must watch! sustainability is all over my mind! i love this lady Leyla Acaroglu from australia. One of the best TED talk on sustainability and product service system.
Designer Leyla Acaroglu gives a wonderful talk about how the human society is foolishly consuming more and end-up in wasting more. She concludes if consumption is the problem then the smart design is the only solution to solve it. Good one. Sustainability lovers can enjoy this talk.
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@@haywoodfarm Not necessarily no. You could be reusing something very ineffective or impractical or polluting or outdated or dangerous. Example : You reuse a fragile paper bag, it breaks and destroy all of your groceries, how is that better, how does it cut cost ? It doesn't.
@@superresistant0 How about "Re-use with common sense is better than re-cycling"? I had presumed it was a given, altho evidently not. Re-use is not always possible given that often our product cycles are based on profit making factors like built in obsolescence and limited life span, so some stuff cannot be re-used. In western societies at least, we are living in the most wasteful societies ever, to the degree that handling 'waste' is now a huge industry. Our manufacturing processes need to be more respectful of the resources of the earth. Think about mobile phones - I have an iPhone 6S. Its getting old and I believe Apple will not be providing software support updates etc soon. This is a form of structural obsolescence. The phone is made using many earth resources from many places, and then put together by people from many places. It presently operates well, and the temptation encouraged by Apple is to replace it to have the biggest, latest, best. Can we humans be satisfied with something that lasts for ages and can be upgraded if needed? As for the paper bag you mention, it can be recycled and that is a better option than using it to cart breakable stuff no doubt. That's not to say a sturdy cardboard box or cloth or synthetic shopping bag can't be used. Recycle the bag!
Love the meaning behind this video and the idea of looking at the whole picture rather than just a part of it. For me currently I’m not reaching for either paper or plastic bag but rather my reusable cotton or preferably bamboo shopping bag since both are reusable and grow far faster than trees. As for the kettle, that’s something that has driven me insane about our kettle for years, it’s nice to know that someone has been listening to the issues of the world and tried to change things. As for the final point with the mobile phones, a hundred percent behind the idea of a company taking responsibility for their product, also a firm believer that recycling items like this should be far easier then it is currently because right now I still can’t throw my mobile phone, keyboard, old computer or whatever else in my recycling it’s meant to be taken back to the store and even then it’s only for mobile phones the store doesn’t have a big enough recycling area for my keyboard let alone my old computer.
I remember when I was in an introductory Environmental Engineering class and the professor explained that when comparing the environmental impact of two alternatives the most important consideration to consider is the interests of whoever is funding your research. He said you could always find something better or worse about some alternative, and our own career advancement depends on leasing the client. He then went on to explain how we could argue that the biochemical oxygen demand of degrading paper cups could conceivably be worse than the carcinogens in Styrofoam.
This just sounds like sophistry to me. Just because one can argue for something doesn't mean it's true. Sure we're just human in the end and it can be immensily difficult to weigh the pros and cons in complex matters; that doesn't mean it's impossible or futile.
@@isakoqv I think what magister343 was saying is that the argument for plastic is a nonsense. You can come up with all the stats you want. Plastic still = Pollution. We have invented plastic we will invent new forms of plastic that don't pollute the environment. People like this speaker Leyla Acaroglu are holding the world back.
I use those nice burlap bags you get for two dollars. They carry more, they're stronger, they don't feel like they're cutting the blood stream from your fingers and they're reusable. It bumbs me out that they don't seem to be catching on. I just don't get it :/
Late reply, but I think it goes deeper than that. Reusable bags seem to be better in the long term, but you have to take in the environmental effects due to the production cycle. You would have to use your reusable bag a little more than 7000 times before it has a lesser environmental impact than using plastic. Not trying to discourage you since you're intent is in the right place imo, but in reality few reusable bags are used that many times and I don't think most would even last that long. I almost feel as if it would be better to continue using plastic bags, but invoke some sort of efficient recycling process, either in the traditional sense or even store buybacks, say every 5 unbroken bags gets you one cent, since it costs about 1 cent per bag for the store, but even then you would have to consider the costs (both monetary and environmental) of collecting, cleaning, etc.
I have done a research on this. What I understood is that reusable plastic bag is actually more friendly (easy washable), specifically if you close the loop and drop it off for recycling after 200 uses.
Plastic is not like glass, it cannot be recycled over and over infinitely. Some day it's going to end up in the environment. I think using good quality strong reusable bags is the best option, even better if they are made of reused fabrics or more sustainable ones like hemp.
Love the dialogue! I high-lights Layla's point, that these are all 'complex choices' and that ultimately it is HOW we use them that can have a greater impact (than many of us may realize). Behaviour change & smarter, system based solutions/designs can help!
Awesome speech. Maybe the speaker does it too fast, but she explains clearly the core of the environmental issue. It's not a question of avoiding always the plastics, but of reducing consumption, first of all and, considering a variety of factors that determine the environmental impact.
I'd like to know which company was afraid of the arrows. I guess they'd rather stare down the barrel of obsolescence from the wrong end. This was a great talk about understanding the big picture, no matter what you're creating.
@@PoxikFrostbite first, ty for responding. tbh I replayed the whole video few times but maybe I'm not native speaker so I just don't get it :v Does it mean like, consumers hold the tool to decide whether or not the innovation is success?
@@jcsp3231 aha, so I misunderstood your question. I was making a metaphorical comparison that illustrates the idea "companies that don't innovate don't survive." Most of the time trying to make a product or service to fit a trendy buzzword is going to miss the mark because the vision lacks understanding of the macroeconomic forces involved. In revisiting this talk, she does talk a lot about ideas that seem to boil down to "if we could just change people's behavior we could be more efficient." The problem with that idea is that you spend a lot of energy trying to change people's behavior, and enforce that change, so do you really have a net positive effect? The climate change theories she also puts forth is pretty nonsense. There is a logarithmic limit in which more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doesn't increase air temperature, and methane decomposes in a decade or so. It's really not a long term problem and amounts to a few particles per million in the atmosphere. It's a bit more complicated, where the decomposition of methane results in more hydrochloric acid in the atmosphere... at negligible concentrations. HCl is toxic at 37%. HCl in rainwater is much much much less than 1% not counting a few storms associated with volcanic activity, and that's usually sulfuric acid and the like. The ozone layer is also just fine. I hope this helps and I would be happy to discuss it further.
If we want to look at Impact, why don't we look at The major impact? Agriculture, specifically livestock production. Because livestock production uses over 80% of the world's water, 75% of the world's deforestation, and has caused more nitrogen flooded zones than any of the impacts discussed in this talk. Should we not address the largest impact first?
Yeah,we definitely should. As an aspiring agronomist, sustainability is not something that is being taught at my university. Yes, we do talk about resource efficiency but not so much about sustainability. In my home city Querétaro there is a company called Griyum who started making insect protein meal out of crickets because of the high protein content and low water cost when compared to cows, they are cool but apart from them and even when sustainability is a thing, not many people care. Sucks.
