Thats right. If no button appears, you cannot download or save the media. And in 2018, China stopped taking imported plastic waste. I remember being a kid and watching those ads. My college age son thinks it is 'right on.' In response, many companies, including plastic makers, and even some environmentalists got behind an iconic ad campaign that focused attention on the publics role. It has the recycling logo. 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. It is, and it performs very well. As I made my way through the innovation fair. No transcript available. See it and share it with others!' A major showdown is shaping up in California. And Id be like, "I can tell you, I cant give this away. Lets be the ones that came together to change the world. If you have questions about how to cite anything on our website in your project or classroom presentation, please contact your teacher. 1996 - 2023 National Geographic Society. Recyclers also appealed to government regulators, but they sided with industry. And if you turn this over, you see the chasing arrows. But the alternative is having plastic waste in the environment. Angela Sun - Plastic Paradise Documentary Film - Five Point Five We support, actually, the ACC goalsAmerican Chemistry Councilgoals of getting plastic waste out of landfills by, I think the date is 2040. Yeah. 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. Ive got a couple of newspaper articles I want to show you from the past. David Allaway is a senior policy analyst with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Responding to pressure from states and environmentalists to better identify the many types of plastic, it created a code to tell them apart. Have each group report their findings to the class. It holds one of the worlds largest collections of industrial history. National Geographic Society is a 501 (c)(3) organization. ", Now youre getting more mixed plastics, like pouches andeverything comes in a clamshell now. Greenpeace went and climbed aboard it and took a huge banner that we put on it. The crisis passed. The start of construction on that multibillion-dollar plastics plant. ThermaSet is the future. Plastics will never go away as long as the consumer demands it. That wasnt the intent. I strongly recommend this film as an instructional tool to connect ecology, communication, and global service. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Let's get these bills passed. 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I said everybody up here said they don't want the plant. It then makes it's way up the food chain, ultimately into humans. 115 billion pounds. Soto, Tanya Leal (film producer). That all originates with us. 'This is an issue of vast scales. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. How big can the trash get? Some, like Keurig, saw a need for better technology. Plastic Paradise Worksheet.pdf - Plastic Paradise 1 Why is And that's the way recycling has been sold as well, OK? Id come to see what its archive could tell me about the evolution of the plastic problem. Looks like a lot of shipping containers. An endangered sea turtle? To the best of my knowledge there has been no life cycle analysis of plastic. Some people have a deep, abiding respect for the natural beauty that was once this country. They knew these problems existed, absolutely. New Harvestindo eventually got back to us and denied it was responsible for doing anything that damaged the environment. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was talking up the future of recycling. How much plastic will the US produce this year? A barge filled with garbage is causing quite an international stink. So, we dont think banning these products is necessarily the right way to go. 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. What makes our lives convenient is burying us. One of those companies is DuPont, and on the grounds of the first du Pont family home, I found the Hagley Library. But later we surely realized that there was always another aspect of what was going on in China. They wanted raw material. Remember, a lot of the plastic packaging that you have in your kitchen is recyclable. These Chinese children spend most of their waking hours between plumes of smoke and mountains of plastic. I showed Ron Liesemer industry reports we found dating as far back as the 1970s. Plastic is different than any It spent most of its money, millions and millions of dollars, on advertising. 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. 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. 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. Lately there's been a lot of talk about how plastics impact our lives, for better or worse. What we put in our recycling bins ends up in sorting plants like this one, outside of Portland. There's also an entire industry that's going to triple production by 2050. The company has not been charged with any wrongdoing related to dumping. We dont want that. A dead seal or sea lion? In New Jersey, I met a man who built a $180 million recycling business off of that waste. The whole idea about, "Oh, just sort better. The problem, recyclers said, is that it left the impression that all those kinds of plastics were actually being recycled. They said that the chasing arrows symbol was OK, as long as it was small and on the bottom of packaging. Plastic Paradise is another documentary on the topic of plastic waste and our oceans. 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. 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. There are various types of plastics, and that the cost of new plastic is so low that sorting and reprocessing used plastic cant be justified economically. [Chanting] Save our Earth before it's too late! Environmentalists have, too. And Liesemer found a solution. In a highly controversial action, one county in New York state has voted to ban all packaging made of two kinds of plastic. 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. Do you think that because its not quite recyclable yet that that might be a little misleading? So much of all this stuff in the grocery store is plastic now. This poor sea turtle, a straw stuck in its nose, It would attract more than 35 million views. Glass? Plastic Paradise Infographic Henderson Island has the highest concentration of plastic trash ever recorded despite being, otherwise, untouched by humans. To appease government officials, the industry funded a local recycling pilot project. And this one talks about the cost of separating plastics from other trash. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . In the meantime, let me just recycle this.". 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. It's not going to happen this month or by the end of the year, but we're moving now. 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. Liesemer was sent to Minnesota on an urgent mission. The big problem is that it is all about money, profits. Let me continue to use it. That needs to be. