Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic

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Modern life would be impossible without plastic - but we have long since lost control over our invention. Why has plastic turned into a problem and what do we know about its dangers?
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@kurzgesagt 5 жыл бұрын

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@someoneunimportant4544 5 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell neat

@koralleroux4590 5 жыл бұрын

Is it made from plastic?

@mewmeowwichannelofficial4744 5 жыл бұрын

I like it!!!

@danijelmanojlovic7421 5 жыл бұрын

Sepco makes fuel from plastic, everyone can join our network program with Cloud Horizon! Make money and solve problem of plastic pollution!

@santandersepulveda 5 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell with reusable bags at least the disposable ones don’t end in the ocean. Like okey, maybe it uses a lot of other resources, but not having plastic bags floating around can’t hurt :!

@pavlo3511 4 жыл бұрын

1900s: let’s use plastic to save paper 2010s: let’s use paper to save plastic

@teamcor7086 3 жыл бұрын

they have similar environme----

@1nf1n1tenoob8 3 жыл бұрын

The ocean: Stop using plastic!!! You are killing the fish. The trees:...

@alejandrorivas4585 3 жыл бұрын

I think the end of the day, the problem is consumerism in a world of finite resources

@kiwibanana7590 3 жыл бұрын

How about... we don't use either... and go to stores with our own metal stuff... so we can get stuff that has already been made served to us? Like going to buy stuff, but you have to package your own stuff and obviously wash it. Idk it doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. The problem is though, that would take up a lot of metal and then, wouldn't you know it, we ran out of metal.

@Mr-Ad-196 3 жыл бұрын

How about we went digital? Imagine those Holo pad from star war thingy.

@LibertyLocalizer 5 жыл бұрын

The cartoonish look of these videos do not at all match the terror I feel when watching them.

@pallavishrotriya230 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@maxwellcody7099 4 жыл бұрын

Yeh

@almightyalious2804 4 жыл бұрын

ikr

@kevinchen4096 4 жыл бұрын

HK Jul BL MNM NHL

@homebodytiger 4 жыл бұрын

And that's exactly what makes them so watchable ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌

@allisg3320 3 жыл бұрын

I just love how at the beginning the captions say: [catchy intro music]

@onamata9231 3 жыл бұрын

It changes one of my favourites is [snazzy intro music] (or that might have been a hallucination idk :/)

@kavyab. 3 жыл бұрын

@jscreativezone427 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@thethunderstone3072 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, how would they know what music is?

@allisg3320 3 жыл бұрын

@@thethunderstone3072 Kurzgesagt wrote the captions. Edit: The community sends Kurzgesagt the subtitles.

@Oxcentric 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that Kurzesagt content is free, whilst maintaining nearly unmatched levels of quality, will never cease to amaze me.

@kodeystockton1124 2 жыл бұрын

Their videos get millons, tens of millions of views. Due to the nature of the content, their videos are monetized so they actually make bank.

@Oxcentric 2 жыл бұрын

@@kodeystockton1124 I'm aware they make money back, but there is a huge amount of effort and the returns are far from guaranteed (e.g., poor luck with the algorithm). I think it's just great content and we're lucky to have them on this platform!

@kodeystockton1124 2 жыл бұрын

@@Oxcentric Oh I agree

@1egend55 2 жыл бұрын

@i billionaire?

@newstartyt3700 Жыл бұрын

@@Oxcentric didn't Kurzgesagt literally receive a 570,000$ grant from the Bill and Melinda and Gates Foundation for some of their videos? Not only that, they received other funding from organizations like Open Philanthropy (keep in mind, these organizations are all from multi-billionaires, yea, that's how they have such high quality) Yes, I get it, not all videos are sponsored by billionaire organizations but they're a major part (more so than viewer funding) of how they're able to make such high quality animations

@aetherresonant9079 5 жыл бұрын

WHO THE HELL WRAPS A BANANA?

@junminnie 5 жыл бұрын

weirdly enough, the supermarket in my country does it lol one banana in one plastic

@Merennulli 5 жыл бұрын

Someone who wants it to last longer. As the video just said, plastic wrap keeps products safe to eat longer, keeping more out of the trash and lowering the environmental impact more than not using plastic would have. And, yes, even still in the peel, plastic wrap will keep a banana from going bad longer. The fix is to change the chemistry of the plastic so it breaks down safely. People are working on this, and have already created safe, biodegradeable, and even affordable plastic containers...which are often banned because they're still technically plastic and we're scared of plastic now even though it has lower environmental impact than the alternative.

@jazzymeep9384 5 жыл бұрын

the peel IS THE WRAPPER

@kemalasarinasdarisan8562 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@flybalbu 5 жыл бұрын

AetherResonant yea like why wrap something that doesn’t need to be

@BanditRants 5 жыл бұрын

As a video editor and motion graphics artist, I must say In a Nutshell never cease to amaze me with their insane quality content. KZfaq is blessed to have them.

@assertivecunts2341 5 жыл бұрын

BanditRants your videos are godly!

@OfficialUSKRprogram 5 жыл бұрын

What does your profession have to do with your comment though?

@cd_first1135 5 жыл бұрын

BanditRants but is it relevant to the video?

@tareqsamman 5 жыл бұрын

we are indeed lucky to have this awesome team making an quality content.

@PsychonautTV 5 жыл бұрын

What part of video editing and motion graphics does not enter your incompetent minds? BanditRants and I share the same thoughts; like him, I do animation and cinematography, and Kurzgesagt's content blow us away.

@Kahoschannel 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I’m from Japan and I’m living in China for a long time for work. I’m currently working on biodegradable polyester. But obviously it’s pricey and people don’t bother to spend more money to chose eco friendly products here. I really would like to translate this video into Chinese and show them if it is ok.

@jackiekjono 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Someone working in China who is concerned about copyright. You are now one of my favorite people.

@teo7681 2 жыл бұрын

You should send them an email

@ministerievanstudiecollege5788 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you noticed, but there are Chinese subtitles to this video. Unless you mean translate into Chinese speech.

@lslime1545 2 жыл бұрын

@@ministerievanstudiecollege5788 In China i couldn't watch KZfaq (and the government also banned Google, Facebook, Instagram...

@lslime1545 2 жыл бұрын

@@95ellington ah, i know bilibili, yes

@TheRunicbladeFantasy 3 жыл бұрын

Just realize Kurzgesagt playing the long game, started talking about Midas 2 years before releasing an entire video about the midas touch. Well played.

@kingmidasxynopyt 3 жыл бұрын

Midas came back and now I feel Ecstatic.

