Experts Debunk 9 Myths About Ocean Plastic Pollution

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While the problem of ocean plastic pollution is now well known, there are many misconceptions about this subject that, over time, become accepted as facts. That's why we invited our Head of Research, Laurent Lebreton, and Founder & CEO, Boyan Slat, to 'debunk' some of these common myths.
You can learn more about the problem of ocean plastic pollution on our website: theoceancleanup.com/ocean-pla....
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:46 #1 There's a trash island in the ocean
01:32 #2 The plastics in the garbage patches are too small, making them impossible to clean up
02:49 #3 Every minute, a garbage truck of plastic is dumped in the ocean
04:45 #4 Plastic at the surface of the ocean represents less than 1% of the total amount of plastic in the ocean
06:03 #5 In 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish
06:28 #6 Ten of the world's rivers are responsible for 90% of the plastic pollution in the ocean
07:55 #7 Plastic in the ocean comes predominantly from landbased sources
09:39 #8 Plastic in the ocean mostly comes from developing countries
10:37 #9 More than a third of plastic waste ends up in the ocean
11:38 Outro
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@highwaybus Ай бұрын

I appreciate how straight up, honest, and scientific your team is. Many NGOs would be tempted to pump up the hysteria by confirming myths and generating interest and funding that way. But you straight up say, for example, the amount of plastic produced that winds up (and stays) in oceans is less than 1%. While your work is still vital, you don't further public misconceptions to generate support. Bravo.

@Shoejoe Ай бұрын

I just wish they would get a more dedicated social media team. Plastic clean up can be entertaining too.

@dogelord144 Ай бұрын

Me too, I want them to record the cleanups live since it would be a rare example of actually good ASMR.

@angrypickle6346 Ай бұрын

Exactly what I've been thinking

@JonnoPlays Ай бұрын

I'll do it, where do I sign up?

@Atmatan_Kabbaher Ай бұрын

They have enough subs to be monetized here. They absolutely should be maintaining that presence.

@ingridwatsup9671 Ай бұрын

Entertaining? It’s a deadly serious matter: grow up!

@GenaTrius Ай бұрын

I saw a comic years ago that featured a human contemplating using a paper straw, while a baby harp seal pleadingly called out "No, the nets, the fishing nets, help!" It's real good to see y'all are getting the nets.

@fionamcwilliam8703 Ай бұрын

I've been so encouraged by your work in the ocean and rivers. I watch videos by Ocean Conservation Namibia who rescue seals from plastic entrapment. Mostly they are untangling the seals from fish line that has been discarded into the ocean but there are other items too like gaskets and packing straps. It's good to be reminded why your group exists - to clean the oceans so that marine creatures don't eat or get entangled in plastic. Just 5 grams of fishing line can kill a fully grown seal.

@dogelord144 Ай бұрын

Can you make a live stream of the plastic cleanup in Guatemala if possible? I think it would be really good ASMR and would bring much more awareness to the problem.

@More_Row Ай бұрын

Obsessed with ASMR

@helenamcginty4920 Ай бұрын

@@More_Rowim an old lady. Everything is just alphabet soup. Ok if you know what you are talking sbout. What is,ASMR?

@More_Row Ай бұрын

@@helenamcginty4920 Even as an old lady, you do have search engines available to you. But sure I'll copy you an answer: "ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response; a term used to describe a tingling, static-like, or goosebumps sensation in response to specific triggering audio or visual stimuli. These sensations are said to spread across the skull or down the back of the neck and, for some, down the spine or limbs. When experiencing ASMR sensations, some people report pleasant feelings of relaxation, calm, sleepiness or well-being." Basically it's people watching other people scratch objects and talking softly into microphones, it's weird and people use it as a blanket term nowadays for pleasing content which isn't the right use of the word.

@BalboaBaggins Ай бұрын

Do you even know what ASMR means?

@melaniehoshall6942 Ай бұрын

The plastic you are removing from the ocean will not photo-degrade into the ocean - they'll still photo-degrade, just not directly into the ocean. The argument against cleaning up the ocean doesn't hold water for that reason alone. It also doesn't assign a high enough value to the damage plastics in the ocean cause to ocean-based life (including shore birds that mistake plastics for food) as well as the humans that consume it. Just because the job is huge does not mean we get to ignore it. Thank you for all that you are doing!

