Open Ocean Cleanup vs. River Interception: Why We Need Both | Podcast Clip
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2024
- Big problems require big solutions. Every year, millions of tons of plastic enter the oceans, primarily from rivers. And the plastic that’s afloat within the oceans isn’t going away by itself. To effectively solve the problem, we need to both halt the trash flow from rivers, and remove legacy plastics from the oceans at the same time.
In our latest podcast, Matthias Egger, Head of Environmental and Social Affairs, discusses how we help local communities by looking at global problems through a holistic but specific lens. Listen to the full podcast here: theoceancleanu...
While solving pollution on a small scale and changing people's lives, we work on global solutions. We use the data from river deployments in various countries to develop a blueprint for the future by writing Environmental and Social Impact Assessments.
This way, we mitigate risks, monitor what we do to create a larger impact on the world, publish research and try to make upstream changes. For example, Matthias shares his experience at the INC negotiations, where over 160 countries work on the first international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.
He also talks about his personal experiences throughout his six years working for The Ocean Cleanup and what this means to him as a father.
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Close the tap ! Absolutely ! You guys give me faith in Humanity.
All I can say is THANK YOU!!! You are doing the hard work that the world’s largest governments & corporations should be doing!!!! In a time of so much negativity, the positive impact you’re having on this often bleak looking world speaks for itself.
😊😊yes
We also need national/local governance change. Keep intercepting river trash, and cleaning the oceans, but if people keep dumping trash into the river...People's actions have to change so they make and use collection points. Besides that there also has to be legislation change for international shipping, they should be responsible for cleaning up their own mess or be liable for when other people are forced to do that for them.
That said, I think it's also worthwhile to organize beach walks under the banner of ocean cleanup. This can create awareness and engagement, but also self-identifies and cleans up the worst beaches. Or put ocean cleanup waste bins on recreational beaches that were made with recycled ocean waste and ask people to carry one discarded item to the bin. Want some money from donors, probably best to ask people that see a beach being cleaned up right then and there, and not by intercepting people during their commute home.
Now if their can grow a grass-roots movement across the globe then it will also be possible to unite and obtain enough people to petition the UN or affect consumer choice.
Nah, don't like the nanny state solutions, seems a bit fascist. Clean the rovers, clean what's in the ocean. Give the poor countrys infrastructure so they can have a waste disposal system instead just "throw it in the river." Us stopping them using fossel fuels in the name of Climate change why this whole problem exists in the first place. Though what's china's excuse if I'm right? Maybe their fascism stops people helping themselves.
I visited Jamaica in 2016. Beautiful island, however empty plastic bottles littered the roads sides & spoiled some of the beaches. The locals seem to be totally oblivious to it.
Hopefully this has been addressed?
You get used to it. People litter. Why would they clean up everyday? That was my experience in MX, they seem to exceed a breaking point to not care anymore…
This why kamala will make a good president. Her Jamaican problem solving.
Thank you Ocean Cleanup!!!!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
Well done, Ocean Cleanup. It’s been so encouraging to watch these videos showing the work that you do. 🌻
It's quite frustrating how people are so doomer, that instead of being happy that an org is trying to solve both problems, they want their problem to be solved instantly
it's sad people don't believe there's a problem
Stop throwing a tamper tantrum on the internet and get a life already
I live in Germany. The government here has established a pet system where you pay a deposit on every bottle you buy that you will receive back when you bring the bottle back to the grocery store.
It’s rare to see bottles floating around in rivers here. This is what would need to be established worldwide.
Some states in the US have bottle deposits, but we still see massive amounts of bottles thrown away.
It all depends how high the Deposit is and how much Money you have. In Germany people Even search the trash for bottles and people who want to Throw bottles away put them NEXT to the trash, for them to be easier picked up by someone Else. Since the deposit is more expensive than the actual Price of the bottle, there might be a Problem though…
Classic germany instead of education they choose tyranny
Thanks for showing the world that problems can be solved!
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I am in such awe of your devotion to improve our planet by using innovative means THANK YOU!!!!
100000000% need river interception because even the great job the ocean does it removes say less than 1% at time and by that time its removed maybe 10% added back into the sea. i hope many more interceptors are built asap
Poor countrys need coal and gas plants. So can smelt steal and have infrastructure to process waste before gets to the river. Need more white people in management. We don't need feminism and DEI or else we start to look like their communitys.