@milkshakes1 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I love the effort put into each video

@dearleader6789 5 жыл бұрын

Jordan Ugo I agree. The art style combined with the knowledge is why I look forward to seeing a new video every month

@anshullowanshi5494 5 жыл бұрын

Me Too.Specially their way of Explanation, even a illiterate person may also get understood

@notaweeb4177 5 жыл бұрын

No shit, sherlock

@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 5 жыл бұрын

That's why his videos come once a month

@AvousLP 5 жыл бұрын

Lots of infuriating misinformation in this one though. Makes me think that there might be in all of them and I'm just too ignorant in the other subjects they talk about to know better. I work with plastic for a living and the only valid concern they voice is the pollution killing marine life. Nothing else in the video is concerning or a problem unless you are looking in at an industry from the outside.

@ArnovanZelst 5 жыл бұрын

Those plastic monsters looked like Ferbies, which is an effective way of making plastic look very scary

@Zappygunshot 5 жыл бұрын

Ferbies are an effective way of making anything look scary.

@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522 5 жыл бұрын

Only other acceptable choice would've been a mogwai.

@lucrativelepton 5 жыл бұрын

@TheHorseFormerlyWithoutAName except nobody knows what that is

@ThrottleKitty 5 жыл бұрын

Who the FUCK doesn't know what Gremlins are? Seriously, do kids these days not watch that movie???

@ArnovanZelst 5 жыл бұрын

Throttle Kitty I mean, I'm 23 and I haven't seen it. So I'd say... No?

@simplemisdirection2132 3 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt videos like this should be shown more often in schools. Especially since many are in multiple languages.

@strideanimations3027 2 жыл бұрын

my school (when i still was in public) did show kurzgesagt videos a lot actually, so this does happen now.

@filip4394 Жыл бұрын

@@strideanimations3027 if only it was more frequent though :'-(

@StrazdasLT Жыл бұрын

How do you think they get those millions of views? Schools do show them.

@filip4394 Жыл бұрын

@@StrazdasLT Most of those views are by private individuals.

@daviesfamilyof8321 Жыл бұрын

@@strideanimations3027 HOW!!!! i would go tos school more often if taht was in my school

@SpinosaurusStudios_ 2 жыл бұрын

Midas: Everything I touch turns into gold I can't eat :C Anyone: Just use your mouth Midas: *Now listen here*

@blmb4274 2 жыл бұрын

or wear gloves that will work too I guess

@pengpura 2 жыл бұрын

@@blmb4274 Well the gloves would turn into gold and he cant ever take them off

@blmb4274 2 жыл бұрын

@@pengpura ... poor midas XD

@patiencewallace8453 2 жыл бұрын

Or use a fork 😂

@eclecticsoffy 2 жыл бұрын

@@patiencewallace8453 use a spoon, even better than average metal spoon/fork, because gold spoon/fork doesn't compromise taste

@MrEel-dc4kh 3 жыл бұрын

We could maybe grow food that has its own wrapping? Oranges have outsmarted us already.

@ivanristic5512 3 жыл бұрын

Also banana

@AshVXmc 3 жыл бұрын

Also every other fruit

@twandepan 3 жыл бұрын

@@AshVXmc eh, some do it better than others.

@factswithdevasish 3 жыл бұрын

COCONUT: *_LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF_*

@potatoesandducks958 3 жыл бұрын

Aren't those still gonna spoil though? Maybe not as much as unwrapped food, but it still wouldn't last very long without plastic packaging

@xyon9090 5 жыл бұрын

*It irritates me when I see people throw trash anywhere.* _The world is your garbage bin mate? Really?_

@ancellery6430 5 жыл бұрын

Dean Natuno I think it’s not that bad when natural things are thrown away(fruits, paper, etc.) because those are in the environment anyways and it might actually make the environment healthier because when it decomposes it creates compost which is good for soil. Just not when people throw away plastic because it will be there for generations to come.

@CalliePossum 5 жыл бұрын

Really a problem for the janitors.

@eddy-nd7nh 5 жыл бұрын

Dean Natuno at my last job everyone would throw their water bottles and soda bottles in the trash when there was a recycle bin right next to it.. know how irritating it is to see that?

@kurean5808 5 жыл бұрын

paper takes a lot of time to go away. But atleast unlike plastic if paper gets eaten by an animal it will digest anyways.

@ThisHaloFan 5 жыл бұрын

The idea that littering is more attributable to individuals being careless than disposable packaging producers is an idea paid for by the packaging industry. Look at the origins of the "crying Indian" PSA paid for and produced by the largest plastic and packaging conglomerates in the world.

@orrygraham8265 3 жыл бұрын

My little brother: "I suppose the lesson of this video is not to eat fish!" Me: "No! The lesson is to use less plastic!"

@SirusStarTV 3 жыл бұрын

I don't like fish so no problem

@blade7y156 3 жыл бұрын

@@SirusStarTV But plastics finish also in water. And I think you can't just stop drinking...

@phatchungus9266 2 жыл бұрын

@@blade7y156 so not even the most refined tap waters is safe from plastic pollution?

@blade7y156 2 жыл бұрын

@@phatchungus9266 I don't know, it is a good question.

@TrickLunar 2 жыл бұрын

@@phatchungus9266 its is not safe

@NavyBlueNightSky 2 жыл бұрын

I remember learning a few years ago that in the South-East of Asia, someone invented bags and cups that were actually made in a seaweed fiber, and could also be eaten if you wanted it (seriously, because they dissolved into your mouth, and you could put salt on them) or throw them into the ocean without any worries because they would dissolve completely in organic material. I genuinely wonder why that stuff didn't go "popular" and everyone forgot or never noticed it :( because if it did, It would have changed many things in my opinion.

@heckingbamboozled8097 10 ай бұрын

If it dissolves in your mouth, I don't understand how it could also be used for long term storage of manufactured goods. Plastic works so well in single serving things you buy at the store because it doesn't degrade from moisture - the seaweed fiber would last like a week on a store shelf and degrade

@LashanR 5 жыл бұрын

I suppose one way to help reduce waste is to give incentives to companies for making their products 100% recyclable. Looking around my room there really isn't much that is plastic, but the stuff that is isn't one-use.

@alexduranceau9695 5 жыл бұрын

Lashan "give insentive" you mean force on them so they go somewhere else To produce :P .

@Jokumlokum 5 жыл бұрын

no, I think he means that if companies see the economical benefits from recycling then they will accommodate their products to suit recycling better.

@tryannosaur 5 жыл бұрын

Lashan Not exactly feasible to make everything 100% recyclable. And like the cotton bag example in the video. Most of the time, producing one-use plastic items is more economical and more eco-friendly in climate change terms than producing a re-usuable item of the same purpose. The only way the governments could theoretically provide incentives for all the companies is to subsidise a substitute material to plastic, such as cotton or paper and subsidise research on how to reduce emissions released when making products with those materials. But to keep the economy stable, the government would have to subsidise every single company to provide incentive for *all* of them to quit using plastic. There'd also need to be research on how to make the substitute material as strong as plastic and as versatile and flexible as plastic. Which would cost the governments of the world billions. Not a wise move to invest no much money into a theoretical substitute for plastic, which has served us pretty well so far. The only feasible solution I can really see is to further encourage recycling, tax plastic wastage even more and develop a new form of material that's more biodegradable to use as wrapping.

