Why China Doesn’t Want Your Trash Anymore

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @gilabola4642
    @gilabola4642 5 лет назад +1335

    Good on you china. Let every countries take care of their own garbages. We need to see the mountain of garbages we created every year to make us start thinking about reducing our waste

    • @gilabola4642
      @gilabola4642 5 лет назад +108

      @@janisozols2055 why should any country take trash from another country? Its not just about china. Every country needs to take responsibilities of their waste

    • @kimeli
      @kimeli 5 лет назад +10

      @@janisozols2055 why wont people buy chinese plastic stuff?

    • @seadragon1456
      @seadragon1456 5 лет назад +48

      As an American I agree with this statement! Most Americans just consume and consume and CONSUME with zero regard to where it is going. Sure we have huge landfills that everyone knows about but they don’t see the big picture. By making America responsible for its garbage it’ll make the citizens wake the hell up. Teach us how to recycle! Americans think recycling means to mix a bunch of cardboard, dirty empty bottles, broken plastic, drink bottles/cans, etc into a large collection container to be sorted later. Not so fun fact- Once it leaves our homes it’s bailed together and sold for cheap.) Give us compost containers (to be picked up every week just like trash) so we can recycle the methane gas.
      America as a country needs to come up with a national set of rules for the trash going into the landfill too. They say trash isn’t worth money here but without trash services we would be looking like the slums. We need to recycle! America can get this under control! If poorer counties can step up and clean up the mess so can we! It’s just we need to be told NO by everyone first because we like “convenience.”

    • @belasolis8313
      @belasolis8313 4 года назад

      Ouch, poor us. Lol
      U got that right .

    • @thinkcat01
      @thinkcat01 4 года назад

      @@janisozols2055 Many countries already banned plastic bags. Malaysia for e.g. and used only bags that can be recycled like paper bags. In fact, Malaysia is sending back trash to countries that send to them in the first place. Many of the trash that western countries send to Asia are not recyclable or unable to be recycled. ruclips.net/video/tuAZhF4fXt8/видео.html

  • @monte68x
    @monte68x 5 лет назад +291

    I used to recycle until I found out over 90% of it gets taken to the landfill anyway. I was sorting it and hauling it across town to the bin for nothing.

    • @LOVEMUZIK4LIFE
      @LOVEMUZIK4LIFE 5 лет назад +59

      Still you wer trying to do the right thing.

    • @memooalamoodi1068
      @memooalamoodi1068 5 лет назад +15

      Keep doing it..well done!!

    • @TXLAdventure
      @TXLAdventure 5 лет назад +15

      That 10% is still better than 0

    • @raceris7309
      @raceris7309 5 лет назад +8

      That's not always the case in all countries though. Scandinavian countries is a good example of that

    • @TXLAdventure
      @TXLAdventure 5 лет назад +1

      Raceris we are not going to talk about the Scandinavian countries.

  • @aard1999
    @aard1999 5 лет назад +2829

    China, then Malaysia, the Philippines, and now Indonesia refusing taking western countries' trash. Well done

    • @andypie402
      @andypie402 5 лет назад +33

      Ardani no no, they refused payment of any more trash

    • @TruRaidersG
      @TruRaidersG 5 лет назад +62

      Now it went to Cambodia. Is up to Corrupted PM Hun Sen to send it back or not. I bet he send it back.

    • @aard1999
      @aard1999 5 лет назад +11

      @@TruRaidersG i see.. well whatever the outcome is, im wishing all the best for Cambodia

    • @mrpythagoras7079
      @mrpythagoras7079 5 лет назад +82

      Every time in asian videos western this western that, I'm asian too but you sound so stupid. So Japan is not western??? Your forget you import from them, Singapore too but they're really small. Garbage is going from developed nations to developing countries who have chosen to take it, it's NOT about west vs rest of the world.

    • @mrpythagoras7079
      @mrpythagoras7079 5 лет назад +21

      @john wick point is this ain't about western countries you dunce. Idgaf if you want it or not🤦

  • @CrazyNate
    @CrazyNate 5 лет назад +761

    Here's a simple way to reduce a lot of our trash. Make it illegal to solicit by mail unless the customer opted into it. No more Junk Mail.

    • @flashstar1234
      @flashstar1234 4 года назад +4

      Lmao

    • @paulinbrooklyn
      @paulinbrooklyn 4 года назад +9

      Crazy Nate
      Not a crazy idea, but how much more than $0.55 are you willing to pay for first class postage?

    • @davidy22
      @davidy22 3 года назад +27

      @Thomas B Gaming How does not getting unwanted ads in the mail raise stamp prices?

    • @getchasome6230
      @getchasome6230 3 года назад +9

      How often are you mooks sending stuff first class for it to matter?

    • @alistairt7544
      @alistairt7544 3 года назад +3

      I always hated seeing so many unwanted mail, then thinking about how many of these are being recycled.

  • @vivaldismurder8779
    @vivaldismurder8779 5 лет назад +3028

    I know everyones Been complaining about all those China videos, but i really like them. They are well made and interesting - so why are y'all complaining?

    • @云梦丁氏
      @云梦丁氏 5 лет назад +26

      Cause some stuff he says are racist

    • @guy_5108
      @guy_5108 5 лет назад +212

      @@云梦丁氏 Such as?

    • @982-o4e
      @982-o4e 5 лет назад +292

      @@云梦丁氏 i dont find anything racist. he is just talking about facts. he does not express any sort of hatred towards china nor any other countries. and actually i find him actually speaks for china. not in a bad political meaning

    • @云梦丁氏
      @云梦丁氏 5 лет назад +14

      dumbass 1472 that water bottle joke

    • @charlies9256
      @charlies9256 5 лет назад +69

      @@云梦丁氏 What water bottle joke...?

  • @PolyMatter
    @PolyMatter  5 лет назад +791

    Hey, I’m trying something out: After every video, I’ll comment + pin the best criticism/response. Hopefully it adds some nuance & incentivizes thoughtful comments.
    One thing I wish I would've emphasized more is the burning of trash and how that's a trade-off of air pollution in exchange for things like water pollution created by some landfills.
    Also: A few of you correctly pointed out that I misspelled the Chinese city of "Hohhot" in the city tier list.

    • @HandsomeBelugaWhaleGaming
      @HandsomeBelugaWhaleGaming 5 лет назад +20

      Hey Vsauce, Michael here, and where are your fingers?

    • @meikoku9847
      @meikoku9847 5 лет назад +4

      You really deserve A LOT more subs that you have.

    • @filthyfacts5100
      @filthyfacts5100 5 лет назад +4

      Informative video. Love your transition into sponsors. However, too many China and iPhone videos are not so intersecting. Experiment with other topics. Love your channel though.

    • @kinga6347
      @kinga6347 5 лет назад +7

      *Pins his own comment* HMMMMM

    • @bradstad9932
      @bradstad9932 5 лет назад +3

      add metric units you fat fuck

  • @Treskersic
    @Treskersic 5 лет назад +3198

    I knew America produced a lot of trash when I saw cucumbers wrapped individually in plastic wrap.

    • @ayushjain_11
      @ayushjain_11 5 лет назад +163

      Umar Iqbal wtf is that real

    • @AsianFun-t1b
      @AsianFun-t1b 5 лет назад +12

      hhha

    • @sebileaydn6036
      @sebileaydn6036 5 лет назад +395

      @s l Pollution and trash are not the same thing

    • @ainzooalgown7589
      @ainzooalgown7589 5 лет назад +220

      i saw a store selling banana wrapped individually without the skins and 5 banana wrapped together and the store had a huge sign infront of it saying they are reducing plastic waste. the irony in that statement

    • @mager6560
      @mager6560 5 лет назад +124

      s l u.s. in one of obese country in the world, talking about health..ironic

  • @angahsyber9342
    @angahsyber9342 5 лет назад +945

    Well done China 🇨🇳👍🏻
    Malaysia next 🇲🇾 👌🏻

    • @jackeymontreal8348
      @jackeymontreal8348 5 лет назад +9

      👍

    • @Yokasee18
      @Yokasee18 5 лет назад +14

      Then what next? Malaysia's neighbour Singapore?

    • @nicolebuban7696
      @nicolebuban7696 5 лет назад +1

      Huh.....i don't understand sorry........