I couldn’t agree more. If we stop consuming animal products deforestation rate will decrease a 70%; so we would have the resources for paper bags. However, of course reusable bags are the best options, but using occasionally a paper bad for bulk shopping if you forget your cotton bag can be contrarrestes by far by eating a plant based diet 🙌
No simply because it doesn't kill the environment like plastic does. Sure we need to act on these things and we are, but plastic should be first on the hit list. And when I say Plastic what I mean is plastic as we know it. People are already inventing new forms of compostable plastic type products. This is the way forward.
i absolutely agree with Leyla's comment on How we should strive to do more with less, instead of just needing more and more. Bio methane from landfills has strong potential in becoming an energy source. Quite a lot of companies including utilities are buying waste from landfill to produce bio-methane.
The speaker questions the so called ‘eco-friendly’ product. It wasn’t common in Malaysia where we use paper bags to carry our groceries. As an alternatives to plastic bags, we do use reusable shopping bag which is made from fabric such as canvas. On the speaker’s point on we should preferably using plastic rather than paper bag, I think it is something arguable and obviously the speaker stand firm on the idea using plastics. And I think she has somehow influenced or shaken the audiences’ mindset. As a consequences, more people will be opt for plastics bag next time on their visits to supermarket. The speaker fully ignored the manufacturing process of plastics in her presentation and certainly it is going to be more polluted than chopping down the tree. The problem with deforestation is that it is uncontrolled. Otherwise, the damage can be minimize replanting of it is possible. But the raw material in producing the plastics which is the petroleum is unrenewable. And on the speaker main idea on utilizing design in solving environmental problems, I think it is insufficient as I always believe education is the ultimate way to solve these issues.
4 years late I know, but I wouldn't be so sure that plastics are worse than chopping down trees. There are various environmental impacts that depend on the entire process between getting the resources and getting a product available to the consumer. www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Subramanian_Senthilkannan_Muthu/publication/234028400_An_Exploratory_Comparative_Study_on_Eco-Impact_of_Paper_and_Plastic_Bags/links/09e4150e642d81fc7d000000/An-Exploratory-Comparative-Study-on-Eco-Impact-of-Paper-and-Plastic-Bags.pdf This paper goes over the costs of either paper and plastic production and is worth a read. Pages 314-317 are the most valuable. It seem there are different effects of either one and there are some advantages each holds over the other. However, overall it seems that plastic bags are better for the environment than paper bags, due to the manufacturing processes of each. Now as a scientist myself, I'm not saying to use only one study to determine your stance. Rather I simply want to invoke a sense of skepticism in even the most seemingly obvious ideas. Point is that I think it will require rigorous scientific inquiry in order to understand the complete reality of the situation and to guide us to the best decisions possible.
E-conundrums are such a challenge especially when we've got so many opinions of what impacts the environment most. Thanks to Leyla for raising these myths to the light and reminding us that we can't take the easy road and must THINK about our choices.
In the southern Europe countries, you get small free plastic bags at the grocery store. mostly you need about 4 bags to carry the stuff and 4 more to make each bag stronger, so they dont crack. Most of the time the bags are usable for only 1 time and 2 times you even see them fly around all over the streets. if you're lucky. In the Netherlands, you have to pat 0,50 euro for 1 strong big plastic bag. Its the same amount of plastic as 3 southern europe bags, only stronger and can carry the same amount of stuff. Most people use these bags at least 2 times with an avarage of 4. Greece wanted to ban the plastic bags, but i think they can better change it for some good plastic bags. good video, i hope some people think better now.
Here in Spain, many people concerned about the environmental impact usually bring our thick reusable plastic bags. A lasting product that can be used a miriad of times
still bags need to be made by extracting natural material and it will end up in bin/trash eventually today or tomorrow. but reusing will reduce the demand for sure. wear and tear happens to any material.
Most stores automatically put our purchases in a plastic bag. At a local corner store, I watched a line of customers buy a chocolate bar, or a bag of potato chips or cigarettes. Each purchase automatically went in a plastic bag. But who needs a plastic bag for a single chocolate bar. It's crazy. Whenever I buy something, I have to remember to tell the sales clerk that I don't need a bag. But I'm one of the very few who bothers. Most people just pick up the bag, often with a single item in it, and leave the store. And that bag, which could be reused many times, goes straight in the garbage. Also, I love a mug of tea but my wife doesn't drink tea or coffee much. So I tend to make single mugs for myself. The minimum level on our perfectly average kettle is around 50 oz (about 6 cups). I have a 12 oz mug, so I have to boil four times as much water as I need and to be honest it drives me nuts. And I actually bought the kettle because it was the one with the lowest minimum water level I found. As Ms Acaroglu says, it is just bad design. We're not taking responsibility.
Recently, I've been trying to be more green. I plan to not use anything disposable. It's really not difficult to have a water canteen, coffee mug, handkerchief, etc. I think IF everyone starts being more conscious of how much we waste and start taking little steps towards sustainability, we will be alright. If.... That is.
I remember hearing about the bag issue and I was surprised to learn about how paper can actually be worse than plastic. However, as someone who lives right on the California coast, if someone really wants to pay that 10¢, I'll hand them paper over plastic. That gyre doesn't need anymore fuel! However, if I'm inland, perhaps I'll start asking for plastic after I pay my 10-50¢.
By choosing to comment on how you are affected by her sexually instead of the contents of her talk, you are necessarily detracting from her words. None of us are interested in your sexual preferences. If you've nothing else to add to the discussion, just shut the fuck up.
***** I fiend it weird how, to some people, saying you find someone attractive is objectifying them. Here he even points out that the attractiveness of her words and body are not related. But hey, I don't mean to detract from your thing...
Are you being sarcastic in that it wasn't really a useful talk, or did you actually need to watch a 20 minutes lecture to help you realize that you're boiling more water than you need?
***** haha i was serious that she made some good points. im just saying it made me think about my tea kettle and how much water i put it in. lol. i hope you have a wonderful day :)
julia palkhouskaya That was a more cheerful reply than I expected (I was bracing for a full on war here :D). Thanks and the same for you my dear civilized internet fellow!
The plastic is killing millions of animals each year, with slow and painful deaths. Besides it remains in the environment breaking into smaller and smaller pieces increasingly toxicity. The massive use of plastic especially for single use or for a few days must stop before it's too late.
I rarely take plastic bags as I always have reusable bags with me. But have you noticed it's almost impossible to get a decent, strong, plastic bag any more. I like to have a few strong ones around the house but nobody has them any more.
everything human do has bad impact on environment one way or another. you can't point and blame one particular thing or industry. meat industry is equally bad as agriculture. jungles are being cut down, hills are being excavated, people are altering land to make flat farm lands this all is for farming industry. so you can't blame everything on one industry. every over-doing is harmful.
@@kashinathpratapm I know this is an old comment, but I think their point was that the meat industry is what's responsible for we needing so much agricultural land in the first place.
@@arturbecker9936 hi. My point was you can't pick and target one type of industry for destruction. India is a largest vegetarian population. I can show you 2 states in india you won't find even 100 sq km natural landscape. Entire region is under agricultural land. And all produce goes for humans. Doesn't matter what we do it will destroy original landscape. Search Punjab, Hariyana and some part of Uttar pradesh states on Google maps. Human population control is the only way to save environment.
@@kashinathpratapm thanks for the reply. You're absolutely right, the fewer people, the less resources we will need to feed them. At the same time, if most Indians were not vegetarians, things would be even worse. Also isn't quite a bit of this agricultural land usage in India due to meat production since India is the largest beef exporter worldwide?