@Poorgeniu5 5 жыл бұрын

Incentives? Why not form a company that buy used plastic and recycle those into new products.

@mambofox4333 5 жыл бұрын

The government enforces a pollution quota, meaning businesses can only pollute at a set amount. They pay for the right to polite X amount, and the overall sum total is determined by the government. Businesses which under pollute are then able to sell their pollution rights to other companies. This actually helps reduce all forms of pollution by a lot. Tightenkng this policy or creating similar ones globally would actually work wonders because money (and losing less of it to the government) is unfortunately one of if not the biggest incentive in modern civilization.

@LeeonTV 5 жыл бұрын

Finally something with quality in the trends..

@QUADEeee 5 жыл бұрын

And that's all you have to say about this matter?

@saanvisharma2081 5 жыл бұрын

LeonTV every video this channel makes, will be ended up in trending.

@vivigesso3756 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah its just a bunch of Trump bashing.

@jm036 5 жыл бұрын

pp rr Holy shit is it? That'd be worse than I thought!

@EugeneEmile 5 жыл бұрын

you mean trending vids on youtube right? :) happy to read that you find this quality! let's all pick up on this message and transform it into something productive in our lives.

@RainbowMama143 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including the bit about how some of our plastic substitutes are actually less environmentally friendly (the grocery bag example). I recently learned about that and it really rocked my world view about what it means to be environmentally friendly

@xxNtGxx 13 күн бұрын

The video kind of contradicts itself at that point. All of the parts about plastic taking forever to break down and getting into our food chain and everything still applies to it beyond just the manufacturing process. For the long term health of the planet, the cotton bag is significantly more sustainable. Also, I'd like to know what the pollution numbers are on making 7100 plastic bags vs one cotton bag, since they said one cotton bag needs to be used 7100 times to make up for the pollution difference in manufacturing.

@N0VaDa 2 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt: "we are ruining the world with plastic" Mr Beast: "hold my money"

@FutureNow 5 жыл бұрын

Seattle just passed the first ban on straws in the U.S., which is important because straws are particularly difficult to recycle due to their size. And also important because Starbucks is based in Seattle and has already innovated a lid that does not require a straw for iced drinks.

@decidous 5 жыл бұрын

FutureNow dannggg

@mitchgillilan 5 жыл бұрын

that is great!!! So much plastic is just mindlessly thrown away in 10 minutes, I don't even think a lot of people are even aware of what they are doing any more.

@Cat-ct9hn 5 жыл бұрын

Mitch Gillilan I saw a good reusable straw made out of glass and stainless steel that is completely washable. I think that we need more multi-use products.

@LucaDarioButzberger 5 жыл бұрын

+FutureNow It all starts with small changes. :D

@randallpetersen9164 5 жыл бұрын

Big deal. Good luck changing anything with these tiny token measures. Did you even watch the video? Most of the oceanic plastic pollution is happening in Asia and Africa, it's not just a few plastic straws, and nothing we can do will stop it. Here in Seattle we like to think we're so enlightened, but it's all meaningless symbolic gestures that mostly make us feel good about ourselves, and not much else.

@athifmuhammad6725 4 жыл бұрын

The weird thing is that plastic bags were actually made so that we could reuse it until it was worn out That’s why it is very durable

@sandal_thong8631 2 жыл бұрын

I used to take them back to the grocery store's bins, but I now have 4 cloth bags and only use a plastic bag for trash. But some of those have holes in the bottom.

@lilysantiago679 11 ай бұрын

Cool, but it's not.

@hedgehog3180 5 ай бұрын

And I mean nothing is stopping you from just reusing them and they're often so thin that they can easily be folded into a pocket. I usually just always carry some sort of bag on me so I never need to buy one and if I do I take it home and store it so I can reuse it. The only real downside to plastic bags is that they're not as strong as cotton ones so you have to be a bit more careful when loading them and unlike a cotton bag you can't repair them if they do start to break. But keeping that in mind I just pack different bags depending on the ammount of shopping I expect to do. Also even a plastic bag with broken handles can be reused as a trash bag.

@stellaoctangula9898 2 жыл бұрын

my teacher played this during class and we were all like: YESSS I LOVE KURZGESAGT!

@Naveication 5 жыл бұрын

Ah nice my weekly dose of existential crisis is out!

@user-nm4ni5us8j 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, who doesn't like to copy top comments!! EDIT: The original comment WAS in the top but KZfaq ruined it. EDIT 2: Now the original comment is in the top.

@16o6oo 5 жыл бұрын

FAT MOOD

@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 5 жыл бұрын

*Monthly

@edthoreum7625 5 жыл бұрын

check methane hydrate in artic & siberian tundras,,,

@gruffyddgozali 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Massalinie 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's worth noting that the reusable bag study found several actually viable alternatives: Non-woven polypropylene bags: 37 reuses Woven polypropylene bags: 32 reuses Recycled polyethylene terephthalate bags: 96 reuses Recycled Polyester bags: 35 reuses Cotton was just the worst, unless maybe you make it yourself out of clothing you'd otherwise throw away. Of course, these are also plastics but I think multi-use makes a huge difference over single-use especially when it can be recycled or disposed of more responsibly (plus is less likely to fly away).

@Xenoram 5 жыл бұрын

This is worth noting indeed

@dragonstory15 5 жыл бұрын

The study also assumed the bags would be burnt up and not thrown away.

@sanne4419 5 жыл бұрын

I've been using a hemp cloth bag or almost 3 years now! Hemp needs little water and is just about as durable as cotton. Durable cloth bags from responsible sources are awesome.

@ambertunney7600 5 жыл бұрын

Hi - do you know what study this was? or have a link to an article for a university research project - thanks

@marselalibenstein6395 5 жыл бұрын

Massalinie a

@kristinasmith3097 2 жыл бұрын

This video was so accurate, very well informed. Excellent work! However, the trophic transfer of the particles is still under debate I think. We‘ll see what new publications will come up with 🙂

@sinceretuitt1865 2 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome! I'd like to point out, though, that in addition to avoiding directly consuming plastic products, I think we all ought to consider more critically the plastic pollution inherent in the production of non-plastic products we consume. Refusing plastic straws is great, but a 2018 study (1) showed that plastic straws only compose about .03% of the plastic in the GPGP. On the contrary, discarded fishing equipment accounts for 46% of that plastic. That means avoiding fish is 3 orders of magnitude more effective at preventing plastic pollution than avoiding plastic straws is. That is an incredible figure. And even without all the plastic pollution, the fishing industry is incredibly unsustainable. Plastic kills millions of marine animals in a year (2), but millions of marine animal are killed for food each minute (3). That has a far more devastating impact on ecosystems than plastic does. Fish populations are declining at an alarming rate (4), and considering the ocean's role as one of our planet's best carbon sinks, that's a terrifying prospect. If you want to engender positive change, cutting out fish, or better yet adopting a plant based diet, is the most effective method of making an individual sustainable impact.

