans boss at the time, Larry Thomas, the head of the Society of the Plastics Industry, was blunt about it. Because we thought that it was getting recycled gave us the freedom"OK, no problem. It was a critical moment. That's a 3,000% increase in just a few short years. plastic became the unrivaled material of choice for consumers. When Sun tells us at the end of the film that the amount of plastic in the world will quadruple by the . John Wesley Hyatt took up the challenge. And we know that. They didnt want to go anywhere near no triangle. Most mixed plastics end up in a place like this. I highly recommend checking this film out!' I think its a transitional moment. It didnt make any sense. When you get a bale of plastic, how much of that bale is plastic that the company wants and how much of it is stuff that is just plastic that youre not going to do anything with? When they were running the advertising on television, they were not about how plastics can be recycled but all the wonderful things that plastics bring to us. to tout the virtues of plastics as a way of heading off the criticism the industry was experiencing. While the efforts to change consumer behavior helped clean up the more visible litter problem, they did little to address the root cause. Americans discard more trash than any other country in the world. Let's just go knock and see if maybe someone will talk to us. One recycling company here caught our attention. It has the recycling logo. These Chinese children spend most of their waking hours between plumes of smoke and mountains of plastic. We need to increase the interest in and demand for recycled materials and more products made from recycled materials. It was, "We need to be doing things.". We've got to fix the recycling system; clearly that's job one. National Geographic Magazine infographic by Jason Treat and Ryan T. Williams Powered by Background Info Vocabulary Idea for Use in the Classroom The problem, recyclers said, is that it left the impression that all those kinds of plastics were actually being recycled. Kamilo Beach, located on the south-eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, has been dubbed one of the most plastic-polluted spots on the planet. 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. I believe with the proper infrastructure and the proper education and we all work together as a collective, we can. Their . 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. There's dissatisfaction about what's going on with the solid waste issue." What's it like to look at a field this size and see it covered in plastic trash? Our system is woefully inadequate and it needs dramatic investment. Were they? At Plastic Paradise's conclusion, the viewer is left pondering that the amount of plastic in the world will increase by 400% by 2050.