    • @Yokasee18
      @Yokasee18 5 лет назад +4

      @Gap oh ok. Thanks for enlightening me with knowledge

    • @svl8389
      @svl8389 5 лет назад +13

      India next💪

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna 5 лет назад +2004

    That means I'm not allowed to travel to China anymore

  • @huiyuforever
    @huiyuforever 5 лет назад +5038

    US: Send all the trash to China and blame China for pollution.
    China: No more trash.
    US:?????????????

    • @sugarcandy6983
      @sugarcandy6983 5 лет назад +1187

      s l ? Carbon emission per capita shows westerners are the biggest polluters, none of the developing countries even come close.

    • @andrewlove3686
      @andrewlove3686 5 лет назад +19

      Not through it in the ocean like Asians do.

    • @rogerlearning2066
      @rogerlearning2066 5 лет назад +384

      US:........
      US: well, let’s throw it somewhere near China.

    • @brandonliao408
      @brandonliao408 5 лет назад +229

      @s l Jeez he just said viable facts, why the attitude?

    • @brandonliao408
      @brandonliao408 5 лет назад +336

      @s l That's the problem, you say fuck this and fuck that. People find that uneducated and not worth debating with.

  • @TimmyMcAllister
    @TimmyMcAllister 5 лет назад +658

    6:10 So you're telling me I've been wrongly recycling bowling balls this whole time?

    • @CLK944
      @CLK944 5 лет назад +43

      And who the hell is he to tell me how to recycle my bowling balls!!?

    • @VeryDramatic
      @VeryDramatic 5 лет назад +6

      Man, I Was About To Subscribe To This Channel.

    • @potatonoodlebear8035
      @potatonoodlebear8035 5 лет назад

      Very Dramatic lol

    • @jacktan162
      @jacktan162 5 лет назад +11

      Bring your own containers when trying to take away food from the restaurant and bring your own reusable paper bags to the supermarket. Reuse is still better than recycle. Only recycle when you have no choice anymore

    • @VintageToiletsRock
      @VintageToiletsRock 5 лет назад +1

      Obviously you're not a golfer.

  • @castorsun3844
    @castorsun3844 5 лет назад +712

    You missed an important clause: importing trash was a prerequisite for allowing China joining WTO in 2001! China had no choice!
    In addition, China had banned the plastic shopping bag in almost 10 years in China! But other countries have always permitted to produce. It is really unfair for Chinese people.

    • @jimmyleo4718
      @jimmyleo4718 5 лет назад +93

      Castor Sun After China refused to accept western garbage, Australia began to ban plastic bags😂😂

    • @castorsun3844
      @castorsun3844 5 лет назад +24

      @@jimmyleo4718 Yes, the adjustment is responsible for the entire human being. Well done, Australia, it is not too late.

    • @castorsun3844
      @castorsun3844 5 лет назад +90

      @s l No countries with big population grow up without sacrifice their environment and people's health. Britain did, the US did, Japan did, Germany did and all powers did. There are no exceptions. We wish China could get rid of pollution faster than those powers.

    • @castorsun3844
      @castorsun3844 5 лет назад +64

      @s l I don't know where you find this feeling. You experienced to be f* or heard from some dogs else. 90+% Chinese love their government. Chinese government can bring wellbeing and happiness to everyday lives. Chinese government is the government who is actually doing goodness and bring wellbeing to their civilians, compared to some countries always use so-called "democracy" to criticize others, and always blame some government put their mind on commercial activities in the meanwhile that government is actually putting into practice. Get good job for lip service.

    • @koyba3747
      @koyba3747 5 лет назад +21

      @s l it's the 2nd richest country on the planet, so no it isn't a shithole, what's next, the UAEs a sh**hole too

  • @tahmidsiddiqui3979
    @tahmidsiddiqui3979 5 лет назад +2336

    China : does anything
    Polymatter: write that down, write that down!

    • @Oncopoda
      @Oncopoda 5 лет назад +55

      Pretty much.

    • @QS1597
      @QS1597 5 лет назад +3

      Copy

    • @c4prantik
      @c4prantik 5 лет назад +7

      Haa yaar banda chin chin kar raha hai.. isko pata hai ki future chin and india hai isiliye pehle se hi bandwagon mei baitha hai

    • @NG-nf2mz
      @NG-nf2mz 5 лет назад +10

      Charles the French?

    • @eitanseitchik
      @eitanseitchik 5 лет назад +10

      Polymatter: does anything
      China: write that down, write that down!

  • @suprbonnie
    @suprbonnie 5 лет назад +55

    It’s so hard to be zero waste when US culture makes almost everything as disposable. I can’t even shop at a farmers market without bringing home something that is meant for landfill (Food stickers & ties)

    • @niketuck9687
      @niketuck9687 3 года назад

      I agree

    • @socialmoth4974
      @socialmoth4974 2 года назад

      Yes, it's very frustrating. We need to start coming up with less wasteful alternatives.

  • @RudyG01
    @RudyG01 5 лет назад +498

    Look I don't care what anyone thinks of China but, they do know how to name their policies really well.

    • @archsword5294
      @archsword5294 5 лет назад +48

      I was like: oh, these government policies have names, interesting

    • @222222225574
      @222222225574 5 лет назад +22

      Chinese people have the highest IQ in the world, google it.

    • @theobserver3753
      @theobserver3753 5 лет назад +1

      Lmao!!

    • @potatonoodlebear8035
      @potatonoodlebear8035 5 лет назад +30

      SSMART No we don’t, i still failed my fucking AP government exam as usual

    • @alexanderirvine4002
      @alexanderirvine4002 5 лет назад +67

      @@potatonoodlebear8035 Just because you're an idiot doesn't mean the rest of Chinese people are too lol.

  • @邵润泽
    @邵润泽 5 лет назад +227

    This video is great. Without biased ideas or prejudice, only logical analysis. I really learned from it. Good work!

    • @myohmy451
      @myohmy451 5 лет назад +5

      邵润泽 I hope you understand how much our mockingbird mainstream media colluded and assisted the top tier communist/globalist entities who support statist totalitarian ideologies, within our own executive administration, via the Intelligence Agencies. The U.S. media has for many decades, gradually shrugged off any pretense of real investigative reporting, and the few who remain true to trying to defend and seek truth and freedom of the press, are often unrewarded, shunned and forced to go it alone, often ridiculed and "dirtied up" by our IA's, when they get too close to the truth, or refuse to back off. Our country has been running a fake two party choice in presidential elections, never actually giving the people a candidate of their own choosing, but choosing the two CIA affiliates, assets, i.e., the Bush family, with close alliances with their beloved Clintons, who embraced the Obamas, all had ties to CIA, as did their parents, grandparents. Trump won despite all their massive attempts to buy and thwart his campaign, which is why they had to have the "insurance policy" in the million to one chance he got elected despite throwing billions into Hillary's campaign, rigging the system, sending plants and spies in to create the illusion of conspiracy for impeachment if he should win. Anyone who claims our media is a propaganda machine, yet buys their complicit role in the biggest attempted coup and scandal in our history, is a huge hypocrite, and double minded idiot. The media has joined with the globalists, CFR, enemies of our Constitution and freedoms, national sovereignty, years ago, and is the praetorian guard. If you really believe our media is spewing propaganda, then you voted for the man whom the media told you was evil, bad, our enemy and a Putin puppet. If not, you are just a useful idiot, blinded by your cognitive dissonance and brain washed, gullible. Get out of their CIA Mockingbird matrix.

    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 4 года назад +3

      myohmy451 r u ok?

    • @Justintro
      @Justintro 4 года назад +1

      is this sarcasm or am i just stupid thinking everything is sarcarsm

    • @倉鼠得意
      @倉鼠得意 4 года назад +2

      Yo came from Macau

    • @thecerfew
      @thecerfew 3 года назад

      @Alex Gully Yo,same. All these politicians spamming the sh*t out of these keyboards.

  • @alexjiang758
    @alexjiang758 5 лет назад +550

    This is not only about China or USA, trash is a problem for the whole humanity. Everyone should produce less trash daily. Try to buy less soft drinks, fancy clothes and use more public transportation.