@crabnebula1816 2 жыл бұрын

Easy, I’m allergic to fish.

@grimwolf9988 4 жыл бұрын

"What should we use to make this disposable item that'll only be used once?" "How about this nearly indestructible material that never deteriorates and is very hard to dispose of?" "...Why the hell would we do that?" "It's cheap" "Okay then!"

@STM_tm 4 жыл бұрын

America:InANutshell

@guilhermeferrao5968 3 жыл бұрын

@@STM_tm more like the world. And plastic, according to this video, actually does have a lot of uses where it seems irreplaceable

@AwesomeSauce7176 3 жыл бұрын

@@STM_tm everyone uses plastic. As pointed out in the video, most of the plastic in the Ocean does not come from America.

@satanichiamcdowell6298 3 жыл бұрын

plastic itself isn't a problem in fact its beneficial, its how we dispose it is the problem

@user-cv8xu2yk7m 3 жыл бұрын

@@satanichiamcdowell6298 I agree, plastic is revolutionary, imagine having to replace plastic.

@shinibi 5 жыл бұрын

This is so terrifying... We should save our environment to save ourselves :(

@OSan-ml2dx 5 жыл бұрын

Yea we should... but will we save our environment? I think it will become a bigger problem in the future and humanity will just accept the situation, until they sink in their own dirt. We have to start NOW, because the pollution won't disappear. Its becoming more and more.

@jacyaug 5 жыл бұрын

We had to start NOW ten years ago, and it really hasent gotten worse.

@justworks1200 5 жыл бұрын

This is so terrifying... Kurzgesagt play Optimistic Nihilism

@KiTheMC 5 жыл бұрын

You can start by being vegan.

@jacyaug 5 жыл бұрын

@@KiTheMC Woah there, that's a little drastic, remember, tons of vegans support drug cartels by buying tons of avacados, Vegan food often is processed and held in plastic containers, don't think vegans make the environment any better than they do.

@camilascatonebedin3002 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I remembered seeing one research in one of my classes saying that for as simple reusable cotton bag you need to use them 100 to 200 times to make it be worth it comparing to a plastic bag in terms of CO2. I guess it depends on what time of reusable bag and what environmental impact you are looking at

@SunnyMeadows90 2 жыл бұрын

2:13 I think Acrylic deserves its own episode don’t you?

@SoumyadeepBanerjee007 5 жыл бұрын

*You make top notch science animated videos*

@drone_better7757 5 жыл бұрын

To say that, you press the 'Like' button with the thumbs-up. You don't need to clutter the comments section, making it harder to see relevant, informative comments.

@jeidun 5 жыл бұрын

chill swoopy

@weaintdointhis 5 жыл бұрын

Swoopy _1 get over yourself dude

@lucasgildone2650 5 жыл бұрын

You made a top notch positive response comment

@notsoclearsky 5 жыл бұрын

Swoopy _1 are you okay?

@sebastianelytron8450 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a plastic man Recycling's my plan Life in plastic It's fantastic

@3ZLU 5 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron lol

@yesu1813 5 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron those rhymes tho...

@Donnerjkks 5 жыл бұрын

Oooo ooo oo

@NekoBoyOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

Someone call Aqua to make this PSA

@mallypro575 5 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron sick bars bruh

@syieluing1 2 жыл бұрын

As a researcher in plastic waste recycling topic, I like how the ideas, facts and information are connected and presented in this video. The sources of the facts and numbers are also provided. I feel that the video contents can be turned into a scientific paper. Also, it is enjoyable to hear the birds chirping and ducks quacking when the narrator is explaning about science 🦜🦆

@calebarcher6894 2 жыл бұрын

Love these vids. Would love to see one about hemp and all the things it could be utilized for. Can make a biodegradable plastic too.

@syzygythenightwingwatches 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Furbies are used as an example of scary plastics.

@WawerwemonCat 2 жыл бұрын

ye lol

@pustota7254 Жыл бұрын

I think they should have used something that isn't fucking terrifying. Just something scary.

@bradenbigham2945 Жыл бұрын

furbies are the cutest...

@Turboman_64 5 жыл бұрын

"Tell your friends and family"..... if you had any idea what it is like to talk to rocks......

@user-ex8hu1ix1c 5 жыл бұрын

Omggg so truee

@silvussol8966 5 жыл бұрын

@xennophelia - Well, depending on your area and your waste management/recycling systems, sometimes throwing the plastic away IS the better option. For example; here in Hawaii we have H-Power which is a facility that burns most of our trash to create less landfill waste and to generate power, we also have no plastic recycling on the island and instead ship it to China. In our case, studies have shown that tossing the plastic in the trash to be burned is less impactful than sending it across the ocean in an attempt to recycle it. In other words, you need to check out how your local plastic trash/recycling is handled and where it eventually ends up. Then go from there. That is also why most people don't even bother, because 20 minutes of research is asking too much of them. It's pretty sad.

@stuckinafridgeneedzhelpz4711 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think you guys understand what a joke is

@bigmike956 4 жыл бұрын

Silvus Sol you do know burning trash is even worse for the environment right?

@spumpjam1767 Жыл бұрын

I continue to be amazed with how good their sources are. - Production Use & Fate of All Plastics Ever Made - Incredible video from Incredibly smart people at Kurzgesagt!

@dr.sammypryor Жыл бұрын

Thank you for highlighting this problem. I started a video series on plastics and your health to talk about what plastic is doing in our bodies.

@slurricrasher9923 5 жыл бұрын

"Eh, i'll be long dead of old age if anything before this affects me" *Drops plastic bottle on the ground* -Humans

@lunkyparsley 4 жыл бұрын

@Cloudy what about global warming?

@briansmithbeta 4 жыл бұрын

That’s why I support curing a degenerative disease called aging. It kills 100% of the population. With such short lifespans, many people fail to consider the consequences of their actions even a mere *100 years* into the future! Can you imagine?! Yes, it’s true! Support universally curing aging. Not only will you save your own life, you’ll help billions of people start looking farther ahead than the tip of their own nose!

@Bezimienny1598 4 жыл бұрын

@@briansmithbeta Eliminating aging is impossible with our current technology. We need to have very advanced genetic manipulation technology, much more advanced than CRISPR.

@SniperLogic 4 жыл бұрын

Only thinking of “me”. Humans without souls. Scary.

@atypicalmatias 4 жыл бұрын

>DIES AT 2050

@Metalders 5 жыл бұрын

Who are these monsters that throw away Gameboys???

@greatduck5297 5 жыл бұрын

the pc master race

@lordofthecats6397 5 жыл бұрын

SSSSSEEEEEEGGGGGAAAAA!!