Hi,I bring my own cloth bag for groceries or I use a discarded carton box from the supermarket.Have been doing this for years.You won't be surprised to hear that I make my own running sandals from scrap material.
God this talk is just painfully wrong. I get what she is saying, design can help us, but every problem she mentioned can be addressed by 'better organizing ideas'. Paper bags/deforestation.. hemp? No one will touch this solution because of politics; I can't take any green/sustainable person seriously if they won't touch on hemp because it shows they care more about their job than what they profess to care about. Lettuce/Salad draws.. how about, erm, putting land back into production instead of people having lawns of grass that do nothing and gardens full of exotic plants that do nothing, and (in the UK) allowing the EU to pay farmers to NOT grow produce! Growing it locally or nationally instead of importing. A lot of the problems, and solutions proposed, come back to politics, to government, to corporations, to greedy bastards who don't want the public to embrace the easy, cost effective, true sustainable methods. Why? Because there is no money in it for them. Sustainability is more than just green ideas, or design solutions. It means sustainable thinking, which means sustainable government/leaders. Everyone knows what needs to be done, but we're too afraid to clean out the house.
Most of your argument support this TED talk. (You introduced another hurdle--politics--in solving the problem, but didn't provide any contrary evidence to the talk. So, the talk can't be that wrong.) The main point of the talk is the way the consumers use a particular product often make a greater environmental impact than the design and material that made up the product. Overall, we, the western world in general, need to stop buying the things that we do not need.
This speaker seems to be unaware the following: 1) Grocery Stores have incentivized people to use their own reusable bags, by adding a small charge - example 5cents per plastic bag. 2) Green Bin Programs that are already in place to divert compostable materials away from landfill, thus preventing the production of methane gases (contrary to her example in the video).
that's actually hilarious that everyone puts on their kettles at the same time. I wouldn't have even thought of something like that. And now I know I should measure what water 'Im putting in my kettle!
Leyla Acaroglu's TED Talk is mind-opening! 🌍💡 She urges us to rethink environmental myths like 'paper beats plastic' and calls for systemic change in design and consumption habits. Let's move beyond simplistic solutions and embrace innovation for a sustainable future!
Sisal, straw, hemp, and paper are far easier for a child to utilize. Try making a plastic bag at home. Try making nylon rope at home. Glass is far easier than plastic, regardless of the safety issues. Paper is universal, reuseable, biodegradeable, recycleable, and SAFE.
I get the negatives of paper but (ultimately) it breaks down and decomposes. As far as I'm aware plastic never truly does. I'm talking about it as a material beyond just bags. With the massive problem of plastics in our oceans, rivers, soil, living organisms. This must outweigh all other aspects?
Leyla Acaroglu wants us to make more sustainable choices in our daily lives, going beyond the paper-or-plastic debate. She talks about considering a product's entire life cycle, from extraction to disposal, to understand its environmental impact. Acaroglu debunks myths, like issues with biodegradable materials in landfills. She points out the problem of food waste from oversized fridges and suggests designing better fridges to prevent food wastage. Overfilling electric tea kettles leads to unnecessary energy use to continuously heat it, and she calls for kettles that encourage smarter behavior. Mobile phone waste is also on her radar, as is the amount of gold waste in phones to stress the importance of designs that make recycling easier. She wants us to think more about the environment when making choices.
And another thing that happens during ad breaks here in the uk is that the sewers fill up when everyone goes the toilet at the same time. During half time in football matches, it’s even worse.
the thing about paper though, is that it's 100% renewable. 80 years ago we had 20% of the trees we do now, but thanks to the paper industry, we have way more trees. recycling paper is idiotic though, since it can be produced through 100% natural means (growing) and is 100% biodegradable.
У нас в России, наоборот, большинство выбирает полиэтиленовые пакеты, а бумажные я видел очень редко, в основном в пекарнях, ресторанах, кофе и в некоторых супермаркетах. Выбирают в основном, из-за того, что просто покупать полиэтиленовые пакеты дешевле, в части супермаркетов их бесплатно дают.
Paper or plastic... what about canvas? If she's going to make the paper or plastic argument, why not bring in NEW alternatives like she was saying... There are other options out there other than paper or plastic. Even bring in the fact that the Japanese bring swatches of cloth that they can tie in a million different ways to carry their things. I saw a lot of pleading in her talk and not a lot of solutions...
I think the paper vs. plastic bit was done primarily for framing the discussion. There's nothing in the talk to suggest that she would not support the use of canvas over plastic or paper. In fact it's just the opposite; canvas places less stress on the environment over the course of the product's entire life cycle, ergo she supports canvas. That is literally her argument, not sure how you managed to turn that around.
The Gerogero ...But whether she would support it or not, she never mentions canvas in her speech. She sticks with the basic arguments to support her point of view instead of following it to its logical conclusion, she just assumes the listener will do it instead and moves on to kettles where she does a slightly better job of it. I feel that she could have had a stronger case had she put in more examples of solutions rather than saying over and over that we need solutions without giving examples of some solutions. Even an example of how a single product succeeded at this would have been nice.
MCWestover Consider that ultimately, the appeal was made for the market to test out product designs that are environmentally friendly, specifically in the "unmisguided" way she describes. In this sense, any concrete suggestions (even the kettle) provided are not solutions. That given, I think it was fair to present fewer examples just so the reasoning behind them could be highlighted. Then for that same reason, I agree with you that it would have been extremely useful to give an example of some product succeeding in this.
Solutions: - *"Blanket fridge"*, make fridges like a bag instead of a box. A fridge made from highly insulated but FLEXIBLE material that you can roll up, you roll it up so it's just big enough for the food it contains _right now_. No more wasted energy cooling empty space in your fridge. - *Smartphone robots*. Make old phones into tiny personal robots, something that can climb around your house doing chores (even plugging themselves in to charge), or perch on your shoulder like a familiar, a helpful pet. Come on people it's the future, personal robots are _way_ overdue! Smartphones already contain everything a robot needs except for a way to move: arms/legs/wheels.
I'd say paper wins over plastic. Some people argue that paper comes at the cost of degradation of ecosystem. But America and other parts of world has enough land that people can make money use of otherwise unused land. And when they harvest the produce and the prospects gained encourage them to cultivate the plantation again. The whole cycle repeats. So, it is providing employment at the same time alleviating the affect on environment. Or, like someone pointed the bags the groceries bought in can be reused as trash bags thus cutting on the plastic bags made for trash exclusively. And please make sure the stuff you bought is put to good use without generating waste.
Most paper bags are made from recycled paper. Others are made from trees that are grown on tree farms just like how food crops are farmed. The felled trees are replanted on the same acreage. Plastic bags seldom get recycled. They wind up in landfills and oceans where they kill countless numbers of wildlife. Just think of the energy, chemicals, and plastics necessary to make those damned cheap plastic bags. I think the plastic bags should be listed as a dangerous substance and banned.
Well, I can't be bothered. I've been using the same cotton cloth bags for several years. The repeated use hopefully cancels out the environmental impact of their production. I like to think that spares me having to listen to any more of this.