    • @alexjiang758
      @alexjiang758 5 лет назад +31

      @@twovoa2151 We could produce less used tires by using more public transportation. And the government could build less parking lots.

    • @MrAsteba
      @MrAsteba 5 лет назад +51

      @@twovoa2151 Obviously a bus transporting 20 people needs less tires than 20 cars.

    • @sujanaryal833
      @sujanaryal833 5 лет назад +15

      @Ethan Dude before that happens the damage could already get irreversible. I get your point but it’s not like you have to completely change your life style and live in a cave. Just try to reduce waste and carbon emissions the way you can. You don’t need to bye a new model smartphone every year, or you could use reusable shopping bags, you could walk to small distance, you could recycle, and there are so many things you could do without having to change your lifestyle completely. I understand even if the world is to be completely obliterated it won’t happen within our lifetime so people don’t care much but still if there is any chance that you could help save the planet for future generations, let’s put some effort.

    • @leonor9219
      @leonor9219 5 лет назад

      right 銀ちゃん

    • @sebastianstan9655
      @sebastianstan9655 5 лет назад +8

      @@twovoa2151 thanks man. You helped me find the most ignorant person on "planet earth".

  • @lemonplz
    @lemonplz 5 лет назад +1182

    This is just trash talk.
    [edit]: I don't hate the video. I love PolyMatter and I have watched every video on the channel. This comment is just for fun. Pls, don't misunderstand.

  • @MordFustang1966
    @MordFustang1966 5 лет назад +749

    That's why my ex's China Visa was cancelled....

    • @donc-m4900
      @donc-m4900 5 лет назад +2

      Try American Express next time and Don't leave home with out it.

    • @Ottovonostbahnhof
      @Ottovonostbahnhof 5 лет назад +13

      You sir deserve a like

    • @th8011
      @th8011 5 лет назад +8

      Lol. Underrated comment

    • @yiduosun9488
      @yiduosun9488 5 лет назад +5

      Someone sign this guy pls

    • @ViolaGMidi
      @ViolaGMidi 5 лет назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣this one is too good.

  • @TechMagnet
    @TechMagnet 5 лет назад +158

    would like to see more on this topic. :)

    • @Mm10122
      @Mm10122 3 года назад +4

      You know all that trash is shipped to Africa now?

    • @memory.1
      @memory.1 3 года назад

      @@Mm10122 i want details plz

    • @checcmac8693
      @checcmac8693 3 года назад +1

      Ship it to Africa is actually smart

  • @sidneyboo9704
    @sidneyboo9704 5 лет назад +1354

    I think we ALL just need to generate less trash. Period.

    • @anthonymolina7416
      @anthonymolina7416 5 лет назад +41

      We need a alternative solution to water bottles like biodegradable bottles instead of plastic ones

    • @radioactivedynamite
      @radioactivedynamite 5 лет назад +17

      @@anthonymolina7416 The only problem with that is money. This is because if you made that product cheaper than plastic then we would stop using plastic. There are also 2 types of plastic classified as thermoset and thermoplastic. Thermosets can't be recycled but thermoplastic can recycle and be used again for other purposes.

    • @TigerTT
      @TigerTT 5 лет назад +3

      Nah what we need to do is just gather the world's garbage into one spot then launch several nuclear bombs lmfao.

    • @theemperor-wh40k18
      @theemperor-wh40k18 5 лет назад

      Izunami that will just make all of the molecules go into the air.

    • @gwarlow
      @gwarlow 5 лет назад

      Anthony Molina How about this? We go back to drinking water out of the tap or public water fountain when we are thirsty (except for the people in Flint, Michigan). I grew up without a water bottle in my hand, and yet somehow I remained hydrated enough. It's a radical idea, but maybe it's just crazy enough to work!

  • @impc8265
    @impc8265 5 лет назад +1530

    Wow an unbiased video about China, pretty rare these days.

    • @noalb3108
      @noalb3108 5 лет назад +73

      Because if a video mentions or is focused on one of the many (very real) horrendous aspects of China, it's already "biased"... Yeah, right.

    • @DanteA.Limbus
      @DanteA.Limbus 5 лет назад +22

      Chinese spy right here

    • @impc8265
      @impc8265 5 лет назад +21

      @@DanteA.Limbus lol

    • @jamesN6450
      @jamesN6450 5 лет назад +12

      very biased, biased towards china

    • @stepahead5944
      @stepahead5944 5 лет назад +4

      They're a lot more common than you care to admit.

  • @Calvbread
    @Calvbread 5 лет назад +341

    Thank you so much for producing an informed, unbiased video about China 🇨🇳

    • @EvilParagon4
      @EvilParagon4 5 лет назад +7

      Pro =/= Unbiased.
      This guy says nearly nothing critical of China.
      Granted, he does provide information helpful to understanding China, since a lot of other sources won't, but that doesn't mean he's unbiased.

    • @darnleynyirenda8304
      @darnleynyirenda8304 5 лет назад +9

      Fuck China.

    • @CruiseLifeASMR
      @CruiseLifeASMR 5 лет назад +1

      @@EvilParagon4 This video sounds like a CCP paid infomercial. Just like when the infographicshow talked about T-Square and how no one died.

    • @pacificdawn5999
      @pacificdawn5999 5 лет назад +24

      @@darnleynyirenda8304 Fuck you. No matter where you are from

    • @BS-jt6cj
      @BS-jt6cj 5 лет назад +1

      @Jalan Marshall By say this , you are implying that youtube belongs to your country which is extremely intelligent to say.

  • @yiliang9085
    @yiliang9085 5 лет назад +268

    I like how Japan organize their trash. They spend at least 10 minutes on their trash into 10 different categories each week.

    • @bastricalex775
      @bastricalex775 4 года назад +21

      Japan used to send their trash to China too don't you know that??

    • @yiliang9085
      @yiliang9085 4 года назад +15

      @@bastricalex775 Not just Japan, all other western countries as well. I don't know what you mean by that, sorry.
      Did you mean that Japan changed for the better? Giving less stress to China to solve the trash issue?

    • @yaya5tim
      @yaya5tim 4 года назад +5

      @@bastricalex775 what's your point? They saved tons of money when they have their own citizens sorting their own trash instead of collecting them all mixed together then hired someone to sorting the trash
      And America is dumb on doing that

    • @musica0718
      @musica0718 4 года назад +3

      兄弟,你恐怕是住在國外,現在國內垃圾分類也變得超嚴格。亂扔要罰錢的。否則怎麼幹垃圾濕垃圾的梗紅遍全國呢。

    • @class6aa
      @class6aa 3 года назад +3

      @@musica0718 日本的垃圾分类和国内的真不是一个级别的。国内最对5种,日本至少10种,就光是塑胶就分好多种。 举个例子,一个带透明的窗口的信封国内可能是就是干垃圾。在日本,你需要吧塑胶透明窗口和信封其他部位分解开来,分开扔。 国内你分好的垃圾天天多能扔垃圾站。但是在日本,每天只能收一种垃圾,今天要是忘了扔软塑料你要等到两周后才能扔。

  • @presidenttogekiss635
    @presidenttogekiss635 5 лет назад +146

    The people who are complaining about the videos about China clearly have not experienced being a non-american in the Internet.

    • @jundu8471
      @jundu8471 5 лет назад +3

      Actually on the opposite, it shows that you have no ideas about how Koreans and Japanese are being worhshipped on American internet.

    • @WuW0w0-m8m
      @WuW0w0-m8m 5 лет назад +10

      Jun Du worship? Few weeboes and k pop fans don’t represent USA citizens

    • @cbbblue8348
      @cbbblue8348 5 лет назад +1

      Or white supremacy

    • @cherry414
      @cherry414 3 года назад

      Ikr they would criticize other country for environmental problem and when they're being criticized, they're all being whiny.

  • @meikoku9847
    @meikoku9847 5 лет назад +138

    This guy deserves A LOT more subs

  • @endeliggnist5066
    @endeliggnist5066 5 лет назад +213

    The international community has, for the longest time, pointed fingers and criticised China for polluting the environment. However, the only reason why most nations never have to worry about their own rubbish is because China helps to clear it for them. Oh, how have the tables turned.

