An Endless Plastic Wasteland?

Plastic Oceans (2012): What impact is plastic waste having on marine life and environment? For similar stories, see: Is Recycling the Solution to the World's Plastic Problem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY-FKOOkPcM India Has a Booming Recycling Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66DutE7ZsHo A Pioneering Environmental Project In Burkina Faso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Aj87k6jxk Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/6406/plastic-oceans Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Are we replacing marine life with an endless plastic wasteland with our waste? Oceans are silently chocking on our plastic waste. Plastic and synthetic materials are the most common types of debris in our oceans and are having horrific impacts on marine wildlife and systems. As an island continent “girt by sea” marine debris is of particular importance for Australia. Creatures get entangled in plastics and drown and ingested concentrated toxins from plastics pose a threat to the health of the food chain. Plastics also transport and introduce species into new environments. Anja Taylor catches up with the CSIRO research team spearheading the Marine Debris Survey, a world first study of the plastics around our coastline. ABC Australia – Ref. 6406 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.