@nuip7936 5 жыл бұрын

broken

@turbodarkle 5 жыл бұрын

anyone with a phone, calculator, 3DS, or pc that can emulate

@Deloxo 5 жыл бұрын

Ikr i still have my gameboy color

@TheOnlyEpsilonAlpha 3 жыл бұрын

I have to say that i like that video more than the other "against plastic" videos: - Most of the other video are like: "No no, you are a bad customer because you buy plastic" - Welp, there are whole industries that still producing plastic, either because they don't want to change or they can't change because there is no good alternative available which has the same physical properties plastics have. So before people should complain about plastic, they should also offer a better solution to replace it. - and what also needs to be addressed is that what happens if i throw plastic in the correct bin: what comes afterwards. How is the waste industry handle it? Because i don't think it's just the "normal person" which throws plastic in the ocean And we will just get that problem solved in the long run if people begin to research on alternatives and when they are there and they are equal to plastic, politics need to make sure financially that it's wiser to use the non-plastic alternative. I also liked that the alternative bags are addressed in the video: They are not that "good shit" which everyone wants to tell you and their materials have their own downsides, in the production process and also in usage. For example cleaning them if something you bought is not completely sealed anymore, is a pain in the ass because the fabric structure holds on to "things". The Plastic Bag has a much smoother surface, water over it and it's gone. And for all that complaining about that example, think about this: Like with every product which is intended to be used for a very long time, maintenance is a factor. I say this because some people turn low-key into clerics if you "dare" to complain about the plastic alternatives. My opinion is that not plastic is the problem, people are the problem.

@floriantochterle1535 2 жыл бұрын

Im a doing polymer science bachelor studies atm, so i do know my fair share about plastics. And let me tell u, plastics are just a scape goat for Humans. We dont want to be the bad guy so we blame materials etc... Plastics itself arent bad, as long as they are used proplerly and using them is still our Job. But sadly we simply dont use them properly, especially when it comes to recycling.

@constellations_0 2 жыл бұрын

The time it is taking to do something regarding plastic pollution and global warming: 1980s: not much commitment regarding the worlds pysical problems but life was good 1990s: began awareness 2000s: getting there 2010s: nothing is working 2020s: its either now that we do something or we all die Kinda reminds me of doing a homework assignment last minute

@B2spirit_ap 3 жыл бұрын

I'm an international student from Korea studying in the US. As soon as I came to the States, I was so surprised about the way of the America to take care of garbages. In Korea, every single houses and apartments has garbage bins for recycling as many as the ones for landfills and incinerations... but in my dormitory and American house that I had chance to visit, there is no such thing as recycling bin and almost all the trashes were taken to landfill. The United States is literally the most developed and advanced country in the world, and they says that they take care of environment... but I simply cannot agree with them. They need to change some basic things, like distributing more recycling bings, before they do something insignificant such as changing for disposable bags or building wind power generator.

@jakfiny7717 2 жыл бұрын

Truth

@sonatinac8514 2 жыл бұрын

I got laughed by Europeans for recycling

@mariaapletneva 2 жыл бұрын

Oof I can imagine your disappointment. It takes a decade to change people's habits sufficiently. Pretty sure that's how long it took for Japan. But yeah, I agree with you that US has got to do better

@sandal_thong8631 2 жыл бұрын

Recycling in many places in the US is a lie: it just goes to the landfill. Single-source bins have to be separated, and again, some of that material like glass isn't useful without a glass maker nearby to take it. They even put ♻️ with numbers in to make people think plastic was recyclable when it's not.

@irongollem 2 жыл бұрын

Strongly disagree with “‘most developed country in the world” there. Rich maybe but they lack some very basic concepts like healthcare, and the one you just mentioned.

@nullify5031 5 жыл бұрын

This is why recycling should be a law before it is too late...

@orangesilver8 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately many plastics aren't very good for being recycles.

@djcool6021 5 жыл бұрын

recycling also uses a lot of resources/energy. It's best to just cut back on your plastic usage.

@stephaniefong7846 5 жыл бұрын

That's why plastic bags, straws and water bottles should be banned. People are too lazy or don't know why plastics are bad for our health and the environment. Please use Biobags - they are compostable!

@moomoomy41 5 жыл бұрын

it will then go to china and become your clothes called polyester.

@jakelawless1227 5 жыл бұрын

Eric the Bleach man there shouldn’t be a law people should just do it

@noonancolm 2 жыл бұрын

A brilliant video, very informative.. the data about the plastic bag versus the cotton bag is astonishing 😣 thank you for this information

@alphaterraplays4559 2 жыл бұрын

i love how all your vids are free yet PERFECT in almost everything

@bobyfrans5370 5 жыл бұрын

Finally my country got mentioned in kurzgesagt video . . . . . . . . It's about plastic pollution

@ShrikantSonone 5 жыл бұрын

wklander India is banning plastic meanwhile

@alphaamoeba 5 жыл бұрын

*Kid Chorus* AAAAAH-AAAAH-AAAH-AH AAH AAH AA-AH

@brandon3872 5 жыл бұрын

wklander Indonesia?

@anandhikamuhammad6133 5 жыл бұрын

Sedih cuy :(

@boohenna 5 жыл бұрын

wklander me too

@choof. 5 жыл бұрын

"and the ocean is full of plastic" -bill wurtz (may 2017)

@widhskxnkan1349pl 5 жыл бұрын

@tripski4437 5 жыл бұрын

HibernateMC it's just like the oceans in OFF

@guillerhonora717 5 жыл бұрын

HibernateMC omg

@HEHEHEIAMASUPAHSTARSAGA 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, an OFF reference in the wild

@betterert 5 жыл бұрын

"and i was about to comment that" -betterert (july 2018)

@dandynoble2875 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the part of the Midas story about his daughter wasn't in the original. It was added later by another author.

@bunsenn5064 Жыл бұрын

What I always found interesting about this is that the materials to make plastic come from nature, so in a sense, just rearranging and changing the way these substances exist in our environment can have a massive impact. Chemistry is cool.

@japaneseextremme3811 6 ай бұрын

I think its a bit funny that you watched a video about how you have been ingesting small amounts of plastic every single day since you were born and then thought, chemistry is cool.

@IsabellaNicoleZent-sc8td 5 ай бұрын

@@japaneseextremme3811blud is a goofy one

@bunsenn5064 3 ай бұрын

@@japaneseextremme3811Yeah, of course it’s cool. I bet you don’t know how to make a dangerous explosive device, but a chemist definitely does.

@nobodyatp 3 жыл бұрын

Whoever animates need a raise

@kurzgesagt 5 жыл бұрын

This video is a collaboration with UN Environment and their Clean Seas campaign, If you want to take action to turn the tide on plastics, go to www.cleanseas.org and make your pledge. We also partnered with askscience on reddit - on bit.ly/2tVU68d you can talk to experts and ask questions about about plastic pollution today! Sources for the video: sites.google.com/view/sourcesplasticpollution/startseite

@ahmedadem2227 5 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell amazing work. Love your channel.

