NEWTON - Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution has become a global issue, and the sea is affected the most. Time to pull the emergency brake.
Plastic pollution has become a global issue, and the sea is affected the most. Time to pull the emergency brake.
Today, 15 billion waste products are produced every year in the world: organic, plastic, electronic waste, sometimes toxic and dangerous. If we continue at this rate, in 2050 we will produce twice as much!
Plastic is both a marvel and hellish stuff. On the one hand, it can be used in a variety of ways and is inexpensive. However, it is responsible for a global environmental problem. Plastic is everywhere: as a trash vortex in the ocean and as a microplastics in our food chain. This documentary addresses the question of why mankind has not come up with a solution for this problem yet.
Virtually everything we use creates varying degrees of waste throughout its lifecycle. Today, many nations face a looming waste management crisis, as their landfills reach capacity and continue to degrade the environment. Cheap labor costs in India are propelling a boom in the recycling of computer waste but at the cost of workers’ health. Whilst in Manila, achieving 'zero waste' is becoming a reality, as recyclable waste is turned into construction products.