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Title: A Plastic Revolution – The Flipflopi | Elahe Anjarwalla | TEDxYouth@InternationalSchoolofKenya
Published: 2017-09-05
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwN-TwUfT8A
ladies and gentleman does this look like the kind of peach that you want to visit for a holiday me neither however I do know some people who did business but they didn't go hunting they wanted to the team I definatly they had quite a lot to Tina innocent three I was on this stretch of beach they had collected fire tons of mostly Palestinians why times let
me put that into context for you five times a plastic waste which looks a lot like in this is the same as a fully grown African hasn't and if you ever seen one you know that everything on the plus side one single fantastically the beach for five minutes I do know about you but that's definitely the kind of business I refer to this as the holy
this not think of is not the plastic keeps coming back there is so much of it awards bottom no matter how many peanuts we do how many house we spending in beach and how many times a plastic we care about the beach doesn't look like his very own but if we want to be sure he goes like this there are many things we can do ladies
and gentlemen my name is in Iowa and I'm here today to talk to you about this possible because I want to tell you about how possible is isn't it Benetton exhibits cords and wires actually smoke before we look at some of the solutions and putting it up there three things I want to tell you about the bass is a very special foods means the good book
being the second is a possible solution and finally some of the things that you can do to be possible so let's stop the very beginning plus it was invented by the staff of a failure means you he was a Belgian American idol nineteen is seven he invented a hot multiple sauces which he named bakelite bakelite was an exciting invention several reasons fast it was we said
that and it was driving fossil fuels it also had several islands at abilities that made it very exciting classes are likely to be molded anonymous adoption this made it not even chemical success but a commercial success which is more important to any business some of the regions that made it right sizing the pockets resistance actress easy to spot trends and has a low conductivity it's very
durable very versatile and lots of flexible which meant that it had many different applications I'm interested enough in nineteen ninety three it was recognized as a natural chemical historic online because of the fact that it was the fast uses that's a policy in the world I did it heralded the age of plastics so basically this invention change element does anyone in this room study chemistry Bahasa
the canister must so my premise which is for you this is the chemical name a fatalist it's classics lessons below I'm gonna take a stab at the same well you will see benzyl met her and I put the so I see that several times in the room you have a real interest even though it's a long way in short this invention repetition I believe I'm a
type of significant impact on our lives both positive and negative and since then we've had plastic invented in several different shapes and nowadays Las Vegas ever including as you can see this random syllables of objects from my high school and I'm sure in many of your hospitals to the problem is that when he obeyed clemency and or subsequent Adam inventions we discovered afterwards they didn't realize
just what damage reports so for example you may continue that policy was very durable but I don't think even he hotter with one's we now know that the plastic doesn't really decompose it just breaks down into smaller and smaller and smaller pieces also the ending up in the system is off on most and managing humans as it does on the Fuji obviously this is a writer
which brought home with you eat pasta however it's also not withdraw help when it's hanging out in the environs because plastic is unknown teach toxins and chemicals some of these are suspected to cause cancer other is unknown to have a significant impact on all of the other system all homes etcetera so they really impacts because of all the functions some of the gossip was as his
damage on the five hundred billion plastic bags that I use on the worldwide five hundred billion I silently wrap my head around the because there are so many serious and the Westlife that it's estimated that less than five percent of those consequences are many of the classifieds end up being part of the eight million tons of waste that end up on the ocean siren killing approximately
a million seasons and about a hundred thousand marine mammals envisages Estes what's worse is that if we keep on handguns pot by twenty fifty that would mean more plastic than fish in the sea can you imagine going smoking and seeing lawyer pacifiers in front of you or what goes on and not see any head of the fish I think that would be really sad and that's
why we stopped at the statistics because they don't get any better I'm invited to see it was but if there's one thing everyone is talking about her problems in life doesn't get you very far and I want to be focused on solutions which I hope you will be too so fascinating to the special but I mentioned and the federal if you've ever been anywhere on the
south coast you've probably seen something that looks like this and I did it exactly type was rewards is stunning white sand beaches and Hedican boat this book is called the dot this one is a very small this style is much much bigger as you can tell by the size of the people voted that they're copying is going to be a record about this though it but
it will be built on a hundred percent recycled plastic I'm with then going to see it all the way from palm to the beautiful city of he plans on Africa which is it at Jenny up about five hours of movies now you brought me I hope everything want such a good idea of both bills out of his classes but you may also be thinking okay it's