@Turtol.1 5 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell yat

@steelspyder474 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously speaking I found it to be the best channel on KZfaq

@_lapys 5 жыл бұрын

How bout exploring topics about Religion, Politics, companies and all that fun stuff techies of today like talking about?

@Nunekhiia 5 жыл бұрын

@stev_eost 2 жыл бұрын

Diesen Kanal gefunden zu haben hält mich jetzt schon gefühlt 3 Tage nachdenklich.

@OzzersOz 3 жыл бұрын

Great informational video! It's unfortunate because I don't think companies will even consider taking action until it starts to affect them. They are just money-hungry :(

@citiesskyscrapers4561 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best channels on youtube!

@9oo9x 5 жыл бұрын

Cities & Skyscrapers what a click bait BS title. Plastic came from earth.

@PHCuber 5 жыл бұрын

But my channel sucks

@Kiki-jk4jt 5 жыл бұрын

9oo9x stfu

@abdulazizinularifeen 5 жыл бұрын

9,999,999 views with all those views?

@XDvard 5 жыл бұрын

This is the best channel on KZfaq!*

@grenademann4022 3 жыл бұрын

Person: Don’t use plastic straws use metal straws! Me, an intellectual: *_(Drinks from the cup)_* Edit: Why tf has the reply section turned into a warzone

@teamcor7086 3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilosophyEmpireYT just because

@teamcor7086 3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilosophyEmpireYT its useful u know

@medexamtoolsdotcom 3 жыл бұрын

Amateur. I just hold my mouth directly under the faucet on the kitchen sink. Glup glup glup. I guess that's not typical though, I haven't drunk a soft drink in years, if everyone out there was like me coca cola would be out of business.

@eventura3301 3 жыл бұрын

@@teamcor7086 He literally just asked you for an explanation as to how are straws useful enough to keep using them. Instead of defending your argument you're just "threatening" to report him for no reason at all.

@flamingstorm 3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilosophyEmpireYT Generally those that need straws are children, those with certain disabilities and even the elderly. If you are unable to easily hold onto a drink to the point you use a straw then it is pretty needed to helps you drink instead of spilling it or going without. Imagine a world where young children, people with certain disabilities and the old couldn't easily drink in the summer and can have health risks and you will find that a straw is pretty important for a select group and removing them can actively be harmful and the option should be provided. Basically the solution is often not remove something completely but find better ways to do it so the people that need it can still access it.

@chloesage558 3 жыл бұрын

Video- "We have lost control over plastic to a certain extent which is kinda scary" Me - **Hyperventilates while freaking out**

@randochandomando 2 жыл бұрын

When I was in third grade my teacher didn't have anything good for science and I suggested kurzgesagt and now I'm in fifth grade and seeing a kurzgesagt video after 2 years is truly touching to me

@DPayTheGamer 5 жыл бұрын

Let's collect it and make a cube with a side length of 1.9km

@drkonso918 5 жыл бұрын

Dawiit. U can't really collect it anymore, that's the big issue

@toastpotato7507 5 жыл бұрын

That is now my new life goal, screw trying to reduce malaria in third world countries.

@ignacioestevo8061 5 жыл бұрын

Ninjix take a look at Dave hakkens in youtube

@lordofthecats6397 5 жыл бұрын

Actually thats a really good idea (except for the logistics of collecting quadrillions of peices of plastic into one place) It could serve as a monument to how wasteful we are.

@maulenakhmetov2338 5 жыл бұрын

And make mexicans pay for it!

@CKTDanny 5 жыл бұрын

This is a good video. It makes us question what is the best way to move forward, with all options coming with consequences of different effects.

@nathanmount3232 5 жыл бұрын

Idt we have enough plastic in the ocean. If we put enough plastic in the ocean, we can build a land bridge across the Atlantic and pacific

@CClausen85 5 жыл бұрын

You missed the part about 90% of the plastic coming from Ten rivers, Two in Africa, Two in India, the rest in Asia. Who has the problem?

@rolfv.s.2870 5 жыл бұрын

SDG Danny its too late to make a new choice were too late

@Andy-vc7eo 5 жыл бұрын

And the researcher of this video missed the information where developed countries export most of their waste to China, India and Africa by exploiting the often lax environmental standards in these developing countries. If you really care about the planet, start by changing your lifestyle and get your government to recycle their own waste instead of shifting the blame and responsibility to countries that are still developing and may not have the wealth or technology to dispose all their waste properly. The people in these developing countries already have enough shit to deal with.

@gonzotown9438 5 жыл бұрын

Chris Clausen, we all have a problem. It's more about who has a responsibility.

@keerongill7310 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see videos where you cover the subject of old videos but with whatever new information has come out.

@agentsprocket 2 жыл бұрын

As a random note, I really love the lists of random items. They truly feel random.

@ideoformsun5806 4 жыл бұрын

Reimagine Rethink, Refuse, Repair, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Recreate, Replace with reusable solutions. Rejoice! Represent!

@Noone-sz7mk 4 жыл бұрын

That’s 8 more R’s than most people learned from school

@varanus_basileus 4 жыл бұрын

Repeat

@SoapMcCallister 4 жыл бұрын

I dont need to break the 69th like

@maxwellmegagamer8535 4 жыл бұрын

HAA!

@Wolf-hd1hr 4 жыл бұрын

Redtube

@ngocduong3183 4 жыл бұрын

THIS. THIS HAS MORE IMPACT ON ME THAN SCHOOL. IN A GOOD WAY.

@robertazacco2986 3 жыл бұрын

They should show this instead of lessons

@nichsa8984 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertazacco2986 that yes right of true realistic cyberpunk real life

@ahyanahmed3998 3 жыл бұрын

the impacts i get in school are from bullets

@breadgaming1127 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this is more fun than school why dont teachers show my me myy favourite show

@CRISISEYERNA 3 жыл бұрын

Mood

@scfdx2 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way you explain complicate problems from all sides

@Grandflea02 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this not in the existential crisis playlist? Seriously.

@arianmohamadi1015 3 жыл бұрын

@MH-oh4pm 4 жыл бұрын

6:27 single use plastic bag. Dont people understand yo can use the plastic bag at least 50 times? the "throw away plastic bag", is reusable. you dont have to throw it away...

@Leicht_Sinn 4 жыл бұрын

It's more media thinking to get cachy titel

@mistymoon3799 4 жыл бұрын

M H I always reuse the “single use” bag it doesn’t make sense not to

@deathstroke8639 4 жыл бұрын

@Vince exactly

@bruhmomento3745 4 жыл бұрын

@@deathstroke8639 yea

@dillbill7152 4 жыл бұрын

I use them as garbage bags in small bins.

@eliseheartless4636 5 жыл бұрын

I saw a static that said: Only *5%* out of *95%* of all plastic of this world is being recycled... that shocked me. This sentence is fitting with the plastic thing: „what we can‘t see, we don‘t believe and we forget it...“ It‘s so sad when you think about what a dangerous threat the human is for the world...

