How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean | National Geographic

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[lorenage]

Guys listen up
This was made in 2016
Now its 2021
That was five years ago

Nothing has changed
This was a warning... We still haven't followed it

[alianajacobs]

This video is really sad. People should do more about cleaning the ocean instead of fighting each other! We need to clean the planet!

[bitfragment]

Let's face it - we are the worst thing that happened to this planet.

[yaseneko]

I remember about a year ago, my school held an event for our students to stop plastic pollution in the ocean. It really made me sad to see that out of 1, 015 students only 14 showed up. It really shows how much some people don’t care about their environment.

[ItsMitchelll]

I'm currently educating myself on the plastic pollution and it's so shocking how out of control this is and the affects of it as well.

[markdonald]

Even if you live hundreds of miles from the coast, the plastic you throw away could make its way into the sea. Once in the ocean, plastic decomposes very slowly, breaking down in to tiny pieces known as micro plastics that can be incredibly damaging to sea life.

[nitivaid]

Views show...People care more about Kim Kardashian than our earth

[Atlanta-Georgia]

In my school when you reach grade 8 you have to do a community service project. I am choosing to do it about ocean pollution.
I am going to a few elementary to spread awareness since I personally think that’s all I can do but I hope it makes a difference because I don’t want our oceans ending up as toxic trash waters

[gktgroc]

Everyone has that responsibility. We know so little about the ocean, and we need to let more people know. My family has started to reduce unnecessary plastic use. It's easy to do, but very few people do it. Many things can be reused, and I often see tutorials on how to make very interesting recyclables.

[valeriagutierrez]

I hope that one day every little person on the planet comes together and fights for the end of pollution and all harmful things to the world💙😟💙🌎💙

[Mr_Chris__]

In the old days (before plastic bags became so commonplace), people were more resourceful and less wasteful. Cardboard boxes were often reused to put your groceries in, fish was wrapped in newspaper and bags were often made of straw or paper.

Whenever I go food shopping, I take a cardboard box off the shelves to put my shopping in. I will then repurpose some of the boxes to be used as parcels.

[isaacvieira]

It’s sad how more people care about other people’s drama than care about saving this earth that we have only once

[lifewithless]

We see ocean pollution on a daily basis. Picking up the plastic trash every chance we get. It takes all of us to become aware and notice our oceans are suffering. Together we can make a change!

[jcuztln]

Honestly I feel like the earth would get a breath of fresh air if the everyone just stopped making plastic

[lichenrock]

;-; quite sad, more people need to see this...

[ronnyboy]

Its sad to see how this video only has 514 views..its shows many people dont care smh

[VanNguyen-shvq]

thanks for this video it showed me the importance of environmental pollution

[sourpatch]

I would love to hear what everyone is doing to cut back on plastics! Making as many changes as possible

[PudgeyRat]

Who’s the person who just sat there and watched the dolphin take that piece of plastic 😤

[lionkoo]

I searched for this. I wish youtube would recommend people to watch this.