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Waste that is recycled to make new plastic is well very small germany produces $5200000.00 tons of plastic p.-a but only recycles 15 percent of that governments around the world are waking up to the problem though the u.s. and canada have partially banned micro plastic. in some consumer products and many countries in africa asia and europe have also banned or at least regulating plastic bags lets talk a little bit about some of those measures and joining me in the studio now is thompson walker f...

Worldwide more than a 3rd of that is single use plastics shopping bags water bottles plastic food containers thrown away after one use and only a small amount is getting recycled most disposable plastics are actually produced and asia especially in china but north america middle east and europe are also a major producers of disposable plastics africa only accounts for one percent the proportion of plastic ways that is recycled to make new plastic is very small germany for example produces $52000...

Monterey bay, northern california, and what they found horrified then. micro plastic, tiny, broken up pieces of plastic everywhere, from the surface to the seabed, about half a mile down. those plastics are being eaten by small sea creatures, eat and interned by fish, and then likely turning up on our dinner plates. what are the solutions? corporations, government, and scientists in partnership can work on the big picture, the scientists say. but on the most basic level, it starts with us. here ...

On agricultural surfaces in the european union you have about forty three thousand to sixty three thousand tons of micro plastic that are dumped and getting into into the system there which is harmful to humans as well so again important first step but probably not the last step while it sounds like he has a lot of book ahead of it next hoffman introspect for us. find im rediscovering useful thank you very much ben youre watching news and lets return to that breaking news situation in the united...

A lot worse than it was before before i thought that somehow it degraded or somehow it just got absorbed back into the surface of the planet but it doesnt it just stays just stays plastic we know really be mass producing plastic long enough to to fully understand its right to take radiation we know that in the environment a large plastic item starts to become brittle as a consequence of exposures to the sun to hate and mechanical action in the city and it starts to fragment into very small piece...

Greg: they are bitter over glitter. environmental scientists are calling for worldwide ban on glitter because its a pollution risk. the problem goes like this glitter is micro plastic too small to be filtered out by water treatment plants would eventually ends up in our ocean which eaten by unsuspecting fish who really should be grateful. the point is we eat those fish in the fish that eat that glitter but here is my problem. without glitter my kat wouldnt look so awesome. [laughter] greg: hes v...

So did you know americas number one export is not defense? its garbage. check out this chart of trashy offenders around the globe. that is the united states at the top of the heap. fortunately, though, america is also a nation of entrepreneurs and tonight, theres a company thats actually taking the trash thats been spilling into our oceans which you can see no matter where you are in the world, you see the trash in these beautiful places. it is so upsetting. but theyre doing this and turning it ...

Is. so, did you know americas number one export is not defense? its garbage? check out this track of defenders around the globe. that is the top of the heap. fortunately, america knows its own nation of entrepreneurs. theres a company thats been taking the trash in these beautiful places. theyre just so upsetting. theyre doing this and turning it into cold, hard cash. as you can see, theres a very specific method to the madness. >> miles of beautiful, white sand covers hawaiis east shore on aw...

Check out this chart of trashy offenders around the globe. that is the united states at the top of the heap. fortunately, though, america is also a nation of entrepreneurs and tonight, theres a company thats actually taking the trash thats been spilling into our oceans which you can see no matter where you are in the world, you see the trash in these beautiful places. it is so upsetting. but theyre doing this and turning it into cold hard cash. as youll see, theres a very specific method to the ...

Stays just stays plastic we dont really be mass producing plastic long enough to to fully understand its right to take radiation we know that in the environment. a large plastic item starts to become brittle as a consequence of exposures to the saw in the heat and the mechanical action in the sea and it starts to fragment into very small pieces even microscopic pieces that we describe as micro plastic if i thought polymer chemists they tell me that all of the plastic that weve ever produced is s...