Holland is now disusing a system were all shops no longer having free bags for customers. they will have them for sale for 10 or 15 cents. this is the an article about it in dutch. www.nu.nl/economie/3692640/minder-plastic-tasjes-als-klant-meebetaalt.html
at first glance i thought this ted talk was gonna be about how i can transcend past all of my rock paper scissors opponents. very disappointing. very misleading
Did she just seriously say plastic over paper because of weight? or were we supposed to be sold on deforestation? So, a decade from now, when that forest/tree farm has considerably recovered and your plastic bag is still circling around the ocean...? Better yet, get a reusable bag.
It's about the big picture and the entire picture. Ask any engineer which of two things are best, and the answer will be almost guaranteed: "Well, it depends". Here she makes a point that the mass and method of disposal can tip the scale for which is more environmentally friendly out of plastic and paper bags. A third option is a much more massive and durable reusable cloth bag or polymer bag that you can bring back the next several times you shop.
eud1558 Assuming they recycle it. Consider where most "recycled" e-waste ends up and suddenly that feel good vibe from recycling gets conditional. Gull Lars Fair enough, though her answer depends on people who cannot boil a pot of water correctly doing the right thing with their bags... It does depend on a number of factors, like most things. We cannot know the outcomes. We can know worst cases though. Worst case scenario that plastic bag kills a whale or something and the paper bag maybe works out to be more resource intensive = my original point. Perhaps more important- paper bags are hell of easy to reuse for productive things like garden mats, book covers, etc... while a plastic bag's best bet is trash bag. Reusing > recycling. Though again, reusable bags = reducing > all, probably.
***** So, if you shop weekly (as I do), then a reusable bag will pay for itself in just under two years. Mine are about ten years old, and still working fine, so I think they were a pretty good investment.
At 11:44 she clearly pronounces nu-cu-lar. The hell? She doesn't even gloss over it in shame and regret, she throws that in your face and rubs it in one syllable at a time. Check it out :)
And various, recent U.S. presidents (Clinton, W. Bush, and I think Obama -- I don't listen enough to him to know) have been wrong with that pronunciation, too. And Jack Bauer of the TV drama 24, and ... and.... That doesn't make it correct. Not sure where the language coaches are hiding. It is embarrassing.
Because not everyone is from the USA? Like, there is this whole world outside of the USA, full with different countries, and cultures, each with their own dialects.
It's not about cultures and provincialism. It does have to do with language. I know some French, some Italian & German diction, some ancient Greek. "Nuclear" happens to be an English word, and it is correctly pronounced in a certain way -- two syllables, with a dipththong on the 2nd.
I hate the plastic bags, I remember when there was only paper. The plastic bags are what I call "grocery condoms". The plastic cannot handle being actually filled without splitting apart. Grocery baggers waste them by the millions because they will not put any more than 4 or 5 items in a bag. An old fashioned paper bag will safely hold many times more than the flimsy plastic. Unless you want your groceries strewn all over your trunk or backseat then you have to tie each one. Even tied often your groceries will become damaged as the tied plastic bags roll around like a deflated football. There are very few uses for the plastic once you get them home. The few (very few. I always request paper) that do come home are used for wet garbage and that's about. Paper bags on the other hand are great. They hold a lot of groceries if packed properly. I often use them for trash cans as they are rigid enough to stand on their own. When packed properly and place side by side in the back of your car they usually always are still upright and unspilled when you get home. I burn wood for heat and the paper bags are great for getting a fire started. They fold nicely and many can stored away taking little space. The 2nd biggest reason I hate plastic bags (#1 is harm to wildlife) is not really the bag but is the baggers. Usually they are some kid still in high school. I watch go all out zombie when I ask for paper bags. I mean clueless. Most of them cannot figure out how pack the bags and start throwing everything into the bag without thinking. Like they do with plastic. The cannot see what is coming down the conveyor belt and formulate an plan for stacking. We're yalking putting a bang of onions on the bottom then canned goods on top.They have no idea how to select items that will stack well on top or beside each other. Most of the time I either bag them myself or have to instruct the bagger how to load. Some of these teenagers today are really, really stupid. Forty years when I bagged groceries at my first job I learned quickly how load a grocery bag.
PR Representative. “We need more research” “if I speak long enough about nothing I’ll confuse and pacify my activist audience” “I am an industry hack. I am an apath-izor” “these problems are too complicated people there is really nothing you can do about just go home and watch tv” “I’ll eventually design you out of these problems” “don’t stop buying and please don’t think.”
That's fascist thinking. Its amazing how the left figured out that people will not do anything they are told is bad for the environment, Further amazing is how the more leftist a people, the more filthy their environment is.
must watch! sustainability is all over my mind! i love this lady Leyla Acaroglu from australia. One of the best TED talk on sustainability and product service system.
Designer Leyla Acaroglu gives a wonderful talk about how the human society is foolishly consuming more and end-up in wasting more. She concludes if consumption is the problem then the smart design is the only solution to solve it. Good one. Sustainability lovers can enjoy this talk.
Scissors beat paper and plastic. Plastic covers rock and ruins environment.
Winner of a video, been searching for "tips to use less toilet paper" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Banraysarn Peculiar Builder - (should be on google have a look )?
It is a good one off product for discovering how to replace paper towels and unwanted toxic cleaners without the hard work. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my brother in law got great results with it.
Damn that was a good talk. I'm impressed.
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Reusing is better than recycling, and it cuts costs.
Not necessarily no.
@@superresistant0 yes
@@haywoodfarm Not necessarily no. You could be reusing something very ineffective or impractical or polluting or outdated or dangerous. Example : You reuse a fragile paper bag, it breaks and destroy all of your groceries, how is that better, how does it cut cost ? It doesn't.
@@superresistant0 How about "Re-use with common sense is better than re-cycling"? I had presumed it was a given, altho evidently not. Re-use is not always possible given that often our product cycles are based on profit making factors like built in obsolescence and limited life span, so some stuff cannot be re-used. In western societies at least, we are living in the most wasteful societies ever, to the degree that handling 'waste' is now a huge industry. Our manufacturing processes need to be more respectful of the resources of the earth. Think about mobile phones - I have an iPhone 6S. Its getting old and I believe Apple will not be providing software support updates etc soon. This is a form of structural obsolescence. The phone is made using many earth resources from many places, and then put together by people from many places. It presently operates well, and the temptation encouraged by Apple is to replace it to have the biggest, latest, best. Can we humans be satisfied with something that lasts for ages and can be upgraded if needed? As for the paper bag you mention, it can be recycled and that is a better option than using it to cart breakable stuff no doubt. That's not to say a sturdy cardboard box or cloth or synthetic shopping bag can't be used. Recycle the bag!
Love the meaning behind this video and the idea of looking at the whole picture rather than just a part of it. For me currently I’m not reaching for either paper or plastic bag but rather my reusable cotton or preferably bamboo shopping bag since both are reusable and grow far faster than trees. As for the kettle, that’s something that has driven me insane about our kettle for years, it’s nice to know that someone has been listening to the issues of the world and tried to change things.
As for the final point with the mobile phones, a hundred percent behind the idea of a company taking responsibility for their product, also a firm believer that recycling items like this should be far easier then it is currently because right now I still can’t throw my mobile phone, keyboard, old computer or whatever else in my recycling it’s meant to be taken back to the store and even then it’s only for mobile phones the store doesn’t have a big enough recycling area for my keyboard let alone my old computer.
