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Resources: Ocean Plastic
Please browse this selection of resource videos on one of the most difficult problems facing humanity: Ocean Plastic.


A Plastic Ocean
This YouTube TV documentary is a beautiful full length documentary that covers nearly all aspects of the global ocean plastic pollution crisis. It is an epic investigation that follows an award winning filmmaker and a world-record free-diver as they travel the globe discovering the devestating impact plastic is having on our oceans and the marine animals that live there.
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The Mystery of Missing Plastic
99% of the plastic that should be floating in the oceans is missing. Even accounting for the plastic that washes up on beaches or is trapped in arctic ice, millions of tonnes has simply disappeared. But it's not gone. It's just out of sight: on the sea floor and also broken down into particles too small to see. In this Endevr documentary, scientists go in search of micro-plastics. and discuss the toxic effects on the entire food web.
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You're Being Lied to About Ocean Plastic
Plastic pollution is getting worse, despite widespread public awareness of the problem, massive investment in recycling, and years of pledges to stop polluting. This Business Insider documentary debunks the myths about where ocean plastic pollution comes from and the best way to fight back. Ocean plastic is not mainly from littering: 82% come from mismanaged waste. And recycling may not be the key: over 70% of ocean polluting plastics are not even recyclable. Solutions need
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Who is Polluting the Ocean with Plastic
This Economist video looks at where plastic pollution comes from. The video focuses on small island states who are suffering most, despite the fact that they produce the least amount of plastic.
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How System 03 Cleans the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
This Ocean Clean Up video is an amazing summary of the challenges of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Garbage patches are composed of plastic pollution that is highly diluted, spanning millions of square kilometers. This cleanup solution is designed to concentrate the plastic and funnel it into floating pens when it can be collected, sorted and removed.
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We Finally Cracked the Code on Ocean Plastic
This Planet Wild video documents a local effort to clean up plastic pollution in one of the world’s most polluted seas. The Mediterranean Sea is home to just 1 % of ocean water but 7 % of its microplastics. Every year, 570,000 tons of plastic end up in the Mediterranean Sea. That’s as much as 625 garbage trucks being dumped into the sea per day. After capturing plastic pollution that comes from the Albania’s Kukës region - where there is no waste managent system - engineer
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