@DiosPerroSandia 5 жыл бұрын

And They are easy to recicle, we're just lazy

@Bezimienny1598 4 жыл бұрын

@@DiosPerroSandia No. Plastic is not easy to recycle. It degrades after centuries and just keeps on piling. We're not just lazy. This has become a problem the trash industry can't resolve. They keep on getting more and more plastic and don't have a way to get rid of it since like I said it has long degrading time. Burning plastic is also not a good way because plastic releases many harmful gasses when burned.

@DiosPerroSandia 4 жыл бұрын

Then maintain the gasses

@Bezimienny1598 4 жыл бұрын

@@DiosPerroSandia It's too expensive. Don't you think someone had thought of that?

@DiosPerroSandia 4 жыл бұрын

@@Bezimienny1598 I just saw an ad about that lol

@user-bk6oq7or5p Жыл бұрын

We are learning a lot about chemistry and very important industries. Thank you very much to the first chemist (cave man) who tried in various ways to harness the science of chemistry to benefit humanity with great industries! ☺️💙. Super cool video!

@Grandflea02 2 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt: Microplastics have been found in honey, in sea salt, Me: ... Kurzgesagt: *in beer* Me: *WHAT?! NO!*

@CaptainQwazCaz 5 жыл бұрын

Ok I'm panicking.

@theshermantanker7043 5 жыл бұрын

+PeaceFactsLogic Not Humans. The elite rich and anyone who benefits from it are

@CaptainQwazCaz 5 жыл бұрын

TheShermanTanker actually no, many people in africa are using diesel generators for electricity. They create a lot of greenhouse gases.

@CaptainQwazCaz 5 жыл бұрын

Juice The Orange Yoshi FUCKING CHINESE people came from Africa.

@kaylafrench530 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@voidgirl7811 5 жыл бұрын

PeaceFactsLogic MHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

@stix3179 5 жыл бұрын

Usually a Kurzgesat video scares me but then gives us a solution and comforts me, but this time there was no current solution.

@thestudentofficial5483 5 жыл бұрын

Lucifer Satan although he said cloth bag has larger carfoot than plastic ones, we should choose cloth bags since they don't ruin ecosystem as much as plastic.

@stix3179 5 жыл бұрын

The Student Official ye i know but i mean like instant solutions that everyone will use

@thegreenvibe9958 3 жыл бұрын

My grandmother makes reusable cloth bags from old clothes, sarees and curtains. Our oldest bags are more than 20 years old.

@orchdork775 2 жыл бұрын

That is such a great idea!! It could even be a business if she started selling them!

@lorenzovonmatterhorn144 2 жыл бұрын

If you were wondering..... yes, all videos in this channel are inspiring and helpful

@quagliumquagnarr3853 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie wooooorld. Wrapped in plastic. It's fantastic!

@123youbia 5 жыл бұрын

DELETE THIS

@tris8312 5 жыл бұрын

Quaglium Quagnarr this is forbidden

@quagliumquagnarr3853 5 жыл бұрын

You can touch, you can play. If you say, I'm always yours. 😌

@inmortal009 5 жыл бұрын

Come on barbie let's go party!!

@callekun 5 жыл бұрын

You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere.

@dogsteve 5 жыл бұрын

The world is killing itself, I’m 10, and guess what? I didn’t know about this until now. They teach useless things but not about the problems of the world like this.

@maisha_ 5 жыл бұрын

AlphaDoge actually I learnt about this in technology class

@thehunterwhiteshark 5 жыл бұрын

Shad up

@ammont41 5 жыл бұрын

@@thehunterwhiteshark 😂😂😂

@namewasstolenstresslevel2111 5 жыл бұрын

10 years old kiddo, what about start doing something by stop using internet at this age? go

@tjs200 5 жыл бұрын

the things you learn are the tools you need to arm yourself with in order to tackle the world's problems

@sodreir.8666 9 ай бұрын

In home, we keep every single plastic bag that we use. Once we gone to a beach on Rio de Janeiro, we saw dozens of plastic bags…

@thegayghostp4535 2 жыл бұрын

0:56 Very catchy intro music (The subtitles)

@mr_burgerbuns 2 жыл бұрын

*as

@avanda.7070 5 жыл бұрын

*listens to video with plastic headphones*

@maxime2949 5 жыл бұрын

Avanda The Screaming Llama On a plastic phone

@avanda.7070 5 жыл бұрын

Maxime Ponsonnet *siting on a plastic chair*

@MrDoItNice 5 жыл бұрын

But you'll use those headphones for 5+ years? The packaging of your ingredients for dinner tonight on the other hand...

@olthdorimirth6055 5 жыл бұрын

Avanda The Screaming Llama wearing a nylon jacket...

@avanda.7070 5 жыл бұрын

Oran Deutsch I'll probs brake my headphones in 5 days

@_Andrew2002 5 жыл бұрын

Australia just banned one use plastic bags yesterday!

@speedy01247 5 жыл бұрын

the Irony is that A more trees will be cut down for paper and B Australia's plastic use is not the real issue, it's Asia's (like China/India) People think plastic bags are the only issue, but they are not, in fact if people would recycle said bags the bags would not even be an issue at all, it's far more the one use plastic items that people use which are the problem.

@_Andrew2002 5 жыл бұрын

Yeh tell that to the rest of the brain dead Australia. When we had an above average summer the fools here demanded the politicians shut down every power plant, even though we produce less than 1% of the worlds pollution. Now that our plants are shutting down, half the country has blackouts every week

@fortuna19 5 жыл бұрын

There are 3 functional solar farms and FOUR MORE being built near my city. I think you're entirely ignoring how renewable energy is stepping up for fossil fuels, just takes time.

@MAGAMAN 5 жыл бұрын

That's because no one in Australia can afford them.

@scrambo6182 5 жыл бұрын

per capita australia is one of the worst polluters. and it would be intellectually dishonest to say that australia couldn't easily support itself from a largely (not SOLELY) solar-based network. it's the sunburnt country, after all

@sohinidutta7998 2 жыл бұрын

this is the best example of "what goes around comes around".

@jakobkrausz8452 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great video. Keep up the outstanding work!

@Greenpixel16 4 жыл бұрын

0:58 captions: [catchy intro music] *[Insert Obama medal meme]*

@heasxd 3 жыл бұрын

Still catchy af

@stupidtortoise9520 5 жыл бұрын

This is a very informative video. I will show it to my students. Thank you so much.

@filia-kun 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Ghost are you a teacher?

