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Greg: they are bitter over glitter. environmental scientists are calling for worldwide ban on glitter because it's 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 wouldn't look so awesome. [laughter] greg: he's very classy. jamie, this is the war on fun. >> i am very excited about this news. i have children ...

So did you know america's number one export is not defense? it's 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, there's a company that's actually taking the trash that's 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 they're doing this and turning it into cold hard cash. as you'll see, there's a very specific method to the madness. >> reporter...

Is. so, did you know america's number one export is not defense? it's 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. there's a company that's been taking the trash in these beautiful places. they're just so upsetting. they're doing this and turning it into cold, hard cash. as you can see, there's a very specific method to the madness. >> miles of beautiful, white sand covers hawaii's east shore on awahoo. >> what are we walking on? >> it's a mix of fine sand and microplastic. >> this is par...

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, there's a company that's actually taking the trash that's 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 they're doing this and turning it into cold hard cash. as you'll see, there's a very specific method to the madness. >> reporter: miles of beautiful white sand covers hawaii's east shore on oahu but loo...

Stays just stays plastic we don't really be mass producing plastic long enough to to fully understand it's 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 we've ever produced is still with us almost on the planet in a form that's too large to be biodegraded. for our first exp...