I remember when I was in an introductory Environmental Engineering class and the professor explained that when comparing the environmental impact of two alternatives the most important consideration to consider is the interests of whoever is funding your research. He said you could always find something better or worse about some alternative, and our own career advancement depends on leasing the client. He then went on to explain how we could argue that the biochemical oxygen demand of degrading paper cups could conceivably be worse than the carcinogens in Styrofoam.
This just sounds like sophistry to me. Just because one can argue for something doesn't mean it's true. Sure we're just human in the end and it can be immensily difficult to weigh the pros and cons in complex matters; that doesn't mean it's impossible or futile.
@@isakoqv I think what magister343 was saying is that the argument for plastic is a nonsense. You can come up with all the stats you want. Plastic still = Pollution. We have invented plastic we will invent new forms of plastic that don't pollute the environment. People like this speaker Leyla Acaroglu are holding the world back.
I use those nice burlap bags you get for two dollars. They carry more, they're stronger, they don't feel like they're cutting the blood stream from your fingers and they're reusable.
It bumbs me out that they don't seem to be catching on. I just don't get it :/
Late reply, but I think it goes deeper than that. Reusable bags seem to be better in the long term, but you have to take in the environmental effects due to the production cycle. You would have to use your reusable bag a little more than 7000 times before it has a lesser environmental impact than using plastic. Not trying to discourage you since you're intent is in the right place imo, but in reality few reusable bags are used that many times and I don't think most would even last that long. I almost feel as if it would be better to continue using plastic bags, but invoke some sort of efficient recycling process, either in the traditional sense or even store buybacks, say every 5 unbroken bags gets you one cent, since it costs about 1 cent per bag for the store, but even then you would have to consider the costs (both monetary and environmental) of collecting, cleaning, etc.
I have done a research on this. What I understood is that reusable plastic bag is actually more friendly (easy washable), specifically if you close the loop and drop it off for recycling after 200 uses.
Plastic is not like glass, it cannot be recycled over and over infinitely. Some day it's going to end up in the environment. I think using good quality strong reusable bags is the best option, even better if they are made of reused fabrics or more sustainable ones like hemp.
Love the dialogue! I high-lights Layla's point, that these are all 'complex choices' and that ultimately it is HOW we use them that can have a greater impact (than many of us may realize). Behaviour change & smarter, system based solutions/designs can help!
Awesome speech. Maybe the speaker does it too fast, but she explains clearly the core of the environmental issue. It's not a question of avoiding always the plastics, but of reducing consumption, first of all and, considering a variety of factors that determine the environmental impact.
I'd like to know which company was afraid of the arrows. I guess they'd rather stare down the barrel of obsolescence from the wrong end. This was a great talk about understanding the big picture, no matter what you're creating.
I know it has been 6 years, but I really don't get what "arrows" means. Could you please help? :)
@@jcsp3231 maybe watch the whole video first and get back to me.
@@PoxikFrostbite first, ty for responding. tbh I replayed the whole video few times but maybe I'm not native speaker so I just don't get it :v Does it mean like, consumers hold the tool to decide whether or not the innovation is success?
@@jcsp3231 aha, so I misunderstood your question. I was making a metaphorical comparison that illustrates the idea "companies that don't innovate don't survive." Most of the time trying to make a product or service to fit a trendy buzzword is going to miss the mark because the vision lacks understanding of the macroeconomic forces involved.
In revisiting this talk, she does talk a lot about ideas that seem to boil down to "if we could just change people's behavior we could be more efficient." The problem with that idea is that you spend a lot of energy trying to change people's behavior, and enforce that change, so do you really have a net positive effect?
The climate change theories she also puts forth is pretty nonsense. There is a logarithmic limit in which more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doesn't increase air temperature, and methane decomposes in a decade or so. It's really not a long term problem and amounts to a few particles per million in the atmosphere. It's a bit more complicated, where the decomposition of methane results in more hydrochloric acid in the atmosphere... at negligible concentrations. HCl is toxic at 37%. HCl in rainwater is much much much less than 1% not counting a few storms associated with volcanic activity, and that's usually sulfuric acid and the like. The ozone layer is also just fine.
I hope this helps and I would be happy to discuss it further.
@@PoxikFrostbite Thanks a lot for the useful information. I'll make sure to do more research. Have a great day!
If we want to look at Impact, why don't we look at The major impact? Agriculture, specifically livestock production. Because livestock production uses over 80% of the world's water, 75% of the world's deforestation, and has caused more nitrogen flooded zones than any of the impacts discussed in this talk. Should we not address the largest impact first?
Yeah,we definitely should. As an aspiring agronomist, sustainability is not something that is being taught at my university. Yes, we do talk about resource efficiency but not so much about sustainability. In my home city Querétaro there is a company called Griyum who started making insect protein meal out of crickets because of the high protein content and low water cost when compared to cows, they are cool but apart from them and even when sustainability is a thing, not many people care. Sucks.
I couldn’t agree more. If we stop consuming animal products deforestation rate will decrease a 70%; so we would have the resources for paper bags. However, of course reusable bags are the best options, but using occasionally a paper bad for bulk shopping if you forget your cotton bag can be contrarrestes by far by eating a plant based diet 🙌
No simply because it doesn't kill the environment like plastic does. Sure we need to act on these things and we are, but plastic should be first on the hit list. And when I say Plastic what I mean is plastic as we know it. People are already inventing new forms of compostable plastic type products. This is the way forward.
i absolutely agree with Leyla's comment on How we should strive to do more with less, instead of just needing more and more. Bio methane from landfills has strong potential in becoming an energy source. Quite a lot of companies including utilities are buying waste from landfill to produce bio-methane.
Outstanding idea that should be accepted by all concern authorities!
The speaker questions the so called ‘eco-friendly’ product. It wasn’t common in Malaysia where we use paper bags to carry our groceries. As an alternatives to plastic bags, we do use reusable shopping bag which is made from fabric such as canvas. On the speaker’s point on we should preferably using plastic rather than paper bag, I think it is something arguable and obviously the speaker stand firm on the idea using plastics. And I think she has somehow influenced or shaken the audiences’ mindset. As a consequences, more people will be opt for plastics bag next time on their visits to supermarket. The speaker fully ignored the manufacturing process of plastics in her presentation and certainly it is going to be more polluted than chopping down the tree. The problem with deforestation is that it is uncontrolled. Otherwise, the damage can be minimize replanting of it is possible. But the raw material in producing the plastics which is the petroleum is unrenewable. And on the speaker main idea on utilizing design in solving environmental problems, I think it is insufficient as I always believe education is the ultimate way to solve these issues.
4 years late I know, but I wouldn't be so sure that plastics are worse than chopping down trees. There are various environmental impacts that depend on the entire process between getting the resources and getting a product available to the consumer.
www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Subramanian_Senthilkannan_Muthu/publication/234028400_An_Exploratory_Comparative_Study_on_Eco-Impact_of_Paper_and_Plastic_Bags/links/09e4150e642d81fc7d000000/An-Exploratory-Comparative-Study-on-Eco-Impact-of-Paper-and-Plastic-Bags.pdf
This paper goes over the costs of either paper and plastic production and is worth a read. Pages 314-317 are the most valuable. It seem there are different effects of either one and there are some advantages each holds over the other. However, overall it seems that plastic bags are better for the environment than paper bags, due to the manufacturing processes of each.