@brunosouza3326 5 жыл бұрын

Filia-kun Sherlock Holmes on the case

@sotozephyre1112 5 жыл бұрын

Bruno Souza 😂

@df5687 5 жыл бұрын

the kids locked in your basement are NOT students lmao

@Yamyatos 5 жыл бұрын

+putri Fuck i wanted to make the same joke :(

@heavenlydusk 3 жыл бұрын

"Whale it ever stop?" - Comedian Magazine

@jaideepshekhar4621 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this! XD

@coolgamer9771 2 жыл бұрын

"we poked the whale so you don't have to" - magazine

@eggmon420 Жыл бұрын

Tip: keep single use plastic bags (that are still intact) to use as bin bags for smaller bins. I know they’ll still end up in the trash but at least you can get more than 1 use out of them. :)

@OfMiceAndMegabytes 4 жыл бұрын

Say it with me now: *we've* *discovered* *the* *great* *filter* *!!!*

@McMasterProGenius 4 жыл бұрын

we've discovered the great filter !!!

@MilkyGees 4 жыл бұрын

we've discovered the great filter !!!

@BaioWithMayo 4 жыл бұрын

If the micro plastics are toxic or ruin our testosterone then yes, otherwise there have been efforts to create plastic eating bacteria that will for sure be able to clean out a lot of the problems we have. It's really up to cleaning up the 90% locations and teaching their people and governments that they are "selling us all down the river" with their pollution

@McMasterProGenius 4 жыл бұрын

@@BaioWithMayo its a joke :)

@BaioWithMayo 4 жыл бұрын

@@McMasterProGenius *whoosh* oops lol

@jacobgarrison1510 5 жыл бұрын

This is great and all but who wraps a banana?

@cokax614 5 жыл бұрын

Cmon Ethan

@magnusjager338 5 жыл бұрын

Not to sound like that guy, but Del Monte did it help solve the issue of produce deserts in impoverished areas in our country. Bananas are the only fruit that refrigeration doesn't keep fresh so they filled the plastic wrapper with a gas that kept the bananas fresher for longer. This allowed bananas to be sold in convenient stores in places where those stores are your only close food option. It's by no means an ideal solution but it wasn't some thoughtless corporate ploy, their where good intentions behind it.

@uncletrick1 5 жыл бұрын

Practice safe sex!

@Cassady1AndOnly 5 жыл бұрын

Coffee shops here in the US, especially the large chain ones that sell food and snacks. Makes shoppers feel better because they know no one else touched it >_>

@AiluridaeAureus 5 жыл бұрын

AttilaTheBuns, My dude, some idiotic company who doesn't know what their doing, i've seen individual oranges sold in plastic containers, and the oranges were *peeled.* Some companies sit on a throne of lies and others consist entirely of complete and utter imbeciles.

@aditidubey4814 2 жыл бұрын

Ig everyone should start to minimize using of plastic I know its bit difficult coz now a days everything is depending on plastic material but still if we start minimising then we can also motivate others 4 minimising the plastic . As we all know before suggesting to others first we should follow that . And the video is amazing.

@alecxander9573 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that metaphor with King Midas is top notch! I like that touch!

@stevenvonhofsten331 5 жыл бұрын

*[Catchy intro music]*

@intijosedavidmunozescobar8038 5 жыл бұрын

joa laet *[He's making a reference to the subtitles]*

@Hexamath 5 жыл бұрын

[Oh so you also saw the subtitles :ok_hand:] *Plays video [Catchy intro music]

@UltraProbe 5 жыл бұрын

**[no yus]**

@pianojay5146 5 жыл бұрын

ding di di ding do dong diridridong dun dun da!

@phinaibe8434 5 жыл бұрын

*[Bold text written in between brackets]*

@mr.iceberg8544 4 жыл бұрын

It should have been like this, midas: " what ever i touch should become gold if i want to". Simple, then whatever midas wanted only those things will turn gold. Similarly if use enough plastic upto a limit no harm will happen. so if use more than limit stuff like these happen.

@nozomiacevedo340 4 жыл бұрын

sadly midas wasn’t too smart and frankly neither were we..

@joshuastephenkingsly 2 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt, please do a video about PHA (used to make biodegradable plastics). PS. I produced PHA using sugarcane molasses as a cheap substrate and a strain of Enterobacter cloacae that we isolated.

@user-ox1cv4bs9k Ай бұрын

this literally opened my mind. I never thought plastic was that bad honestly.

@Scepticalasfuk 29 күн бұрын

It's worse. It just keeps breaking down into smaller pieces. Eventually they become so tiny and light they can evaporate into the atmosphere with water vapor. Whenever it rains or snows now there is a small load of micro and nano-plastic particles. That means it's also in the air you breathe and the food and water you consume. It's literally everywhere. They estimate you eat a credit-card sized amount of plastic per year. Most of it passes through but not all of it.

@theColeHardTruth 5 жыл бұрын

A good way to avert the conundrum of deciding whether or not recycling plastic is worth it is to re-use those one-use items that are usually thrown away so quickly. Even if you only re-use each item once, you effectively double its useful lifespan. Examples: I keep disposable plastic grocery bags that I get from stores to be later used as trash can liners. I use the cable ties that come with many electronic devices for future cable storage and management. I retain cardboard and paper boxes and packaging envelopes for storage or sending items later on. When I have an item that breaks I always try my best to repair or salvage whatever I can from it before buying a new one. There are many other examples too, many of which are even better for the environment (and your wallet) than recycling. Please upvote this so more people see it!

@Ildskalli 5 жыл бұрын

Well said! Re-using is actually much better than recycling, whenever it's possible.

@NorthgateLP 5 жыл бұрын

How about you just don't throw plastic into a river and instead dispose it where it belongs: In a fucking trashbag. And that doesn't apply only to plastic.

@theColeHardTruth 5 жыл бұрын

Northgate great idea! Maybe you could start some sort of campaign with the goal of making people stop that! Now what should we call it? Oh, I know! We'll call it an "awareness campaign" Now people will definitely stop throwing crap in the rivers! Because that's how we stopped all air pollution!

@ashtonbull4862 5 жыл бұрын

We could also get companies to stop using disposable plastic, like drinks and food from fast food places or have more locally owned businesses creating the sandwiches so they don't need to be packaged in plastic all the time.

@rjc0234 5 жыл бұрын

reusing something just once will be twice as good for the environment than even recycling it, as all the material used, and carbon produced making it isnt "wasted" when the disposable material is thrown away. however in my coat pocket is a carrier bag from 3 years ago that i use to carry my mcdonalds food in, roughly once every 3 weeks. I do this, becuse at least half of the time i used the paper bags McDonalds give, it would fall apart before i got home, wasting food. I also can't re-use that bag, so all the energy used to create it is instantly wasted. not to mention the paper bag is as recyclable as the plastic one, you just need to know where to find the recycling points. another great example is "paper" cups at coffee shops. they aren't really paper, they are paper coated with plastic. these cant be recycled. 100% paper is impossible because it would fall apart after minutes. the irony is a 100% plastic cup would be far better for the environment. its light weight, can be stored for years, wont fall apart during use, and because it is a single material, can easily be recycled in the end. what would be even better is having a reusable flask.