    • @williaminluv9011
      @williaminluv9011 5 лет назад

      @@NightcorEDM HEY GO FUCK YOURSELF

    • @izzyreal6472
      @izzyreal6472 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah America should have just let Japan rape your whole country in WW2.

    • @deoxue6327
      @deoxue6327 4 года назад +9

      IzzyReal France should have let Britain rape your whole country in revolutionary war.

    • @johnzhang465
      @johnzhang465 4 года назад +22

      @@izzyreal6472 your stupidity is even more staggering than your country's debt

    • @2hot34
      @2hot34 3 года назад

      @@johnzhang465 your stupidity is staggering if you understand we can put a nice blockaid on your ports after your rocket stockpile runs out crippling your economy while ours improves via the military industrial complex of america

  • @douglasdale8592
    @douglasdale8592 5 лет назад +113

    90% of the comments blaming western nations
    10% about random plastic facts

    • @cbbblue8348
      @cbbblue8348 5 лет назад +3

      Well there's a significant impact on some ASEAN countries and it will only attract more.
      Well I surely wouldn't pin the blame on every western country but hey, its the Internet, it highlights everything

    • @azureholy9787
      @azureholy9787 4 года назад +10

      And there is 1% of racist scum bag saying shit about China

    • @azureholy9787
      @azureholy9787 4 года назад +6

      @Jose Rivera Learn how to spell China before you say shit online

    • @user-jq9fg3sk7q
      @user-jq9fg3sk7q 4 года назад +5

      @@azureholy9787 b'tch you have a country with concentration camps and you defend it, then you call us racists !?, bruh you would get one hella punch for saying such sh't

    • @yuchenhan207
      @yuchenhan207 3 года назад +2

      @@user-jq9fg3sk7q im chinese and il say its trues, he did overreact, but chill my guy, I don't like china and I'm Chinese BUT CHILL

  • @user-vy6gd3zn7b
    @user-vy6gd3zn7b 5 лет назад +432

    I always enjoy the videos about China. They're the world's rising star, and it's interesting to see your nuanced prospective about a country we only hear politicized news about.

    • @Trey5Damare
      @Trey5Damare 5 лет назад +39

      because its a dictatorship

    • @liuner2479
      @liuner2479 5 лет назад +24

      @@Trey5Damare communist*, not dictatorship

    • @ratchet2266
      @ratchet2266 5 лет назад +24

      @@liuner2479 whats the difference

    • @leilanidru7506
      @leilanidru7506 5 лет назад +50

      That probably has a lot to do with all the communism and also the recent horrendous social credit system. China’s characteristics don’t always have to be mutually exclusive. It’s is global superpower, nuanced and culturally enriched, but can also be legitimately politicized coz a lot of bad shit goes down as well.

    • @dennydaydreamer
      @dennydaydreamer 5 лет назад +24

      @@ratchet2266 Oligarchy vs autocracy. While you may be raised to believe the west is governed by democracy, I think in many cases it's effectively more of an oligarchy, too.

  • @avaevathornton9851
    @avaevathornton9851 5 лет назад +236

    If you're thinking of going to China, I found the lower tier cities quite a bit more pleasant to visit than the tier 1 cities.
    Dunhuang and Guilin are definitely worth seeing, and if you're going in winter check out Harbin.
    Of the tier 1 cities, I liked Beijing more than I liked Shanghai.

    • @USBEN.
      @USBEN. 5 лет назад +20

      The lesser known places are most of the times better because lesser people to spoil those places the better .

    • @xuxin1995
      @xuxin1995 5 лет назад +5

      Lijiang, Qingdao, Xi'an, Chongqing, West Sichuan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia are also great

    • @xcliu6269
      @xcliu6269 5 лет назад +2

      yeah, tier 1 cities are even not worth visiting especially if you come from London, Paris and NYC. Try Urumqi, Hulun Buir grassland, Xiamen or Dali next time.

    • @talhajat3301
      @talhajat3301 5 лет назад +2

      @@xcliu6269 or dallas and houston Texas as tier 1 city

    • @avaevathornton9851
      @avaevathornton9851 5 лет назад +7

      @@xcliu6269 My full itinerary was:
      Urumqi
      Dunhuang
      Xian
      Chengdu
      Guilin
      Shanghai with a day trip to Suzhou
      Harbin
      Beijing with a day trip to Shanhaiguan
      So much more I would have seen if I had been willing to spend more time and money on that trip. Also I was really impressed by the Chinese rail network.

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 5 лет назад +742

    America: Hey China
    China: What
    America: _Want some waste?_
    China: You nearly got me there, nearly.

    • @NightcorEDM
      @NightcorEDM 5 лет назад +7

      More like
      China: no I no longer want your trash

    • @sorawisdom6516
      @sorawisdom6516 5 лет назад

      come onnn its some really good motherboard material lol

    • @WavyCats
      @WavyCats 5 лет назад

      One man's waste is another man's treasure!

    • @bing4153
      @bing4153 5 лет назад +1

      @@yerrrrr2787 What the heck bro?! Shouldn't it be the other way around?

    • @loktom4068
      @loktom4068 5 лет назад +4

      @@bing4153
      American put Muslims in the ground.

  • @rrt33fgghr
    @rrt33fgghr 5 лет назад +35

    Mom:is there any more trash
    Me:points at sister

  • @Baxtexx
    @Baxtexx 5 лет назад +312

    Meanwhile in Sweden: we are running out of thrash to recycle so we have started to import trash from neighboring counties so our recycling plants are efficient.

    • @WranglerSlim
      @WranglerSlim 5 лет назад +28

      I didn’t know that burning trash is efficient. I guess it’s a good source of income though if people pay you to do it.

    • @veipuniilana1842
      @veipuniilana1842 5 лет назад +31

      @@WranglerSlim who says they are burning trash.

    • @markjv24
      @markjv24 5 лет назад +18

      I heard that Sweden sends it's trash to Russia to be burned.

    • @WranglerSlim
      @WranglerSlim 5 лет назад +13

      veipunii lana They have big plants that burn trash and recyclables as fuel. ruclips.net/video/caw-969W-D4/видео.html

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 5 лет назад +9

      Meanwhile, Pewds likes to "trash" India's #TSeries :P \ #BitchLasagna

  • @dantex9083
    @dantex9083 5 лет назад +111

    Enjoyed that report. It's refreshing to see a seemingly non-biased examination of Chinese Economic and Geopolitical relationships. Enjoying the improved air in quality Beijing.
    Subbed.

    • @jacobmillam6223
      @jacobmillam6223 5 лет назад +7

      l la America produces 40% of the world's waste

    • @jacobmillam6223
      @jacobmillam6223 5 лет назад +9

      @s l per capita we are worse. China is at least taking steps forward while we take steps backwards

    • @jacobmillam6223
      @jacobmillam6223 5 лет назад +5

      @s l trash also does not fall under pollution, its waste. There is a difference

    • @myohmy451
      @myohmy451 5 лет назад

      Dante X I hope you understand how much our mockingbird mainstream media colluded and assisted the top tier communist/globalist entities who support statist totalitarian ideologies, within our own executive administration, via the Intelligence Agencies. The U.S. media has for many decades, gradually shrugged off any pretense of real investigative reporting, and the few who remain true to trying to defend and seek truth and freedom of the press, are often unrewarded, shunned and forced to go it alone, often ridiculed and "dirtied up" by our IA's, when they get too close to the truth, or refuse to back off. Our country has been running a fake two party choice in presidential elections, never actually giving the people a candidate of their own choosing, but choosing the two CIA affiliates, assets, i.e., the Bush family, with close alliances with their beloved Clintons, who embraced the Obamas, all had ties to CIA, as did their parents, grandparents. Trump won despite all their massive attempts to buy and thwart his campaign, which is why they had to have the "insurance policy" in the million to one chance he got elected despite throwing billions into Hillary's campaign, rigging the system, sending plants and spies in to create the illusion of conspiracy for impeachment if he should win. Anyone who claims our media is a propaganda machine, yet buys their complicit role in the biggest attempted coup and scandal in our history, is a huge hypocrite, and double minded idiot. The media has joined with the globalists, CFR, enemies of our Constitution and freedoms, national sovereignty, years ago, and is the praetorian guard. If you really believe our media is spewing propaganda, then you voted for the man whom the media told you was evil, bad, our enemy and a Putin puppet. If not, you are just a useful idiot, blinded by your cognitive dissonance and brain washed, gullible. Get out of their CIA Mockingbird matrix.