Now as a scientist myself, I'm not saying to use only one study to determine your stance. Rather I simply want to invoke a sense of skepticism in even the most seemingly obvious ideas. Point is that I think it will require rigorous scientific inquiry in order to understand the complete reality of the situation and to guide us to the best decisions possible.
E-conundrums are such a challenge especially when we've got so many opinions of what impacts the environment most. Thanks to Leyla for raising these myths to the light and reminding us that we can't take the easy road and must THINK about our choices.
I got a problem with plastic and paper waste. Overconsumpulation is the biggest problem. Humans and greed = pollution and apathy most of the time.
absolutely agree , our inability to control the rate of consumption of goods is leading is leading to overflowing landfills
In the southern Europe countries, you get small free plastic bags at the grocery store. mostly you need about 4 bags to carry the stuff and 4 more to make each bag stronger, so they dont crack. Most of the time the bags are usable for only 1 time and 2 times you even see them fly around all over the streets. if you're lucky. In the Netherlands, you have to pat 0,50 euro for 1 strong big plastic bag. Its the same amount of plastic as 3 southern europe bags, only stronger and can carry the same amount of stuff. Most people use these bags at least 2 times with an avarage of 4.
Greece wanted to ban the plastic bags, but i think they can better change it for some good plastic bags. good video, i hope some people think better now.
How about no throwaway bag at all? Bring your bags and get a 1% discount at the supermarket till would probably solve this issue quickly!
Here in Spain, many people concerned about the environmental impact usually bring our thick reusable plastic bags. A lasting product that can be used a miriad of times
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still bags need to be made by extracting natural material and it will end up in bin/trash eventually today or tomorrow. but reusing will reduce the demand for sure. wear and tear happens to any material.
Most stores automatically put our purchases in a plastic bag. At a local corner store, I watched a line of customers buy a chocolate bar, or a bag of potato chips or cigarettes. Each purchase automatically went in a plastic bag. But who needs a plastic bag for a single chocolate bar. It's crazy. Whenever I buy something, I have to remember to tell the sales clerk that I don't need a bag. But I'm one of the very few who bothers. Most people just pick up the bag, often with a single item in it, and leave the store. And that bag, which could be reused many times, goes straight in the garbage.
Also, I love a mug of tea but my wife doesn't drink tea or coffee much. So I tend to make single mugs for myself. The minimum level on our perfectly average kettle is around 50 oz (about 6 cups). I have a 12 oz mug, so I have to boil four times as much water as I need and to be honest it drives me nuts. And I actually bought the kettle because it was the one with the lowest minimum water level I found. As Ms Acaroglu says, it is just bad design. We're not taking responsibility.
Waste is really a design flaw...
A brilliant new angle from which to look at the issue.
Kettle @12:16, now that is good design!
Recently, I've been trying to be more green. I plan to not use anything disposable. It's really not difficult to have a water canteen, coffee mug, handkerchief, etc. I think IF everyone starts being more conscious of how much we waste and start taking little steps towards sustainability, we will be alright. If.... That is.
That's the point. Less consumption. Less is better.
I remember hearing about the bag issue and I was surprised to learn about how paper can actually be worse than plastic. However, as someone who lives right on the California coast, if someone really wants to pay that 10¢, I'll hand them paper over plastic. That gyre doesn't need anymore fuel! However, if I'm inland, perhaps I'll start asking for plastic after I pay my 10-50¢.
possibly the best, most insightful and exciting ted talk i have watched ever. thank you for the research, passion and delivery leyla acaroglu
Energetic and enthusiastic. Excellent talk. It also helps that I love design.
Great talk!
Powerful & impressive talk, thanks Leyla
I'm not sure what it is but I've the made hots for Leyla. Great talk to, just needed to get it out there, not detracting from her words.
By choosing to comment on how you are affected by her sexually instead of the contents of her talk, you are necessarily detracting from her words. None of us are interested in your sexual preferences. If you've nothing else to add to the discussion, just shut the fuck up.
isakoqv Weird how people think adding the disclaimer "I don't mean to detract, BUT" suddenly makes objectifying someone totally cool.
***** I fiend it weird how, to some people, saying you find someone attractive is objectifying them. Here he even points out that the attractiveness of her words and body are not related. But hey, I don't mean to detract from your thing...
Who would have thought tea was so un-Eco friendly! Great talk
She made some really good points, now ill be thinking about how much water i put in my tea kettle, because i always fill it up but only use one cup...
Are you being sarcastic in that it wasn't really a useful talk, or did you actually need to watch a 20 minutes lecture to help you realize that you're boiling more water than you need?
***** haha i was serious that she made some good points. im just saying it made me think about my tea kettle and how much water i put it in. lol. i hope you have a wonderful day :)
julia palkhouskaya
That was a more cheerful reply than I expected (I was bracing for a full on war here :D). Thanks and the same for you my dear civilized internet fellow!
***** lol i figured ;) i just felt like being nice for once :D
It is funny how people will watch this and believe it only because it has the "TED Talks" stamp of approval.
This lady is well-spoken and know`s her stuff. I like it!
Amazing speaker, great talk. Happy Earth Day 🌎
The plastic is killing millions of animals each year, with slow and painful deaths. Besides it remains in the environment breaking into smaller and smaller pieces increasingly toxicity. The massive use of plastic especially for single use or for a few days must stop before it's too late.
I rarely take plastic bags as I always have reusable bags with me. But have you noticed it's almost impossible to get a decent, strong, plastic bag any more. I like to have a few strong ones around the house but nobody has them any more.
I always love a good TED talk, you guy's are great! I was listening to you guy's on npr yesterday, it was a great show.
This was a really good one. Designing a circular economy is key to prevent an environmental and social collapse...
What about the environmental impact the meat industry has?
everything human do has bad impact on environment one way or another. you can't point and blame one particular thing or industry. meat industry is equally bad as agriculture. jungles are being cut down, hills are being excavated, people are altering land to make flat farm lands this all is for farming industry. so you can't blame everything on one industry. every over-doing is harmful.
@@kashinathpratapm I know this is an old comment, but I think their point was that the meat industry is what's responsible for we needing so much agricultural land in the first place.
@@arturbecker9936 hi. My point was you can't pick and target one type of industry for destruction. India is a largest vegetarian population. I can show you 2 states in india you won't find even 100 sq km natural landscape. Entire region is under agricultural land. And all produce goes for humans. Doesn't matter what we do it will destroy original landscape. Search Punjab, Hariyana and some part of Uttar pradesh states on Google maps.
Human population control is the only way to save environment.
@@kashinathpratapm thanks for the reply. You're absolutely right, the fewer people, the less resources we will need to feed them. At the same time, if most Indians were not vegetarians, things would be even worse. Also isn't quite a bit of this agricultural land usage in India due to meat production since India is the largest beef exporter worldwide?