@tod4924 Ай бұрын

Make up your mind the whole word knows that most plastic pollution come from rivers in third world countries most have no sewers and removing the Great Garbage Patch is the absolute best thing to ever happen over 25 million tons of waste has been removed already and no regular container plastics will ever break down or it would have already happened 1 thing you said was true thanks OCEAN CLEANUP KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOUR DOING

@melaniehoshall6942 Ай бұрын

@@tod4924 I'm confused by your response. If your comment is really a response to mine, "Make up your mind" sounds like I'm being asked to make a choice in a false dichotomy or like I've said something contradictory when I haven't. Plastics do photo-decay/breakdown and become microplastics which are everywhere now. The Ocean Project cannot remove those microfine particles, but they are helping to reduce the raw materials present in the ocean that create them.

@caltravels9454 Ай бұрын

every piece of garbage taken out of our ocean and rivers etc is a win guys, Bravo. So much still needs to be done to stop countries illegally dumping into waterways etc,

@JonnoPlays Ай бұрын

Yeah like the USA 🇺🇸

@cutegamerboy Ай бұрын

Appreciate what you do so much!

@MrLeetec Ай бұрын

I share with you a fact. Everyday we pump up more than 16 Billion Liter crude oil (100 million Barrel). It is estimated that 8 to 10% are used to become plastic. Every single day.

@Cosmichorrido Ай бұрын

I am sad that the fraction of plastic isnt greater. Its so wasteful to just burn the raw product instead of reforming for use as lubricant or plastics. I guess most of humanity just isnt capable of seeing the consequences of losing crude oil yet. If we just burned the plastics we cant readily recycle right now, we would already be much better off, with much less problems down the road. The ash from these plants is just so much easier to handle than Pollution from plastic particulates.

@whitlcj1 Ай бұрын

Will you reach out to Clean Bangladesh and share cleaning techniques with the members? I enjoy watching them go to town on the waste depossits in their water systems. It's very comforting to know people are doing work like that.

@fionamcwilliam8703 Ай бұрын

I watch BD Clean videos too. I'm really encouraged that a country like Bangladesh is doing something about the pollution in their country. People in Indonesia and India are also cleaning up beaches and waterways too.

@LouiseTichenor Ай бұрын

We are all responsible for plastic pollution. We all need to take responsibility for the plastic we buy as it all pollutes the earth somewhere. Do we take water from home in a reusable container or do we buy bottled water. I stopped buying lettuce because of the plastic containers. I still get plastic from some of my vegetables but we have to force the producers to come up with a new product. There are bags like plastic but are made from plant cellulose. What did we use prior to plastic

@amyhayutin1738 Ай бұрын

It’s Farmer’s markets season in the Northern hemisphere. Buy locally to reduce plastic waste.

@andrear4954 27 күн бұрын

My mother said fruits and vegetables used to come in paper bags when she was a kid

@livenletlive7537 24 күн бұрын

I remember going to the grocery store with my grandma. Paper bags were used for fruits and veggies. Meats were wrapped in butcher paper at the butcher's counter, same with deli meats and cheeses. Milk, orange juice, any juice, soda were all in glass. Condiments were in glass. Glass jars and their lids were reused and reused over and over again. Bread came in waxed paper bags. Coffee beans were in paper bags and fresh ground at the register counter. Groceries were in sturdy paper bags then reused for garbage bags, lunch bags, or made into school book covers.

@stevefritz5182 Ай бұрын

Great job reporting on this. Too much of people's reaction to our environment is hysteria rather than useful action. You've put things in a clearer perspective and therefore a more useful perspective.

@CorvetteAustin24 Ай бұрын

Keep up the great work! Thanks for this video, I certainly had some of these misconceptions as well.

@hagron5702 Ай бұрын

Si seulement on pouvait diminuer le plastique à la source! Je vous salut du Québec. Merci pour tous les efforts.

@memevideos5049 Ай бұрын

This is very educational, thanks for sharing this :)

@morrispet Ай бұрын

THANK YOU ALL for your work and service to the planet and all its inhabitants!!

@bobbymoss6160 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video, absolutely love what you guys are doing.

@nysportsfan2576 Ай бұрын

Will be interesting to see how they will tackle plastic at the bottom. Gonna be hard as some ocean floors are impossible to get to currently.

@sternenhimmel4637 Ай бұрын

I don't miss a single minute of your informations videos interviews etc. Never end your glorious work until not a single piece of plastic leaves any circle- procedure. Thank YOU 🙏 ❤

@d.d.5633 Ай бұрын

Good job, guys. Keep it up. 👏🏻

@davidreid5672 Ай бұрын

Keep up the fantastic work and efforts from all your dedicated staff. We'll done to all of you.