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch DOCUMENTARY The invention of synthetic plastic created an era of disposable products. I think we were overly optimistic about the potential of recycling, and perpetuating that narrative led us astray. And the consumption and lifestyle that we have, I think itsyou have to rethink, because we have to reduce the amount of plastics that we produce at the moment. When we do that, we end up with bales that are more easy to sell and that are more easy for consumer goods companies to incorporate into their packaging. So here weve collected some old newspaper articles from 199425 years ago. In an underwater paradise, a plastic nightmare. 57 min. I would say that this package is rarely recycled in most parts in the country. Directed by Angela Sun There is no program in Oregon that wants this in the curbside mix. This film makes the case that the only solution is source control, and that consumers have a great deal of underutilized power.' At the bottom of all these plastic containers is this little chasing arrowthe little recycling symbol with a number. Now here we are again in a crisis. Many U.S. cities are taking steps to ban plastic grocery bags. They are going to double down on single-use plastic like we have never seen, so we're heading towards a real battle. Vinod Singh is the outreach manager at Far West Recycling. And theres nothing wrong in an industry promoting those kinds of things, but thats not addressing the problem that people are criticizing you about. Called me a piece of trash and swore thats all Id ever be. Looking back, do you think putting the banner on the Mobro was a mistake? 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. 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.' 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. My college age son thinks it is 'right on.' At the time, it was one of the few atolls in the world unspoiled by human activity. Its the biggest Ive seen. Yeah, this is totally American. Let's do right by our future. For decades, the national response to the growing plastic waste problem has focused on one solution: recycling. I strongly recommend this film as an instructional tool to connect ecology, communication, and global service. As packaging evolves. Melati and Isabel Wijsen are on a mission to stop plastic bags from suffocating their beautiful island home of Bali. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice . I was the front man for the plastics industry, no getting around it. Yeah, yeah. Plastics are once again on the low end of the public's opinion and now the industry is telling the public again to recycle. If you have questions about licensing content on this page, please contact ngimagecollection@natgeo.com for more information and to obtain a license. Our newest CALI Award winner is Angela Sun - Storyteller, Adventure Traveller, Sports Lover. All rights reserved. He now heads a local environmental coalition, but he remembers a pivotal board meeting in the late '80s, when the industry was worried about its public image. DAVID ALLAWAY, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality: Very nice to meet you. Well, that is a challenge. But there are growing concerns here that a lot of plastic waste is not being handled the right way, and Indonesian officials are trying to prevent what happened in China from happening here. I think we were naive. We said, "Next time try recycling." Now the country is trying to clean up its image. But more than half of all people that live in the Portland area believe this belongs in the curbside container. So this is how it looks like when they burn it. "Some firms used it as a green marketing tool." It was, "We need to be doing things.". Honolulu Pulse'Offers some alarming information that might cause viewers to think twice about buying one-time-use water bottles.' The big leverage is with the producers. What are the toxics emissions? Plastic Paradise Flashcards | Quizlet Angela Sun is an award-winning journalist, sports caster, and filmmaker. See it and share it with others!' Polystyrene, PET, PVC, polypropylene. Not a good idea for your wallet. A lot of that waste is ending up in the ocean. plastic became the unrivaled material of choice for consumers. 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. 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. Here's this flexible bag, and it's a plastic-metal laminate. As plastics break down through photodegradation, they leach out colorants and chemicals, such as bisphenol A (BPA), that have been linked to environmental and health problems. So, contaminated plastic trash is as big a problem for you guys as narcotics and drugs coming into the country. And we sold that $1.5 million machine for scrap. This is just hangers, one type of plastic. We have not had any model shows around here in a long time! Chevron Phillips would like to see all of that plastic recycled back to make new plastic things. What does coral treat? Documentary. I mean, it says "sorts out the problems.". But I had millions of dollars to do what I felt was necessary. You also have to really build up the infrastructure for collection. As long as we didnt disclose his identity. A good substitute is a Swap Meet. Were going to have to invest in innovation, because some of these technologies still need to be further developed. Tejal Rao is the California restaurant critic for The Times . Did you feel like they cared more about selling plastic than they did about making recycling work? 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. In many ways were just getting started. This is the world we see. 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. Jim Becker is the vice president of sustainability. Dont tell me thats a freaking straw. Its very confusing to a lot of people. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions. So all the plastic will come off before the line ends. Sarah Appleton, National Geographic Society. 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. JENNIFER BOADA-RODRIGUEZ, Senior technical associate, Colgate-Palmolive: So were here today to showcase our first-of-its-kind recyclable tube. This million-dollar plastic sorting system in Salem is the first of its kind in the world. This is our moment, California. I wanted to understand how we came to this moment; how the plastic industry has been able to thrive all these years in the face of a growing crisis and opposition thats now stronger than its ever been. And yet despite the backlash, the industry that makes plastic is expanding. And this was in 1973. There's going to be more plastic than ever. 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. We flip it over. Flexible packaging has become part of our daily lives. Can we come in and look? ", "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.". 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. [Chanting] Save our Earth! We've got to fix the recycling system; clearly that's job one. Plastic Paradise is the first documentary to chronicle the rise, fall, and resurgence of tiki, or Polynesian pop, one of the defining cultural trends of postwar America. Forty years on, despite a plastic crisis thats been getting worse, the industrys future seems bright. Go to some other symbol, just not the triangle. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Where Art Meets harden plastic. The Garten Foundation of Salem unveiled a new sorting machine that may change the way we recycle forever.
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