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This collection was inspired by EarthSayer interviews of Roz Savage, ocean rower and environmental campaigner and Howard Lack, CEO of the Foundation, Plastic Oceans. 

Plastic Oceans provides a powerful and effective platform campaigning for, supporting and funding targeted solutions aimed at significantly reducing plastic pollution in the environment. Their aim is to significantly reduce plastic pollution in the environment. This collection calls out organizations and individuals around the globe who share a concern for the plight of our oceans.

Visit our Oceans and 1 Water collections here on EarthSayers.tv to discover the many individuals from all walks of life speaking on behalf of Mother Earth and Water.

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What Rivers Tell Us About Plastic Pollution | Gary Bencheghib | TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch

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Gary Bencheghib takes the audience to the frontlines of the world’s dirtiest rivers in Indonesia, where he and his team at Sungai Watch work every single day wading through rivers, sorting mountains of waste, and doing everything they can to stop plastic pollution from reaching the ocean. In a TEDx talk that every corporate CEO needs to see, Gary shares the hard truth: It’s too late once plastic reaches the ocean, recycling alone won’t solve this crisis, and until companies change how products are made, and what they’re made of, humanity will need to keep cleaning up the same waste over and over again. He says that solving the plastic pollution crisis is possible, but only if we stop treating rivers as garbage bins and start seeing them as the mirror of our global consumption. The United Nations has described marine plastic pollution as “a slow-moving catastrophe” that threatens the health, economy, and well-being of communities across the globe. For Gary Bencheghib, this crisis is not just a statistic but a personal calling. Originally from France and raised in Indonesia, Gary was only 14 years old when he began organizing weekly beach cleanups with his older sister Kelly, then 16, and younger brother Sam, then 12. What began as a small family initiative quickly grew into a lifelong mission to protect waterways and oceans from plastic waste. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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