    • @jacobmillam6223
      @jacobmillam6223 5 лет назад

      @s l 1. No shit the Chinese government lies, but if you're story is true it wouldnt be the entirety of the country leaning this chemical that you probably dont even know what it is. 2. It was probably a company that's American based and outsourced to a Chinese factory, you simpleton.

  • @joyphobic
    @joyphobic 5 лет назад +253

    China: Exist
    PolyMatter: *It's free real estate*

    • @RoyalFusilier
      @RoyalFusilier 5 лет назад +1

      Unequal Treaties joke goes here.

    • @kauserkagzi7637
      @kauserkagzi7637 5 лет назад

      Top 10 people who keep memes alive

    • @carultch
      @carultch 5 лет назад

      @Ungregistered User Eventually you'll get East Turkestan for free too. China's "Other Tibet".

  • @psc698
    @psc698 4 года назад +21

    China: We-
    Pollymatter: Write that down! Write that down!

    • @primeroyal7434
      @primeroyal7434 4 года назад +2

      But unlike other channels, PolyMatter spits straight fax.

    • @joshbentley2307
      @joshbentley2307 3 года назад

      @@primeroyal7434 but he hides the issues with China.

  • @highlyexplosivechicken2081
    @highlyexplosivechicken2081 5 лет назад +234

    China: GDP grows .01 percent slower than normal.
    Polymatter: REEEEE

    • @LegendTheAnonymous
      @LegendTheAnonymous 5 лет назад +5

      Indeed. Given the investments China makes into infrastructure and so on, to stay afloat they need such a high growth rate, and if the growth rate drops it is indeed worrying.

    • @stafer3
      @stafer3 5 лет назад +3

      @Kai ii 凯伊 To be honest, same thing goes for US, there are no headlines like “US grows faster than China” in absolute numbers, because everyone always look on percentages. So it’s pretty natural that when India starts to do big percentages, it gets everyone’s attention.
      GDP (PPP) per capita 2016:
      US - 57 588$
      China - 15 530$
      India - 6 573$
      GDP (PPP) per capita 2017:
      US - 59 531$
      China - 16 806$
      India - 7 055$
      US went up - 1 943$
      China went up - 1 276$
      India went up - 482$

    • @magnuscoles5010
      @magnuscoles5010 5 лет назад +1

      @@stafer3 so US's GDP per capita is nearly 4 times as much as the Chinese but in terms of growth Chine grows half as much as the US, so they did twice as good as the US

    • @感恩-k4t
      @感恩-k4t 5 лет назад +2

      @Kai ii 凯伊 You have to understand Indians love to use GDP PPP.

    • @owlmanchan659
      @owlmanchan659 5 лет назад

      @@LegendTheAnonymous and what ?! you dont need infrastructure ?! look at your city & ours ... who;s on the right path ?!

  • @lkgpuanimho0349
    @lkgpuanimho0349 5 лет назад +83

    Polymatter videos: China and Iphone.

    •  5 лет назад +3

      and Amazon :)

    • @EthanX1ao
      @EthanX1ao 5 лет назад

      and Somalia pirates

  • @prophetsspaceengineering2913
    @prophetsspaceengineering2913 5 лет назад +11

    The company I work for is closely connected to one of the largest facilities to manufacture cement in Europe. Cement production consumes insane amounts of energy at a level where the lights flicker whenever they switch the large machines on and off (it strains the local grid's capability to compensate). As it turns out, they generate 60% of their profits by burning trash to produce more than half of the energy onsite (with extensive filtration; they are very clean at it). They basically make a profit before selling anything at all.
    Since they also sell some of the by-products, the company is producing so cheaply that it's impossible to compete with them on a national level and to an extent even across the borders. The facilities and machines are also so insanely expensive that nobody dares to put up that kind of investment. They are very close to a monopoly and don't rly have much innovation going on as a result.

    • @ladybookworms
      @ladybookworms 5 лет назад

      What is the name of this wonderful company?

    • @ahm6006
      @ahm6006 5 лет назад

      at least its a green monopoly

    • @prophetsspaceengineering2913
      @prophetsspaceengineering2913 5 лет назад

      Cemex. Though they didn't build the thing up from the ground. The basic system for repurposing trash was set up decades ago in a less refined form. The plant itself has seen different owners over time and a number of very costly modernizations took place. It's heavily automated, too.
      The cement industry itself isn't too profitable overall and even the big players seem to run into financial troubles quite frequently. I wouldn't be surprised, if the facility switches owners again at some point. The people that work there have seen them come and go, but the facility always found a bidder.

  • @libertyIsAll132
    @libertyIsAll132 5 лет назад +141

    first my girlfriend says this to me,
    then china 😭

    • @davelawson2564
      @davelawson2564 5 лет назад +14

      Try sending her to china. They don't want her too !

    • @hy128
      @hy128 5 лет назад +6

      That’s sad man. But you are cute :)

    • @vivacehome1
      @vivacehome1 4 года назад

      You A Failure Mate

    • @thejedipro4450
      @thejedipro4450 4 года назад

      Chinese girls are really really hot

    • @追寻造物主
      @追寻造物主 4 года назад +1

      朋友,欢迎来到中国山东大学,政府会送你3个女朋友。这是真实的。

  • @FrozenDung
    @FrozenDung 5 лет назад +241

    What? Americans don't split their recycling?
    What a waste of time, we split out recycling into glass, plastic + cans and compost.

    • @agentt3557
      @agentt3557 5 лет назад +78

      Americans. What did you expect?

    • @leilanidru7506
      @leilanidru7506 5 лет назад +4

      Mikey I think it’s an abysmal amount. I’m pretty sure it’s something like only 6% of waste gets recycled or something like that.

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino 5 лет назад +35

      Mikey I depends where in America. Did you forget this federal country is the size of Europe?

    • @epithet052
      @epithet052 5 лет назад +2

      And I have no idea why. I *want* to sort my recyclables but it would be useless to.

    • @fraserfir19
      @fraserfir19 5 лет назад +4

      When it comes to people who live in one of those massive apartment complexes and condo communities basically nobody recycles anything there's just a few massive dumpsters around the complex where people can dump whatever they want in them and forget about it.

  • @yishao970
    @yishao970 5 лет назад +53

    The only way to deal with trash is to upgrade this recycling business technically and economically .

    • @daneclark3161
      @daneclark3161 5 лет назад +2

      I've got a better idea. Why don't we just stop generating so much trash?

    • @yishao970
      @yishao970 5 лет назад +2

      @@daneclark3161 Maybe such education should begin since kinder garden.

    • @追寻造物主
      @追寻造物主 4 года назад

      @@daneclark3161 除非你想回到山洞里面去。现代人需要塑料制品!!!!!

    • @daneclark3161
      @daneclark3161 4 года назад +1

      lei molei - We are totally wasteful and certainly do not “need” even the tiniest fraction of the plastic that we generate.

  • @JR-vc4gm
    @JR-vc4gm 5 лет назад +294

    1:10 grammar is wrong. The right one is 共产党批准了这瓶水。
    And by the way, it means communists approved this bottle of water.

    • @huayisun8983
      @huayisun8983 5 лет назад +82

      Cobwelly TV hello CARES, i’m NO ONE

    • @JR-vc4gm
      @JR-vc4gm 5 лет назад +22

      @@shorts-ceo but i care this fuck

    • @lolchaperone4991
      @lolchaperone4991 5 лет назад +8

      *the communist party of China

    • @liangjiang3122
      @liangjiang3122 5 лет назад +7

      @@shorts-ceo you don't care = no one fucking cares -> you do fuckn't onenoing

    • @tradfi950
      @tradfi950 5 лет назад +1

      这些共产党傻子

  • @youdontfoolmebro
    @youdontfoolmebro 5 лет назад +10

    Thank you, Asia, for forcing us in the West to get our own act together! Not denying scale and the massive infrastructural problems in Asia, Africa and South America but we ALL need to step up our moral responsibility! Greetings from a Dane tired of collecting "civilized" people's trash here.