Hi,I bring my own cloth bag for groceries or I use a discarded carton box from the supermarket.Have been doing this for years.You won't be surprised to hear that I make my own running sandals from scrap material.
kettles, phones and fridges;
Leyla builds some bridges,
searching for gold solutions...
#TedTalks
'''if i were 30 years younger''.........[ i/you can only imagine ]....
God this talk is just painfully wrong. I get what she is saying, design can help us, but every problem she mentioned can be addressed by 'better organizing ideas'. Paper bags/deforestation.. hemp? No one will touch this solution because of politics; I can't take any green/sustainable person seriously if they won't touch on hemp because it shows they care more about their job than what they profess to care about. Lettuce/Salad draws.. how about, erm, putting land back into production instead of people having lawns of grass that do nothing and gardens full of exotic plants that do nothing, and (in the UK) allowing the EU to pay farmers to NOT grow produce! Growing it locally or nationally instead of importing.
A lot of the problems, and solutions proposed, come back to politics, to government, to corporations, to greedy bastards who don't want the public to embrace the easy, cost effective, true sustainable methods. Why? Because there is no money in it for them.
Sustainability is more than just green ideas, or design solutions. It means sustainable thinking, which means sustainable government/leaders. Everyone knows what needs to be done, but we're too afraid to clean out the house.
Most of your argument support this TED talk. (You introduced another hurdle--politics--in solving the problem, but didn't provide any contrary evidence to the talk. So, the talk can't be that wrong.)
The main point of the talk is the way the consumers use a particular product often make a greater environmental impact than the design and material that made up the product. Overall, we, the western world in general, need to stop buying the things that we do not need.
Think to the end!
Totally agree with her that its the "use" of the things that matters
This speaker seems to be unaware the following:
1) Grocery Stores have incentivized people to use their own reusable bags, by adding a small charge - example 5cents per plastic bag.
2) Green Bin Programs that are already in place to divert compostable materials away from landfill, thus preventing the production of methane gases (contrary to her example in the video).
Great food for thought for designers & designers.
that's actually hilarious that everyone puts on their kettles at the same time. I wouldn't have even thought of something like that. And now I know I should measure what water 'Im putting in my kettle!
I'm happy to see the use of prezi in this talk. At least, I assume that's what is being used.
I like this woman.
Leyla Acaroglu's TED Talk is mind-opening! 🌍💡 She urges us to rethink environmental myths like 'paper beats plastic' and calls for systemic change in design and consumption habits. Let's move beyond simplistic solutions and embrace innovation for a sustainable future!
absolutely
fantastic .
What a beautiful and clever speech and woman!
yeah, she's hot
welcome to anthropocene
Sisal, straw, hemp, and paper are far easier for a child to utilize.
Try making a plastic bag at home.
Try making nylon rope at home.
Glass is far easier than plastic, regardless of the safety issues.
Paper is universal, reuseable, biodegradeable, recycleable, and SAFE.
We definitely need more pioneers. You can't get shot in the back if you're walking side-by-side
+Mary D Damn that's a great response to that idiom.
well the real problem is that a lot of people know about this, but nothing is getting done in the end .
We should make dirtbags...
Oh wait, we already have plenty of those walking around.
in america any trees cut down to make bags are replaced 10-1 by law so yeah paper is better.
If you want the quick answer, skip to 15:00
I get the negatives of paper but (ultimately) it breaks down and decomposes. As far as I'm aware plastic never truly does. I'm talking about it as a material beyond just bags. With the massive problem of plastics in our oceans, rivers, soil, living organisms. This must outweigh all other aspects?
Leyla Acaroglu wants us to make more sustainable choices in our daily lives, going beyond the paper-or-plastic debate. She talks about considering a product's entire life cycle, from extraction to disposal, to understand its environmental impact. Acaroglu debunks myths, like issues with biodegradable materials in landfills. She points out the problem of food waste from oversized fridges and suggests designing better fridges to prevent food wastage. Overfilling electric tea kettles leads to unnecessary energy use to continuously heat it, and she calls for kettles that encourage smarter behavior. Mobile phone waste is also on her radar, as is the amount of gold waste in phones to stress the importance of designs that make recycling easier. She wants us to think more about the environment when making choices.
Nice talk
And another thing that happens during ad breaks here in the uk is that the sewers fill up when everyone goes the toilet at the same time. During half time in football matches, it’s even worse.
the thing about paper though, is that it's 100% renewable. 80 years ago we had 20% of the trees we do now, but thanks to the paper industry, we have way more trees. recycling paper is idiotic though, since it can be produced through 100% natural means (growing) and is 100% biodegradable.
I drink my tea out of thermos bottles so I only heat the water once and drink out of it all day. But now I'm wondering if my flask will be recyclable.
У нас в России, наоборот, большинство выбирает полиэтиленовые пакеты, а бумажные я видел очень редко, в основном в пекарнях, ресторанах, кофе и в некоторых супермаркетах. Выбирают в основном, из-за того, что просто покупать полиэтиленовые пакеты дешевле, в части супермаркетов их бесплатно дают.
Nice
Paper or plastic... what about canvas? If she's going to make the paper or plastic argument, why not bring in NEW alternatives like she was saying... There are other options out there other than paper or plastic. Even bring in the fact that the Japanese bring swatches of cloth that they can tie in a million different ways to carry their things. I saw a lot of pleading in her talk and not a lot of solutions...
I think the paper vs. plastic bit was done primarily for framing the discussion. There's nothing in the talk to suggest that she would not support the use of canvas over plastic or paper. In fact it's just the opposite; canvas places less stress on the environment over the course of the product's entire life cycle, ergo she supports canvas. That is literally her argument, not sure how you managed to turn that around.
The Gerogero
...But whether she would support it or not, she never mentions canvas in her speech. She sticks with the basic arguments to support her point of view instead of following it to its logical conclusion, she just assumes the listener will do it instead and moves on to kettles where she does a slightly better job of it. I feel that she could have had a stronger case had she put in more examples of solutions rather than saying over and over that we need solutions without giving examples of some solutions. Even an example of how a single product succeeded at this would have been nice.
MCWestover Consider that ultimately, the appeal was made for the market to test out product designs that are environmentally friendly, specifically in the "unmisguided" way she describes. In this sense, any concrete suggestions (even the kettle) provided are not solutions. That given, I think it was fair to present fewer examples just so the reasoning behind them could be highlighted. Then for that same reason, I agree with you that it would have been extremely useful to give an example of some product succeeding in this.
she's a genius
What program did she use to make her presentation ?
Solutions:
- *"Blanket fridge"*, make fridges like a bag instead of a box. A fridge made from highly insulated but FLEXIBLE material that you can roll up, you roll it up so it's just big enough for the food it contains _right now_. No more wasted energy cooling empty space in your fridge.
- *Smartphone robots*. Make old phones into tiny personal robots, something that can climb around your house doing chores (even plugging themselves in to charge), or perch on your shoulder like a familiar, a helpful pet. Come on people it's the future, personal robots are _way_ overdue! Smartphones already contain everything a robot needs except for a way to move: arms/legs/wheels.
