Before I watched this film, I knew that plastic waste is a problem that we been facing but I did not know that it is that serious and how big this problem actually is. The film really opened my eyes that plastic waste is actually incredibly bad for the environment. It is crazy that there is an island that is filled with just plastic waste. The reason for that is because we do not have a solution to getting rid of it. Most of us thinks that as long as those wastes aren't in our area or it's not at a place where we could see it then it means that we got rid of it. However, that is not true, we all know that a lot of plastic waste are dumped into the ocean. Something that most of us have not thought about is, how much harm does that do to the planet?
The plastic in the ocean gets washed up to the shores and as times go by it fills up the land full of plastic just sitting there. the plastics that are in the ocean are being consumed by the animals, which harms their health. In this film, it showed that a lot of animals dies and their stomach is filled with plastic pieces. The film showing these things brings more attention of the world to this problem.
As of right now, we clearly do not have a solution to get rid of plastic waste safely. Therefore we have to start preventing this problem to get any worse. It stated in the film that if consumers do not buy a lot of plastic made products like plastic bags, then companies would stop making them. If no one buys it then they would stop making it. Businesses and companies who makes plastic bags or plastic products do not think about the problem that it would cause. As long as they are making good money then they would not stop.
It stated in the film multiple times that it is our responsibility as consumers to stop buying plastic made products. We know that plastic waste is a problem in this world so why don't we take action and make things better. The video also showed that plastic fishing nets also contributes to this problem. Corals gets tangled up in them and it breaks off the coral heads. A solution to this could be simply just using another material for fishing nets, a material that could be broken down and not adds onto the island of plastic wastes.
Overall this film did a really good job on identifying the problems we are currently facing with plastic waste. Most people don't realize how huge this problem is until they see it with their own eyes. This video was very helpful on trying to get everyone to notice this problem more and take action on this problem. We would not know how important this is if we did not watch this video and get a better understanding of the problem.
The plastic in the ocean gets washed up to the shores and as times go by it fills up the land full of plastic just sitting there. the plastics that are in the ocean are being consumed by the animals, which harms their health. In this film, it showed that a lot of animals dies and their stomach is filled with plastic pieces. The film showing these things brings more attention of the world to this problem.
As of right now, we clearly do not have a solution to get rid of plastic waste safely. Therefore we have to start preventing this problem to get any worse. It stated in the film that if consumers do not buy a lot of plastic made products like plastic bags, then companies would stop making them. If no one buys it then they would stop making it. Businesses and companies who makes plastic bags or plastic products do not think about the problem that it would cause. As long as they are making good money then they would not stop.
It stated in the film multiple times that it is our responsibility as consumers to stop buying plastic made products. We know that plastic waste is a problem in this world so why don't we take action and make things better. The video also showed that plastic fishing nets also contributes to this problem. Corals gets tangled up in them and it breaks off the coral heads. A solution to this could be simply just using another material for fishing nets, a material that could be broken down and not adds onto the island of plastic wastes.
Overall this film did a really good job on identifying the problems we are currently facing with plastic waste. Most people don't realize how huge this problem is until they see it with their own eyes. This video was very helpful on trying to get everyone to notice this problem more and take action on this problem. We would not know how important this is if we did not watch this video and get a better understanding of the problem.