@jadedrealist 4 күн бұрын

Someday I hope you do a video like this addressing concerns instead of myths. Biologists have voiced quite a few about this project, hearing your response to many of those concerns would be awesome, and hopefully, give your supporters piece of mind.

@christophmartin5381 Ай бұрын

Highly interesting, and it confirms my observations of rivers. Even if plastic is not that much in the oceans as previously thought, it is a pressing problem that should be solved on all fronts.

@vatsokatvis_experience 29 күн бұрын

A fundamental problem that is overlooked in my opinion is the fact that very little garbage collection facilities exist along the rivers especially in lesser developed countries. There are no roads in these communities to facilitate collection so where can the people dispose of their waste? We have this problem here in South Africa because our corrupt government rather misuse funds for their own luxuries before providing convenient garbage collection facilities

@buzzinalong7163 Ай бұрын

The work your team does and the education you share is very impressive. Hopefully you get many many countrys and their people to clue in to what you are doing.

@user-li2me1uq1r Ай бұрын

Great to hear how much you have learned from your work and research. I hope you can continue to go from strength to strength with the river interceptors and the version 3 system in the ocean.

@miaschwarz7395 Ай бұрын

Is there a video regarding #6 and this AI counting of plastics?

@MattVey Ай бұрын

Can anyone explain what happens to the fibers from polyester clothing when worn and washed? We can't really see these fibers but they exist as a form of dust.

@benito7402 Ай бұрын

You guys are incredible! If you possibly expanded your social media presence that might give a lot more interest and possible people wanting to join etc. but you guys inspire me to clean plastic in my community and I plan to collect a lot more. Keep it up! Let’s get this planet clean!

@sandyb489 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the education. Keep up the great work.

@PeterParker-df6ce Ай бұрын

You're overdue for a reddit ama

@sunfreestar Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this information and for everything you do!🙏🌞🥰🤗

@frankmcnish8489 Ай бұрын

Your team is doing a great job ,need to educate the poor corpuped countries sand they people over fishing and leaving the garbage out there

@haykelg340 21 күн бұрын

So you are only blaming poor countries? The rich countries they are also corrupted and should be educated too. Wake up!

@1997CWR Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this video, please kept this kind of content going!

@emilypatterson4479 Ай бұрын

Extremely informative. Thank you very much. 😎

@nullnull3355 Ай бұрын

Thanks for keeping us educated!

@v0ort Ай бұрын

Awesome vid, we need the facts and sharing of knowledge!

@orenatostefani 28 күн бұрын

guys, thanks for your time and knowledge. you may not believe it, but everytime that I wake up unmotivated to do my mission in this planet, I go to The Ocean Cleanup YT Channel or listen to the Catching Up podcast. keep rocking

@nnozz1373 Ай бұрын

Very educative and nice to see sources listed!

@robheijdenrijk2366 Ай бұрын

Illuminating, thank you. It's mindboggling to me that 10-20% of plastics will enter the environment! As a species, we really should address these issues in meaningful ways, sooner rather then later.

@michasosnowski5918 Ай бұрын

Thanks for clearing that up :)

@pepsakdoek1029 Ай бұрын

Overall I am super glad this video was made. It makes the plastic problem more solvable!

@tulipstextiles Ай бұрын

I need to network with Boyan Slat. God Damn

@Erock691 Ай бұрын

Great info! Thank you for what you guys do.

@lvn968 Ай бұрын

Great and important work you all are doing ! Keep it up ! Thx all of you !

@hjordistorfa Ай бұрын

Thank you for this Outstanding update.. yes this was needed 👍 I'm truely impressed by your Magnificent work.. Respect & all the best wishes to you all.. Boyan you are our Beautiful Hero.. Greetings from Skandinavia.. 💞🌍✌️😊🇮🇸💞

@ryn2844 Ай бұрын

Thank you, I didn't know most of this

@overover.. Ай бұрын

So much intelligence and common sense here

@greenmart9554 Ай бұрын

Cool i will always like the ocean clean up❤

@FlamingBasketballClub Ай бұрын

The collaboration between Ocean Conservation Namibia and The Ocean Cleanup makes sense.

@go4acro 2 сағат бұрын

Your work is very appreciated, thanks for the informative video. What happens to the plastics you take out of the ocean? Do you have a video on that aswell?