made out of such as possible what does it have to do this that makes them building a political thing is part of our mission to go across the lottery Odyssey up to date a scene in the bushes behind me to our vision Baltimore we know that building one votes I recycle posses isn't very tentative versions of classics rather but if the festa I'm as an alternative
way to show what can be done with plastic we wanted to be a symbol for reducing plastic use and ultimately ending single use plastic single user Pasek is most of the stock anything that is considered disposable such as plastic bags with the bottles which I took the biggest culprits so what's special about a boat thank and spills out of these things in the picture behind also
you might three favorite things and it isn't for appetizer local but I'll tell you my two favorite the US is just the sheer size of the boat from the bottom of the boat to the top of his head will be the same as three jobs stamina to which other which advises seven is the fact that every single part of this movie is really energy bills autorizada
plus so the sale is actually going to be made up of fabric which has been made from recycled plastic which is not able to put her feet pretty durable and finally the fact that although it will have a crew of about twenty people saving in late fall long to Cape Town there will be a film crew making a documentary marine conservation is several experts say it
is a few beginning say that is and hopefully no one like he will be sick and tired so how the book is but but I gotta have some sexism is a hottie festival was being RD saga who is our chief Darryl his family has been in on this is that that he hundreds and are known for their intricate designs one along with it him and his
team are doing her job putting together the boost using traditional methods and a very unconventional substance passing the weighted bogus bills is very similar to the way and I still use me so you can imagine the I slowly little which is filled with liquid and the freezer polite the process is like that the posse gets connected teams and pretty much settled down with will be portable
where pools for quite awhile and finally gets plot the writer the pieces once a piece is very well taken to hiding in his team for sending in putting it together in the shape of the boat so well in the process of building a house and it's very exciting to see the boats had initially coming together I'm very excited about this very unique and exciting opportunity you're
probably wondering why is hold the phone one of the things I'm also doing is collecting two hundred thousand discarded heckles from around the kid who's and we're going to turn that into these amazing lots of other plans to public the entire version so that all good is going to look something like this we've also chosen the public has that the universal most people have seen warning
musicals banner what they are but they don't always know just how long lost a single I'm what a negative impact they hide from oceans so we want but they're hoping to reassemble as one of the fun sizing political but one that everybody can relate to Mansueto so all those is going to be probably sixty feet long made it about fifteen times of recycled plastic and it's
going to sell five thousand villages I hope an exciting as Luke exactly there are other solutions and I mention among them this harsh I possibly musician as you may have it out by now the team behind the book is old a little bit crazy but very very passionate about the subject and that's why we lost the posse retribution in conjunction with the post but NASA repetition
is a move and it's a movement made real lasting change happen we do it is because we want to reduce reuse and recycle plastics and Saddam Hussein generic processes well by uniting for the sake of the conversation and all of us are politicization from me to all of you in this room to governments to private companies to communities every single one of us has a stake
in this because it will impact on a beautiful planet and without a plan and we don't have a place two generations and finally because to barbarism of onions we want to be the change you wish to see if your do not attack I want to commend the Kenyan government but especially aggressive you've and activists such as James with people were driving a violent plastic bags in
Kenya which is a fast acting long Jennings was changing lives but as we move through January thousand miles begins with a step so you might want a government official who manipulate Google balance change how people use not succeeding you might not be a business it would be decided not use buses in your money factor but they're assuming things that you can do on an individual basis
to make a difference for example you could have done using schools because POSIX yours of one of the blessings you can use it may have the biggest impact on some of our animals you can take your musical was awesome directly if you go shopping convince your parents will friends family of songs not to use plastic bags take your resume one instead if you see plastic anywhere
I'm going out tonight picking up so that it doesn't break down into this wood pieces and get into the bodies of animals and humans and if you do pick up possible see plastic seat even come up with a crazy way to use it there are lots of different things you can do and finally get involved do something if the vehicle besides you we always lucky to
give Boston whether it's my duty to your time one when you energy getting involved in spreading awareness as well to help us in the schools but you can do more than just that as well you can create a recycling program in the school you can set up a community now do something do whatever floats your boat but make sure you do something ladies and gentlemen I
