Here's how plastic bags impact the environment
In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental impact of plastic bags. Specifically, I look at how plastic bags affect oceans via microplastics, their carbon footprint, and I also try to understand whether reusable bags are viable alternatives.
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Resources:
1. Why our environmental obsession with plastic bags makes no sense: https://www.vox.com/2014/10/4/6901299/plastic-bags-environment
2. English Environment Agency Plastic Bag Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291023/scho0711buan-e-e.pdf
3. National Geographic's Plastic facts: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/
4. NOAA's explanation of microplastics: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html
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Music:
1. Candlepower by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
2. Midnight by Silent Partner
3. All the Answers by Lee Rosevere
#climatechange #plasticbags #ourchangingclimate
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Видео Here's how plastic bags impact the environment канала Our Changing Climate
Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: http://bit.ly/2iz4lIV
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OurClimateNow
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/occvideos/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/occ.climate/
Email: occ.climate@gmail.com
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Resources:
1. Why our environmental obsession with plastic bags makes no sense: https://www.vox.com/2014/10/4/6901299/plastic-bags-environment
2. English Environment Agency Plastic Bag Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291023/scho0711buan-e-e.pdf
3. National Geographic's Plastic facts: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/
4. NOAA's explanation of microplastics: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html
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Music:
1. Candlepower by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
2. Midnight by Silent Partner
3. All the Answers by Lee Rosevere
#climatechange #plasticbags #ourchangingclimate
I use Artlist.io for all my music. You can get 2 months free of Artlist.io with this link: https://artlist.io/Charlie-278823
Видео Here's how plastic bags impact the environment канала Our Changing Climate
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