  • @Wooble57
    @Wooble57 5 лет назад +12

    Want a simple, but hard solution to all the plastic trash? Put eco fee's on it, and make stores apply it to the shelf price. People are fairly predictable, and don't change all the much. If a shopper see's the same product in a tin\glass\aluminum package and it's cheaper then plastic, that's what they will buy most of the time.
    On the topic of disposable bags, reusable bags aren't always the better solution. Most reusable bags need to be used well over 100+ times before they break even. I'm not saying don't use them, just keep in mind how much they need to be used.
    It's not going to be easy, but we need to use the human condition to our advantage rather then fighting against it. Consumers are going to buy the cheaper product, and that's not going to change.

    • @robertjonker8131
      @robertjonker8131 5 лет назад

      @Fnord Fnordington he said THE SAME PRODUCT CHEAPER THAN PLASTIC. Not a different product

    • @Wooble57
      @Wooble57 5 лет назад

      @Fnord Fnordington way to take it out of context. Yea people spend extra on status symbols, but how many cheap version's are sold for each fancy brand?

    • @stanleytolle416
      @stanleytolle416 5 лет назад

      Apply the eco fee to the trash when it comes in. Use the fee to is subsidized the recycling of the materials. Of course this fee could also be supplied to the countries that are recycling the stuff they are sending us. If not, the money could go to the countries or places that will do the recycling. Of course, for ethical reasons, the recycling should be policed so that it follows social and environmental standards.

    • @videogamebomer
      @videogamebomer 5 лет назад

      @Fnord Fnordington How can you miss the point by so much.

    • @Wooble57
      @Wooble57 5 лет назад

      @@stanleytolle416 so long as the fee is part of the listed price on the shelf, because most people don't pay attention to fee's applied at the till.
      I'm not entirely opposed to plastics as a material, but there's really no need for it in a lot of cases (plastic bottles vs glass\aluminum), and plastics are hard\expensive to recycle, so we should really reduce our usage of it.

  • @daniyalk713
    @daniyalk713 5 лет назад +44

    Chinese people say that "stuff coming from America is trash" so that's what they were talking about

    • @xBXRxAaron
      @xBXRxAaron 5 лет назад +2

      The tech they steal and copy isn't trash though is it lmao

    • @ilovefunnyamv2nd
      @ilovefunnyamv2nd 5 лет назад +1

      Meanwhile, Americans reply: "you should know, you made it China!"
      China's rebuttal: "You paid for it"

    • @dracosai3530
      @dracosai3530 5 лет назад

      xBXRxAaron they just do it to rise U.S debt

  • @benjaminbrady2385
    @benjaminbrady2385 5 лет назад +79

    7:29 It irks me so bad that you didn't colour in green fence or blue sky with green and blue

    • @archsword5294
      @archsword5294 5 лет назад +4

      I thought the same, why is blue sky in black color...

    • @cricketknowall
      @cricketknowall 5 лет назад +4

      It's China... Everything is Red

    • @安荣-f5g
      @安荣-f5g 5 лет назад

      OMG THEY KILLED KENNY!
      Nah I know it's a joke but not really, people actually start to dislike the color red

    • @cricketknowall
      @cricketknowall 5 лет назад

      @@安荣-f5g I meant in the sense that it's communist... Not that it's a common colour

    • @安荣-f5g
      @安荣-f5g 5 лет назад

      OMG THEY KILLED KENNY!
      And what I meant is exactly same as you

  • @taiwanisacountry
    @taiwanisacountry 3 года назад +3

    Hello from Denmark. We are burning our trash for electricity, heat, and hot water.
    Since the process produces all of that, we simply use all of that.
    We are importing trash to keep our burners going. This is a future problem when we no longer produces enough trash. But for the moment we are earning money on trash, converting that into "green energy" because we are that good to recycle then we are left with 0 landfills, and our trash being burned are overall non-recyclables.
    That is part of our "Danish model"

    • @anyanyanyanyanyany3551
      @anyanyanyanyanyany3551 3 года назад +2

      but burning trash is pretty toxic don't you think? I mean it is beneficial to burn trash for energy but that compounds the CO2 problem and releases harmful particles to the air.

    • @taiwanisacountry
      @taiwanisacountry 3 года назад +1

      @@anyanyanyanyanyany3551 it terms of that, we would need to consider firstly the kind of powerplant that it replaces. Secondly it is mostly bio trash, using highly efficient incinerators that scrub the worst of the pollutants from flue gases.
      Then we don't need separate powerplants to generate heat, or hot water.
      But a lot of the imported trash does contain a lot of plastics.
      And we that we do not have any landfills, at all.

    • @Steve1766
      @Steve1766 2 года назад +1

      @@anyanyanyanyanyany3551 nope it's filtered is different from open burning that we do in balkan villages in DK they do this on a power plant whixh filters all the s💩 that would come in the air and burning makes dark grey or black but is white instead so it means all of the harm is removed

    • @Steve1766
      @Steve1766 2 года назад +1

      @@anyanyanyanyanyany3551 landfilling is x1000 worse landfills release methane and pollute water and ground

    • @Steve1766
      @Steve1766 2 года назад +1

      @@taiwanisacountry bio trash is composted the incineration is for non recycleables

  • @kerryrus
    @kerryrus 5 лет назад +24

    We should make plastic out of hempweed, cellulose and sugar, Then we can eat our leftover plastic or feed it to livestock or pets.

    • @radioactivedynamite
      @radioactivedynamite 5 лет назад +1

      Then do it and make it cheaper than plastic.

    • @kerryrus
      @kerryrus 5 лет назад

      I wanted to see how many likes I would get by inventing a utopian product.

    • @radioactivedynamite
      @radioactivedynamite 5 лет назад +2

      @@kerryrus have you invented it yet, and why are likes so important?

    • @kerryrus
      @kerryrus 5 лет назад

      @@radioactivedynamite I wanted to see how many people would believe anything. Not many, only 13.

    • @radioactivedynamite
      @radioactivedynamite 5 лет назад +1

      @@kerryrus believing in something has two different spectrum where it can end up either as a dream, or a reality. If all you do is hope for something and nothing happens then it's a dream, but if you work towards something then it will become a reality. Stop living the dream until you have lived the reality.

  • @mineSTAR626
    @mineSTAR626 5 лет назад +10

    1:08 "Look closely and you might notice something strange"
    Yeah there is a damn duck just casually walking around a landfill

    • @pwnmeisterage
      @pwnmeisterage 5 лет назад +2

      Better than walking around the concrete and traffic 15 miles away, lol.

  • @JM-gz1ej
    @JM-gz1ej 5 лет назад +60

    Exporting trash to other country is so hypocritical

    • @annaliu7681
      @annaliu7681 3 года назад +5

      Like how western countries use democracy as a tool to bully China in whatever ways they want

  • @smilingsword3492
    @smilingsword3492 5 лет назад +20

    Here in the Philippines, it's quite hilarious, if President Duterte hadn't declared war Trudeau wouldn't have acted.

    • @koyba3747
      @koyba3747 5 лет назад

      @Ken Lompart true, are you a conservative?

    • @koyba3747
      @koyba3747 5 лет назад +2

      @Ken Lompart good on you mate.

    • @trent800
      @trent800 5 лет назад +2

      KOYba same here I hope people are not dumb enough to elect him again

  • @fuadsyawal7461
    @fuadsyawal7461 5 лет назад +183

    I was going to sleep, but the notification woke me up
    okay let's watch it

  • @Justin_Joy
    @Justin_Joy 5 лет назад +23

    The title feels like a personal attack.

    • @Nishith8
      @Nishith8 5 лет назад +4

      It is... for Americans

    • @NightcorEDM
      @NightcorEDM 5 лет назад +8

      Maybe you should be able to handle your own trash?

    • @naturebat3740
      @naturebat3740 5 лет назад

      @Kate *Reduce, reuse, recycle.

    • @123fourfive5
      @123fourfive5 5 лет назад +2

      Well why can't you handle your own shit?

  • @itsshopboy
    @itsshopboy 5 лет назад +53

    😅 😅 😅 That Uber joke.
    Anyways.
    Next look at Africa/Europe/Australia, please.