Great video,,
40% of fresh food wasted which is large percentage
Thanks Leyla
I really liked this talk but can someone explain pls the thing of the pioneers, are they being killed?
there needs to be more incentives for ending so many closed loop systems
I'd say paper wins over plastic. Some people argue that paper comes at the cost of degradation of ecosystem. But America and other parts of world has enough land that people can make money use of otherwise unused land. And when they harvest the produce and the prospects gained encourage them to cultivate the plantation again. The whole cycle repeats. So, it is providing employment at the same time alleviating the affect on environment.
Or, like someone pointed the bags the groceries bought in can be reused as trash bags thus cutting on the plastic bags made for trash exclusively. And please make sure the stuff you bought is put to good use without generating waste.
Most paper bags are made from recycled paper. Others are made from trees that are grown on tree farms just like how food crops are farmed. The felled trees are replanted on the same acreage. Plastic bags seldom get recycled. They wind up in landfills and oceans where they kill countless numbers of wildlife. Just think of the energy, chemicals, and plastics necessary to make those damned cheap plastic bags. I think the plastic bags should be listed as a dangerous substance and banned.
11:00 listen for the "whoa" lol
What about cloth bag. I have used them for the past 5 years. I only have 5 bags and those 5 have lasted the past 5 years.
Hemp > paper
No final das contas ela nao explicou porque o papel supostamente tem um impacto maior
i've heard LX Xander is looking for new beats and artists for Ghostcraft...!
Well, I can't be bothered. I've been using the same cotton cloth bags for several years. The repeated use hopefully cancels out the environmental impact of their production. I like to think that spares me having to listen to any more of this.
Why not boil the water in the cup you are going to drink it out of?
Pioneers may have arrows in their back , but who was standing in the end .
Holland is now disusing a system were all shops no longer having free bags for customers. they will have them for sale for 10 or 15 cents. this is the an article about it in dutch. www.nu.nl/economie/3692640/minder-plastic-tasjes-als-klant-meebetaalt.html
Is boiling water quickly in a kettle a UK thing?
Ted Green approved! ~ ^^
we need to make durability and reusability sexy again. great talk
at first glance i thought this ted talk was gonna be about how i can transcend past all of my rock paper scissors opponents. very disappointing. very misleading
Best comment ever :D
What about "rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock"?
Did she just seriously say plastic over paper because of weight? or were we supposed to be sold on deforestation?
So, a decade from now, when that forest/tree farm has considerably recovered and your plastic bag is still circling around the ocean...?
Better yet, get a reusable bag.
just throw your plastic bag in a plastic recycle bin and it won't be circling around the ocean
***** after which they will end up in a landfill, not the ocean, and not degrade, not releasing any greenhouse gases.
It's about the big picture and the entire picture.
Ask any engineer which of two things are best, and the answer will be almost guaranteed: "Well, it depends".
Here she makes a point that the mass and method of disposal can tip the scale for which is more environmentally friendly out of plastic and paper bags.
A third option is a much more massive and durable reusable cloth bag or polymer bag that you can bring back the next several times you shop.
eud1558
Assuming they recycle it. Consider where most "recycled" e-waste ends up and suddenly that feel good vibe from recycling gets conditional.
Gull Lars
Fair enough, though her answer depends on people who cannot boil a pot of water correctly doing the right thing with their bags... It does depend on a number of factors, like most things. We cannot know the outcomes. We can know worst cases though. Worst case scenario that plastic bag kills a whale or something and the paper bag maybe works out to be more resource intensive = my original point.
Perhaps more important- paper bags are hell of easy to reuse for productive things like garden mats, book covers, etc... while a plastic bag's best bet is trash bag. Reusing > recycling.
Though again, reusable bags = reducing > all, probably.
*****
So, if you shop weekly (as I do), then a reusable bag will pay for itself in just under two years. Mine are about ten years old, and still working fine, so I think they were a pretty good investment.
Make/Model of the kettle?
"functionality defines environmental impact"
Hemp beats plastic and paper :/
At 11:44 she clearly pronounces nu-cu-lar. The hell? She doesn't even gloss over it in shame and regret, she throws that in your face and rubs it in one syllable at a time. Check it out :)
It's how Aussies pronounce that ;)
And various, recent U.S. presidents (Clinton, W. Bush, and I think Obama -- I don't listen enough to him to know) have been wrong with that pronunciation, too. And Jack Bauer of the TV drama 24, and ... and.... That doesn't make it correct. Not sure where the language coaches are hiding. It is embarrassing.
Because not everyone is from the USA? Like, there is this whole world outside of the USA, full with different countries, and cultures, each with their own dialects.
It's not about cultures and provincialism. It does have to do with language. I know some French, some Italian & German diction, some ancient Greek. "Nuclear" happens to be an English word, and it is correctly pronounced in a certain way -- two syllables, with a dipththong on the 2nd.
Brian Casey
Very well put. Not all variations are cultural localizations, some are just plain mistakes. On a larger scale may be but still.
Good talk Leyla but are an environmentalist or in other sector
My congress needs to watch this. I miss my paper bags!
+Rickybites ...but she argued against paper bags.
I hate the plastic bags, I remember when there was only paper. The plastic bags are what I call "grocery condoms". The plastic cannot handle being actually filled without splitting apart. Grocery baggers waste them by the millions because they will not put any more than 4 or 5 items in a bag. An old fashioned paper bag will safely hold many times more than the flimsy plastic. Unless you want your groceries strewn all over your trunk or backseat then you have to tie each one. Even tied often your groceries will become damaged as the tied plastic bags roll around like a deflated football. There are very few uses for the plastic once you get them home. The few (very few. I always request paper) that do come home are used for wet garbage and that's about. Paper bags on the other hand are great. They hold a lot of groceries if packed properly. I often use them for trash cans as they are rigid enough to stand on their own. When packed properly and place side by side in the back of your car they usually always are still upright and unspilled when you get home. I burn wood for heat and the paper bags are great for getting a fire started. They fold nicely and many can stored away taking little space. The 2nd biggest reason I hate plastic bags (#1 is harm to wildlife) is not really the bag but is the baggers. Usually they are some kid still in high school. I watch go all out zombie when I ask for paper bags. I mean clueless. Most of them cannot figure out how pack the bags and start throwing everything into the bag without thinking. Like they do with plastic. The cannot see what is coming down the conveyor belt and formulate an plan for stacking. We're yalking putting a bang of onions on the bottom then canned goods on top.They have no idea how to select items that will stack well on top or beside each other. Most of the time I either bag them myself or have to instruct the bagger how to load. Some of these teenagers today are really, really stupid. Forty years when I bagged groceries at my first job I learned quickly how load a grocery bag.
you may not agree with all of it (i don't) but glean what you can and improve your lifestyle with those points.
PR Representative. “We need more research” “if I speak long enough about nothing I’ll confuse and pacify my activist audience” “I am an industry hack. I am an apath-izor” “these problems are too complicated people there is really nothing you can do about just go home and watch tv” “I’ll eventually design you out of these problems” “don’t stop buying and please don’t think.”
I got a bullshit stroke halfway through
Nice talk, people complaining just don't want to accept the causes of the problem
The solution is very simple. Buy less, use less, waste less.
it might look simple but It need a whole change of an already established mentality which is not simple.
That's fascist thinking. Its amazing how the left figured out that people will not do anything they are told is bad for the environment, Further amazing is how the more leftist a people, the more filthy their environment is.