@matthewdeklerk3457 Ай бұрын

Great video, entertaining and enlightening! Keep it up!

@annamclaughlin5941 Ай бұрын

Thank you for all you do to help our earth!!

@laetid8403 28 күн бұрын

Thank u for ur awesome work ❤❤❤

@briancarter9927 Ай бұрын

appreciate everything y'all are doing

@glitrcamille Ай бұрын

such a productive and informative conversation!✨

@nfboogaard Ай бұрын

Thanks OC team for setting the record straight! 💪🏼🥇✌🏼🇳🇱

@purplesparklefelicity8138 Ай бұрын

🎉😊❤😊🎉1st😊❤🎉😊❤ thank you for helping the oceans.❤😊🎉😊thanks for having this sit down😊❤

@TakingtheTRASHOUTwithAaron Ай бұрын

This study is super fascinating. Thank you TOC for all your efforts and studies, priceless. ❤

@heinuchung8680 28 күн бұрын

They need commercials and sponsors at the Olympics we need 10 of these for the major oceans.

@veggieboyultimate 29 күн бұрын

So is it a good or bad thing we are overestimating the impact of the plastic pollution?

@deersakamoto2167 Ай бұрын

10:05 origin countries of plastic in the ocean (because garbage from fishing activities produce a large percentage of ocean trash, rich fishing countries also rank in) Is Ocean Cleanup doing anything about lowering the waste produced by fishing activities? Who in the world is the leader of eco fishing tech and why those rich countries aren't buying in?

@mrmudslide5676 Ай бұрын

This was amazing. No chicken little - just the facts. Although it is a small fraction of what the bomb throwers told us it is still a huge problem that we need to continue to address.

@MjMurphy777 Ай бұрын

Excellent piece. 👍

@westcoast8562 Ай бұрын

@theoceancleanup. Yes most plastics are buoyant but are they still when covered in barnacles and other sealife. And to that point there must be Collection areas on the bottom of the ocean. If this idea holds water, or sinks, lol, to what degrees has this thought of sinking platics been tested and or investigated beyond just the specific gravity of plastic? You video was excellent and opened my eyes to the amount of misinfornation out there. This knowledge needs to be promoted with the same vigor as the ocean clean ups. Discovery Channel should do a show

@treefarm3288 29 күн бұрын

Very good. On new plastic being added, that would depend on the country. Three countries I know, Australia is trying to do better, states have banned single use bags, bottles have 10c repayable deposits. Japan is terrible, the public resists the government's efforts. Indonesia uses a lot and being islands, disperses it. So campaigning is important, too.

@aa2339 Ай бұрын

Can't plastic with spiked with some additive to make them degrade faster?

@AxelMetayer 19 күн бұрын

Awesome plastic Video! More of these and as youtube shorts please! Like 1 myth or datapoint a week for example

@hoggybhoy1967 7 күн бұрын

Do more youtube videos and make them longer. Keep up the good work👍

@azirbirdo9300 12 күн бұрын

good job guys youre doing good work

@tellyboy17 28 күн бұрын

Amazingly honest approach, it would been so much more self serving to just go with the junk science stories. Very refreshing compared to climate science.

@RositaRealFoods 20 күн бұрын

We're proud supporters! Keep up the awesome work! 🤗⭐

@byronmurphy1977 29 күн бұрын

Great job everybody

@Brancaalice 22 күн бұрын

Well, if the most plastic that enter in ocean come from rivers, it would be wise create a project that block them entering in ocean. Maybe installing a big metal net in boca of river when entering ocean. It would hold all the plastic, it like big scale of filtration.

@ianvonmemerty6502 23 күн бұрын

This was so useful. Any chance of doing the 9 misconceptions in small Tweets (digestible for short attention spans). The layers of complexity are realistically presentes here. Has your estimation of the totals in the GPB changed?

@marlan5470 Ай бұрын

Deserves more views.

@trikepilot101 Ай бұрын

Very interesting that people so devoted to solving the problem are saying the problem is not as big as most people think.

@kleinshui9082 Ай бұрын

If a problem seems overwordly large, people loose hope and don't act. Being reasonable and hopeful keeps things running

@chowe9 Ай бұрын

I've read where there creatures living off the plastic. If this is true, how does your wonderful work affect the creatures?

@ginnyalyias8103 2 күн бұрын

What happens to the garbage after it’s been collected?

@ThatGuyRicky000 Ай бұрын

Thank you! Doing what others won’t & helping Mother Earth.