Close the tap! 🚱
How can we reduce plastics? That’s a key to the future, stop making so much plastic.
I am glad that they are showing all the plastic in the rivers. Lately all the videos have been of the plastic equipment dumped by the fishing industry in the ocean.
The problem mostly comes from US! We the people..😢
You guys are true heroes. Thank you!
Love the work they are doing!
you guys are amazing, thank you for all the help and work you do.
this is one of my favorite projects. the founder has earned a peoples noble prize ...
Thank you for all your hard work. I remember in the UK for a while, sometime in the eighties, we tried discouraging over use of plastic packaging by leaving excess at the supermarket check out, obviously we didn't succeed in reducing the use sadly.
I want to thank you for having no polyester in your shirts. Thank you for being a part of the solution.
Thank you so much❤
I am so grateful for all that you do, thank you 🎉
Thanks!
We are grateful for your efforts to help clean up our world.
You guys are amazing!!!
Thank you for explaining. Makes sense.
What are you doing to stop the trash at the source, the people?
They have no mechanism in place to avert dumping into the canal/river.
they don't care
Thank you so much for your efforts.
Problem is, people in some regions dump trash faster than those cleanup techs can collect them. Until they change the way they throw garbage (and also until the fishing tech improves), OC is a tech demo / media-making to raise awareness, not tackling the root cause (yet)
Actually they are.
Everywhere they operate, they are in contact with (local) government.
They encourage legislation and regulation where they can.
Yes, river interception does not prevent people from throwing their plastic in the environment, but it's not like OC just ignores that.
Congratulations to the smart thinking ocean cleanup teams. How could anyone ask why? Its cause and effect.
Of course we need to do everything we can, I focus on enabling solutions to avoid single-use plastics
Closing the tap starts with banning unnecessary plastics.
Consumers need to work to ban as much plastic in their lives as possible to close the tap of plastics coming out of their homes.
Plastics aren't recycled, they'd dumped. Countries like the USA simply dump their plastic waste in other countries, such as China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Spain, Pakistan, Turkey, India, etc. Much of the plastic problems other countries face is plastic waste from imports from more developed countries.
Until CONSUMERS take responsibility and choose to turn off the tap of plastics flowing out of their homes, the problem of plastic pollution will continue.
What you do is so amazing, multiple methods working at the same time is absolutely the answer! I really want to spend my time cleaning the world of rubbish, how can someone like me help the ocean cleanup?
Thank you ☘️💚
why has it taken a young man to get this done were are the governments and corporations not doing more . Why is it being left to non-profit and volunteer organizations to do something about it. Ocean Cleanup and others have shown how. So where are the world governments and corporate finance to upscale this
be real. $$$$$$$$
Thank you @theoceancleanuo for making the problem visible
Thank you for your work!!
Thanks Oc teams 😃👍
Wonderful job 👏
Had plastic for 70 years/ish so 70 years to clear our mess up. Approx.
Only with deposit bottles we can use plastic bottles! If not there is no other choice to ban from earth. Keep going for us!
Commenting for the algorithm to spread the word 😊
How much does it cost to buy a net for a river??????
I have supported them for years. Please donate if you can spare a few bucks. They are really making a difference.
we need education!!!
What a Disaster!! We need more boats out there.
I clean massive amounts of trash off beaches here in Mexico
Evolution is a strange thing we will always have to learn how to...
do you think to reach 20 interceptors in the 2025?
Teach them not to dump trash in the river first.
They should provide bins everywhere and fines for those who refuse to obey rules.
OPEC should spend 50% of their income on cleaning up the mess they've lied about for decades.
maybe ocean clean up could eventually invest in tidal power…
There will always be humans who are lacking in common sense ! 😢
why do people in these countries put their garbage into the rivers? I dont get it.
80% from rivers and to be precise, most of these rivers are in India or China
I am not sure why don't you do any projects in India. It has few of most polluted rivers in the world and has the highest population in the world! Imagine the millions of lives you could be impacting with an interceptor!
Our species just isn't bright enough.
We past the point of No return years ago.
STOP 🛑 USING PLA$TICS...
The government doesn’t want to spend the money
Please help uk🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
STOP RECYCLING PLASTIC.
we need socialism
i love you 🇫🇮❤️👍
Thanks!
Thanks!