EP 153: Microplastics Are Killing Us & You Have No Idea
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Show Notes
Plastic doing damage to the ocean and marine ecosystem and how we're going to solve this problem permanently for the health of humanity and all life on the planet.
TIMESTAMPS:
(0:00) Intro
(1:23) Why is the great pacific garbage patch important?
(3:35) What is the great pacific garbage patch?
(4:25) Marine debris
(6:20) Ghost fishing
(6:50) It's humanity's fault
(7:30) Individuals & communities can't do much
(9:30) People who throw garbage in the ocean
(12:45) Microplastics
(14:25) Plastic debris
(16:18) The Ocean Cleanup
(18:00) Cleaning 90% of the oceans plastic
(21:28) Projected impact
(22:50) Dirty ocean water
(24:50) Smart steering
(25:26) Carbon offsetting
(25:40) Scalability
(26:40) Outro
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