    • @sleepysartorialist
      @sleepysartorialist 5 лет назад

      Only one of those is interesting

    • @itsshopboy
      @itsshopboy 5 лет назад

      @@sleepysartorialist Which is?

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 5 лет назад +2

      @@itsshopboy Africa

    • @SenorGuina
      @SenorGuina 5 лет назад

      @@itsshopboy C H I N A

    • @itsshopboy
      @itsshopboy 5 лет назад

      @@jinjunliu2401 I think so too. But perhaps data availability to make up a case might be a problem

  • @layyang960
    @layyang960 3 года назад +14

    American should seriously think about reducing your waste production and introducing more sustainable lifestyle to the general public such as public transportation and renewable energy

    • @OHOE1
      @OHOE1 3 года назад

      Nah China should, They produce them.

    • @abdullakauchali9620
      @abdullakauchali9620 3 года назад +2

      @@OHOE1 This comment doesn't make any sense

    • @notme8652
      @notme8652 2 года назад

      @@OHOE1 I mean
      Your not wrong 😂 Half of the products you use are were probably made in China

  • @GodsAutobiography
    @GodsAutobiography 5 лет назад +9

    I found out about this last September. I'm surprised it's just now being covered by channels like this.
    Regardless, thanks for spreading the word!

  • @Cr-sm7iw
    @Cr-sm7iw 5 лет назад +110

    那个瓶子上写着:“共产党批准了这条水”,笑死我了

    • @KK-xi7vh
      @KK-xi7vh 5 лет назад +4

      哈哈哈我也看到了,然后以为又是bash中国的

    • @tianlangyang2605
      @tianlangyang2605 5 лет назад +4

      我还特意倒回去看了

    • @lwl2034
      @lwl2034 5 лет назад +9

      @Archock Encanto this is a Chinese comment section lol

    • @ycgummy
      @ycgummy 5 лет назад

      hahahahaa

    • @mikoayaton9345
      @mikoayaton9345 5 лет назад

      Cr fuck off we dont like u

  • @boogeymann6686
    @boogeymann6686 5 лет назад +11

    China: **breathes**
    Polymatter: Oh my God you didn't!

  • @salemazzam6502
    @salemazzam6502 5 лет назад +18

    Everyone, every single person must recycle.

  • @tjs200
    @tjs200 5 лет назад +20

    While I'm not a huge fan of most of China's authoritarian politics, it's still interesting to see how a non-western country that's becoming rich and powerful is approaching the issues of industrialization and globalization. Having a new player coming at these challenges with a different perspective is a cool opportunity for other countries to learn from.
    They will surely make mistakes, just like all nations - and all humans do, but at least they're trying.

    • @crystalball020
      @crystalball020 5 лет назад

      You don't need to be a fan as long as you don't live there and try to intervene

    • @soapcang696
      @soapcang696 5 лет назад

      The Economy Reforms started after the Cultural Revolution saved us. Deng XiaoPing knew what was he doing

    • @HH-xs2gm
      @HH-xs2gm 5 лет назад +1

      Timothy Schellin they are already rich, industrialized, and globalized. I am not a fan of their government either but somehow they made it work really well. It's less authoritarian as you might think and that may be the reason why.

    • @FlameRat_YehLon
      @FlameRat_YehLon 5 лет назад

      Many politics in China exists to make things a bit smoother for everyone, which makes things more fare and lower the risk of catastrophic disaster. It could feel a bit restricting due to the politics won't always be fare enough, but I personally would consider it quite beneficial that it is the right way to go. China have suffered from rushing and chaotic economy development so making the same mistakes twice isn't desirable.
      And let's say that, I think the current biggest issue of China is that, it actually got worse reputation among Chinese citizen than outside China. That's not good because it's discouraging people from trying to make China better.

    • @FlameRat_YehLon
      @FlameRat_YehLon 5 лет назад

      ​@@HH-xs2gm The main reason China's system works is that it really focuses on infrastructures. This is done in the form of both physical city and transportation infrastructure, and internet service starting from the year 2014 (the "internet+" trend where everyone start making everything offline connected to the internet). It'll be mad for any other country to have cheap domestic delivery within 3 days (1 day if between major cities, same day if using distributed delivery), and unlimited (aka 20~40GB/mo before throttle) 4G network that almost got full coverage for as low as $5/mo. But that's what China already have right now.

  • @haziqtiger
    @haziqtiger 5 лет назад +7

    Omg I love these kind of channels, HAI and PolyMatter. Education with jokes in it (even some bad ones). I love it. Please keep doing it like this

  • @1293ST
    @1293ST 5 лет назад +9

    Appreciate the effort to put that Umlaut in there mate.

  • @hongyifan5203
    @hongyifan5203 3 года назад +30

    共产党批准了这条水什么鬼哈哈
    The water bottle says “The CCP approves this strip of water” haha 1:12

  • @niccolobattistoni6733
    @niccolobattistoni6733 5 лет назад +4

    I came as a bit of an outsider, living in Italy. My thoughts on waste disposal are the following:
    1° Before thinking of exporting waste the government should provide a way to efficently dispose of S.U.W. (Solid Urban Waste) at home.
    2° If exporting waste is necessary special taxes should be applied to the exporting government for every pound (0.453592 KG) of S.U.W. (Solid Urban Waste)

    • @ZuluLifesaBeech-
      @ZuluLifesaBeech- 5 лет назад +1

      Sorry, what is S.U.W. mean as far as waste?

    • @ZuluLifesaBeech-
      @ZuluLifesaBeech- 5 лет назад +1

      @1000 Subscribers With No Videos Thanks for the education! I have nothing of value to trade but a joke: My wife says I'm like a lava lamp. I asked her why? She said because I'm not to bright but interesting to look at!😜 NCAA update 🏀 Texas Tech and Gonzaga are neck and neck at start of 2nd half.

    • @niccolobattistoni6733
      @niccolobattistoni6733 5 лет назад +1

      @@ZuluLifesaBeech- my fault for not specifing

    • @ZuluLifesaBeech-
      @ZuluLifesaBeech- 5 лет назад

      @@niccolobattistoni6733 that's okay I blew past SUW but now I know. Wish we would just use paper, glass, and put a 10 cent deposit on aluminum cans. buongiorno!

  • @playerof604
    @playerof604 5 лет назад +13

    "Luckily there's something we're really good at producing a lot of: trash"
    humanity just died a little hearing that..

  • @MartinNemi03
    @MartinNemi03 5 лет назад +5

    5:40 Hey, those are the containers from Prague. So that's free ad for "Pražské služby" and "Ekokom", i guess. thanks for the free ad. :)

  • @makeandeatgummyleeches5975
    @makeandeatgummyleeches5975 5 лет назад +9

    Damn, trash travels way farther than me..

  • @satyris410
    @satyris410 5 лет назад +30

    Can you please cite your sources with in-line video references and a citation list in your video information section please. Excellent work as always

  • @soldiersvejk2053
    @soldiersvejk2053 5 лет назад +8

    The good environment in the developed countries largely depends on polluting the rest of the world. It is a good change.

  • @noahmartini6087
    @noahmartini6087 5 лет назад +11

    Your transitions into your sponsorships are scary good. I don't even realize what you're saying until you say the name of the company.

  • @simsonsiagian2156
    @simsonsiagian2156 5 лет назад +38

    U.S said " I am superpower, i can controll everything"
    China " So what about your trash??"
    U.S replied, " That is an exceptional "

  • @blee04524
    @blee04524 5 лет назад +25

    Thankyou for producing informative and objective views of china related videos unlike china uncensored...

    • @torinfaes6278
      @torinfaes6278 5 лет назад

      Sheuno what does China uncensored do? I watched a couple of their videos and the reporter just seemed to hate the ccp.

    • @blee04524
      @blee04524 5 лет назад +1

      @@torinfaes6278 exactly the channel belongs to new tang dynasty tv which is funded by falun gong so its definitely not a objective news source if you want to know more about China, its basically a anti china communist channel

    • @jacobsiebe696
      @jacobsiebe696 5 лет назад +1

      Torin Faes as someone who has lived in China ,I can tell you that China uncensored is full of crap.Very biased and been spewing venom of hatred constantly . It seems like the host hates ccp’s gut. However,still enough people who have never paid a visit loved the vids it posted, their quality is trash

  • @cheeweihon9745
    @cheeweihon9745 5 лет назад +11

    Americans, you're so wrong. Tier 3 & 4 cities are way more developed than many western cities. In comparison, Kunming (which you've never heard it) is larger than Atlanta.