@allisondrummond951 Ай бұрын

I hope you can help the oceans forever I am very appreciated for what you do thank you

@davidseeii501 Ай бұрын

Please keep it up!

@diraziz396 Ай бұрын

Thank you All for supporting life

@ShortFunnyTales Ай бұрын

All countries must have interceptors at their rivers etc!!!Must be a law to make dumping plastic illegal everywhere!!!

@CONN_Do_It_444 29 күн бұрын

Do you have a volunteer program? I would absolutely love to help, thank you

@danmoore3224 21 күн бұрын

Hemp seed oil polymers make a biodegradable non-Toxic Plastic that is also stronger! University of Michigan late 1960 built a car 75% hemp polymers!

@batchint Ай бұрын

small dives a little known island in the Indian ocean has a big problem with tourists but not tourists but their waste.. etcetera… 🎉

@fett0404 29 күн бұрын

I would be interested in paying for a live view subscription to their ships. I understand that most of it would be incredibly boring but I’d like to contribute and feel that it would be interesting. Don’t know if it’s possible.

@Claudia_Koster 28 күн бұрын

So, do you keep track of type of trash? How much % is ocean plastic trash? Nets boeyees crabtraps and stuff from boats?

@foxie2u1965 Ай бұрын

How is the plastic being removed on the beaches in these developing countries? anyone have an answer?

@bunkyayars1179 Ай бұрын

Contact the World Health Organization to get additional help!

@lilianaliscano3406 Ай бұрын

Please look at the pollution of the rivers in Colombia. Thank you.

@TheDog_Chef Ай бұрын

Taking personal responsibility by reducing single use plastic is a start. Boycotting companies that don’t reduce plastic is another example. Vote with you $ which companies you support.

@micheleshave323 Ай бұрын

What happens to the plastic after you get it out of the ocean?

@theoceancleanup 27 күн бұрын

After sorting and filling up our containers onboard, we bring them back to shore for recycling. With the help of our partners, we plan on turning the ocean plastic into durable and valuable products, as we aim to ensure that it never re-enters the marine environment. More info: theoceancleanup.com/waste-management-and-recycling/

@vanman757 20 күн бұрын

Fantastic job guys !!! ❤@@theoceancleanup

@Jonny-yv3lf Ай бұрын

Laurent is so handsome 😍 .... And smart 🎉.... And yes plastic collection 🤗😏

@livenletlive7537 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for all that you do in the never ending collection of the plastic pollution. What needs to happen is plastic that is used for food and beverage needs to cease completely. Go back to the way our grandparents/great grandoarents shopped. Grocery stores having actual butchers, and cuts were done at the counter and wrapped in butcher paper, not Styrofoam with diaper material at the bottom and wrapped in plastic wrap. Bread was in waxed paper bags. ALL beverages were in returnable glass bottles. Ketchup, mayo, mustard, dressings, peanut butter, jams, were all in glass bottles/jars. There were local bottling companies where people can get a case of 12 soda (about 1 liter bottle size) bottles, as well as beer in bottles. All returnable because you would put a deposit on the wooden crate and the bottles. There was usually a milk store in every town where milk was sold in glass bottles, orange juice in glass bottles, ice cream in paper 1/2 gallon boxes (not lined in plastic), put a deposit on the bottles and bring the bottles back to get more milk/juice. Chips and pretzels were in paper bags or boxes. Cereal was in boxes, no plastic anything. My grandma would bring the box of cereal home and put it in large glass jars. Same with oats. Rice was sold in burlap bags or in boxes and she would put it in glass jars. Measuring cups were glass. She had no plastic utensils. It was stainless steel or wooden spoons/stirrers. She had wooden cutting boards, not plastic. There was nonsuch thing as plastic water bottles being carried around. They used a glass thermos. Lunch boxes were metal. Coolers were metal. Laundry baskets were woven wicker or braided cotton. Laundry soap was in big boxes. It will take a complete reset to all people to change from plastic. We have polluted our earth and now people have nano plastics in their bodies accumulated to credit cards. That is pathetic and unacceptable.

@chrischen82 8 күн бұрын

great thanks for clearifying these questions. Greetings from germany. PS: if you need some one to help in and around germany, i'll do it. :-)

@wolfman3295 Ай бұрын

I wish you people would get your story straight about the great pacific garbage patch. I watched the video about how your people said it didn't exist then several months later that was all your people talked about how real it is in another video! It has existed for many many years and made headlines all over the planet as the documents you showed proved!