1 00:00:01,681 --> 00:00:03,190 (light rock music) 2 00:00:03,190 --> 00:00:06,480 This story begins with a single plastic bag, 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,210 one bag that I got from my local grocery store 4 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:11,663 to carry home a single container of peach yogurt. 5 00:00:12,790 --> 00:00:14,070 Once I got home, 6 00:00:14,070 --> 00:00:16,440 I shoved the bag in with all the other bags, 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,490 next to another bag full of other bags 8 00:00:18,490 --> 00:00:20,360 and I never really thought about it. 9 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,800 Maybe I tried not to think about it. 10 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,130 I mean, I'm an average guy. 11 00:00:24,130 --> 00:00:26,350 I'm not what you'd consider a tree hugger. 12 00:00:26,350 --> 00:00:29,240 I try to be informed, I try to do the right thing. 13 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,010 But I find that can all be a bit overwhelming at times. 14 00:00:33,010 --> 00:00:35,740 I live in a small town in Colorado, and it wasn't until 15 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:38,850 my town challenged another town a few hours away to see 16 00:00:38,850 --> 00:00:41,776 who could reduce their use of plastic bags the most, 17 00:00:41,776 --> 00:00:44,500 that I first started to think about plastic bags 18 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:45,750 and what we do with them. 19 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,090 I mean, we all have a lot of bags, right? 20 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:50,610 Everybody does the same thing. 21 00:00:50,610 --> 00:00:51,443 We collect them. 22 00:00:51,443 --> 00:00:54,290 We shove them anywhere they'll go, like under the sink, 23 00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:56,600 into closets, junk drawers. 24 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,480 We throw a pile away every now and then, 25 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,000 just to be done with them. 26 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,870 Because they're disposable, right? 27 00:01:01,870 --> 00:01:03,803 They were created to be thrown away. 28 00:01:05,230 --> 00:01:06,160 But let's face it. 29 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,030 There's a dirty little secret here, even if 30 00:01:08,030 --> 00:01:08,973 we won't admit it. 31 00:01:09,890 --> 00:01:12,550 Just because plastic is disposable doesn't mean it 32 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:14,560 just goes away. 33 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,170 After all, where is away? 34 00:01:18,170 --> 00:01:19,713 There is no away. 35 00:01:20,820 --> 00:01:24,633 It actually sticks around for a really long time. 36 00:01:25,489 --> 00:01:28,580 That got me thinking about all the endless products made out 37 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:31,250 of plastic, a lot of them designed to be used for less 38 00:01:31,250 --> 00:01:32,613 than one day. 39 00:01:32,613 --> 00:01:35,390 In fact, less than 15 minutes a day. 40 00:01:35,390 --> 00:01:38,380 Once I began looking around, pretty much everything seemed 41 00:01:38,380 --> 00:01:40,203 to be made of plastic. 42 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,693 Could all this plastic in my life maybe even be bad for me? 43 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:46,950 So I started looking into it. 44 00:01:46,950 --> 00:01:49,210 The way it doesn't go away. 45 00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:50,680 The way it pollutes. 46 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,690 The way it flies and floats and drifts 47 00:01:53,690 --> 00:01:56,500 and clogs and entangles. 48 00:01:56,500 --> 00:02:00,010 The way it gets into things so big and so small. 49 00:02:00,010 --> 00:02:01,970 The way we can't escape it anymore. 50 00:02:01,970 --> 00:02:05,620 The way, eventually, we may not have any recourse. 51 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:08,353 We'll all just simply have to stand up and say, 52 00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:11,381 bag it. 53 00:02:11,381 --> 00:02:14,755 ♪ We don't mean to kill ya ♪ 54 00:02:14,755 --> 00:02:18,091 ♪ We come back to heal ya ♪ 55 00:02:18,091 --> 00:02:20,044 ♪ Janglin soul ♪ 56 00:02:20,044 --> 00:02:21,964 ♪ Edward and the ♪ 57 00:02:21,964 --> 00:02:24,157 ♪ Magnetic Zeros ♪ 58 00:02:24,157 --> 00:02:26,332 ♪ Baa baa, baa baa ♪ 59 00:02:26,332 --> 00:02:27,939 ♪ Baa baa baa baa baa baa ♪ 60 00:02:27,939 --> 00:02:30,246 ♪ Baa baa, baa baa ♪ 61 00:02:30,246 --> 00:02:31,763 ♪ Baa baa baa baa baa baa ♪ 62 00:02:31,763 --> 00:02:34,075 ♪ Baa baa, baa baa ♪ 63 00:02:34,075 --> 00:02:37,407 ♪ Baa baa baa baa ♪ 64 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:40,340 You know that thing when you learn something 65 00:02:40,340 --> 00:02:41,180 for the first time, 66 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:43,380 and then it starts pop going up everywhere. 67 00:02:43,380 --> 00:02:47,127 Like when you to meet someone for the first time, 68 00:02:47,127 --> 00:02:50,593 and everywhere you go, there's that person. 69 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,083 That was what it was like for me with plastic bags. 70 00:02:57,650 --> 00:02:59,392 They were everywhere. 