    • @boratoker8918
      @boratoker8918 5 лет назад +2

      I'm not Chinese but I agree.

    • @cheeweihon9745
      @cheeweihon9745 5 лет назад +1

      @@boratoker8918 everything can be found on Wikipedia

  • @blackadee26
    @blackadee26 5 лет назад +5

    Always impressed by the research behind. Great job !

  • @Fireball006
    @Fireball006 3 года назад +1

    I’ve been getting recommend this for over a week so I have to watch it for youtube to leave me alone

  • @glimpseofparadise
    @glimpseofparadise 5 лет назад +23

    Good job China and Malaysia!!!! Stand your ground.

  • @novemtigris3041
    @novemtigris3041 5 лет назад +7

    7:13 "Operation Green Fence"
    shows a red and black fence instead because logic

    • @erwingobig1954
      @erwingobig1954 5 лет назад

      It has no logo, the logo is added by the youtuber

  • @MiracleWinchester
    @MiracleWinchester 3 года назад +4

    I would personally credit Simcity 4 for introducing me to this subject.

  • @bearcatben4762
    @bearcatben4762 5 лет назад

    I have a solution (for the plastic all other recyclable are screwed) you manufacture a ton of airtight metal spheres/cubes/cylinders fill them with plastic vacuum seal the plastic filled spheres then heat them causing pyrolysis which will produce new smaller polymers like short-chain hydrocarbons which can be used a carbon-neutral fuel in internal combustion engines or be used to reform long hydrocarbons (i.e plastic). This could also be slightly modified to accommodate cellulose/lignin so fibrous plant waste/paper could be recycled into something other than more paper.

  • @seemarathore6120
    @seemarathore6120 5 лет назад +4

    List of topics Polymatter made video on:
    1.China
    2.Apple
    3.India
    that's it...

    • @seemarathore6120
      @seemarathore6120 5 лет назад +1

      @@billhints7979 Are you seriously saying Little to India?
      Either you are joking or your Genral knowledge is lower than Marina trench

    • @seemarathore6120
      @seemarathore6120 5 лет назад +1

      @Ungregistered User Yaa bro I've given it to a plumber for repair..

    • @billhints7979
      @billhints7979 5 лет назад

      @@seemarathore6120 Nah, small India is even smaller than Australia, overpopulated, only just 1/4 areas of U.S, or China, too small but overpopulated, shit

    • @WayneTwitch
      @WayneTwitch 5 лет назад

      3 most trash things in this world other then Africa lol

  • @chromebot9618
    @chromebot9618 5 лет назад +9

    "It's only five hours long!"

  • @thedude7319
    @thedude7319 5 лет назад +18

    I don't agree with the politics of China but their naming schemes are great

    • @boostftw123
      @boostftw123 5 лет назад +1

      China's corruption is at the local level. US and the rest of five eyes is at the top. Also, democracy doesn't work when the average american is an absolute dumb fuck. Would you allow your retail workers to make big decisions with your company? No

  • @velvetindigonight
    @velvetindigonight 5 лет назад +1

    In Devon UK where I live you have to wash, sort and recycle. Recycling collected every week. Landfill every three weeks and you only get one bin to fill. Genius. It has forced people to recycle who would not have bothered otherwise.

    • @kaydenhoward332
      @kaydenhoward332 5 лет назад

      Yeaaaaa im gonna speak for all of us and say fuck off

  • @Scott-by9ks
    @Scott-by9ks 5 лет назад +12

    As an American I have to thank the Chinese government for this. The recycling business is booming in the USA today. New recycling plants are popping up in America and it's thanks to the Chinese government no longer taking the raw materials that we used to export to them. Instead we are building sorting and recycling facilities here in areas that were hit hard by the decay of American manufacturing, the rust belt namely Maine, West Virginia and Wisconsin. However it is true that there are still quite a few cities sitting on piles of raw material.

  • @mikeliu2552
    @mikeliu2552 5 лет назад +6

    1:12
    It says “共产党批准了这条水” which translates to “the communist party approves this bottle of water”. However, “条” is to describe animals here in china. A better term would be “瓶”

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 5 лет назад +1

      一条水is a stream of water.

    • @mikeliu2552
      @mikeliu2552 5 лет назад +4

      @Mathematical Constants Subscriber Challenge
      Technically “一条水” wouldn’t work but “一条河” would. It would have to be “一条水流”

    • @drmfrost1184
      @drmfrost1184 5 лет назад

      @@tkbaha3886 you cared enough to reply

  • @aryanagarwal7742
    @aryanagarwal7742 5 лет назад +19

    "Imagine how inefficient it would be if every airplane or car had to return from it's trip without passengers. Oh wait, that's just called Uber."
    Uber Ceo Dara Khosrowshahi:
    *Hold my beer.*

  • @Mrs.Silversmith
    @Mrs.Silversmith 3 года назад +1

    4.4 lbs of waste a day?!! Per person?!! What the heck?! My family of 7 together doesn't make that much waste per day. Are they averaging us with commercial waste or something?

  • @ellietingstad9054
    @ellietingstad9054 5 лет назад +6

    0:36 did anyone notice that the tier 4 city Hohhot was written as Hothot

  • @jennet6999
    @jennet6999 5 лет назад +12

    I like the water bottle with "CCP approved this bottle of water" on it hahaha

    • @johnzhang465
      @johnzhang465 4 года назад

      well, to be fair, everything in china needs to be approved by the gov(for safety reason and whatnot)

    • @自媒体创业学院
      @自媒体创业学院 3 года назад

      well, to be fair, everyone in US takes drug and go to prison, that’s their life style

  • @hello_juli
    @hello_juli 5 лет назад +16

    I laughed when it was written ™ in the end
    Thank you for making my day :')

  • @wellto921
    @wellto921 4 года назад +1

    According to the Food Sustainability Index 2017, the countries with the lowest food waste generation per capita include Greece and China (44 kg per year), followed by India (51 kg). The countries with the highest waste creation are Australia (361 kg), followed by the U.S. (278 kg)
    With the largest population, China produced the largest quantity of plastic, at nearly 60 million tonnes. This was followed by the United States at 38 million
    China: 1.37 billion population
    USA: 329.45 million population
    Who is the trash producer and food waster ?

  • @AlexanderTavarez-Texas
    @AlexanderTavarez-Texas 5 лет назад +5

    You know, if plastic trash lasts so long, we could just keep it in landfills until we want to recycle it.

    • @与我无关-z4k
      @与我无关-z4k 5 лет назад

      I think you can win a nobel prize in economics

  • @smallrossy
    @smallrossy 5 лет назад +4

    Today i learnt that Scotland/UK and San Franciso have the same bin setup

  • @samuelschonenberger
    @samuelschonenberger 5 лет назад +8

    The book is only five hours long you say ...
    If I didn't know that you meant the Audiobook, that would have sounded weird.

  • @dwtp1080
    @dwtp1080 3 года назад

    I dunno. waste minimization solution: Electronics taxes and repair/maintenance subsidies. I've heard alot of people talk about how they don't really need more than 1080p. tbh we could potentially stop at there and just push the price of electronics ridiculously high and repairing semi to super affordable. Build soda fountains w/ some kind of subscription service to minimize plastics waste for bottles. They're some of the ideas that came to mind while watching this video.

  • @bouncybeats3506
    @bouncybeats3506 5 лет назад +3

    The fckn transition gets me everytime

  • @haileewick2889
    @haileewick2889 4 года назад +5

    "Let's all be real, we all have busy lives and it's kinda hard to find an hour or two during the day where you can sit down and read" oh if you only knew back then..... lol

  • @lartan18
    @lartan18 5 лет назад +4

    7:16
    Operation GREEN fence
    Uses a red and black fence

  • @RynorPlayz
    @RynorPlayz 3 года назад +2

    Number one: what the fuck, who the hell wants trash??

    • @candytreat3988
      @candytreat3988 2 года назад

      Well they recycle the world trash 🗑 😕