71 00:02:59,392 --> 00:03:02,058 (upbeat dance music) 72 00:03:02,058 --> 00:03:03,239 ♪ Bag it ♪ 73 00:03:03,239 --> 00:03:04,976 ♪ Sack it ♪ 74 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:06,824 ♪ Plastic ♪ 75 00:03:06,824 --> 00:03:08,677 ♪ Go on and forget about it ♪ 76 00:03:08,677 --> 00:03:09,679 ♪ Bag it, baby ♪ 77 00:03:09,679 --> 00:03:10,512 ♪ Don't be lazy ♪ 78 00:03:10,512 --> 00:03:11,950 ♪ Throw it away ♪ 79 00:03:11,950 --> 00:03:14,280 ♪ They make it so you'll take it home ♪ 80 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:15,300 Let me just say this. 81 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:18,530 First of all, plastic is an incredible material. 82 00:03:18,530 --> 00:03:19,650 It's lightweight. 83 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:20,630 It's moldable. 84 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:21,463 Durable. 85 00:03:21,463 --> 00:03:22,296 Versatile. 86 00:03:22,296 --> 00:03:23,129 Inexpensive. 87 00:03:23,129 --> 00:03:25,953 You can do amazing things with plastic. 88 00:03:27,129 --> 00:03:30,630 In the 1960s, the idea of plastic being the wave of the 89 00:03:30,630 --> 00:03:32,770 future seemed like a bit of a joke. 90 00:03:32,770 --> 00:03:35,390 I just want to say one word to you. 91 00:03:35,390 --> 00:03:37,123 Just one word. 92 00:03:38,780 --> 00:03:40,080 Yes, sir? 93 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,913 Are you listening? 94 00:03:40,913 --> 00:03:41,746 Yes, sir. 95 00:03:41,746 --> 00:03:42,579 I am. 96 00:03:42,579 --> 00:03:43,503 Plastics. 97 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,370 Exactly how do you mean? 98 00:03:46,370 --> 00:03:48,090 There's a great future in plastics. 99 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:50,472 In retrospect, this scene seems less like a joke and 100 00:03:50,472 --> 00:03:52,383 more like a prophecy. 101 00:03:52,383 --> 00:03:55,480 We were fed the concept of disposable living. 102 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,900 Life would be easier and more convenient. 103 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:00,970 Why do the dishes when you can just throw them away? 104 00:04:00,970 --> 00:04:03,540 Plastic is an incredibly valuable resource. 105 00:04:03,540 --> 00:04:04,780 It's something that really 106 00:04:04,780 --> 00:04:06,367 has a purpose in this society, 107 00:04:06,367 --> 00:04:09,290 and it needs to be used for that purpose. 108 00:04:09,290 --> 00:04:13,210 Petroleum is way too scarce and way too important to us to 109 00:04:13,210 --> 00:04:15,690 be thrown away as a plastic bag. 110 00:04:15,690 --> 00:04:18,000 Plastic bags are made of polyethylene, 111 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,170 which is a polymer made of ethylene monomers, 112 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:21,520 which is made from, 113 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,267 well, actually, what they're made from is 114 00:04:24,267 --> 00:04:26,170 are really good question. 115 00:04:26,170 --> 00:04:28,370 The United States uses roughly, 116 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:30,770 estimates are about 100 billion plastic bags per year. 117 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:32,610 Takes about 12 million barrels of oil. 118 00:04:32,610 --> 00:04:35,170 In North America, because we have an abundant supply of 119 00:04:35,170 --> 00:04:37,760 natural gas, they're predominantly made out of 120 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:38,910 natural gas. 121 00:04:38,910 --> 00:04:42,280 The key feed stock for making plastics is petroleum. 122 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:44,540 In North America, we don't use oil. 123 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:45,732 We use natural gas. 124 00:04:45,732 --> 00:04:49,210 Plastic bags are made of polyethylene. 125 00:04:49,210 --> 00:04:51,159 The building block is oil. 126 00:04:51,159 --> 00:04:52,345 (rumbling) 127 00:04:52,345 --> 00:04:53,900 So what is it? 128 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:56,267 Petroleum or natural gas? 129 00:04:56,267 --> 00:04:59,250 The bottom line is they're made from fossil fuels, 130 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:01,960 which are non-renewable resources. 131 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,630 That means once they're gone, there isn't anymore. 132 00:05:05,630 --> 00:05:09,047 (grand orchestral music) 133 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:22,390 World plastic bag consumption is estimated at about 500 134 00:05:22,390 --> 00:05:24,110 billion bags per year. 135 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:30,960 So how do we learn to shop like our grandparents did? 136 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,940 I mean, we haven't always had plastic, right? 137 00:05:33,940 --> 00:05:36,180 What if we shop using our bags over and over, 138 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:37,263 you know, old school. 139 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,716 It would be great to come up with the real cost of a 140 00:05:42,716 --> 00:05:44,053 plastic bag. 141 00:05:45,130 --> 00:05:49,263 Because that is the number one consumer item in the world. 142 00:05:50,180 --> 00:05:53,513 We are not going to use those little plastic produce bags. 143 00:05:54,670 --> 00:05:55,953 We have our own bags. 144 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,553 Here we go. 145 00:06:01,980 --> 00:06:02,980 There we go. 146 00:06:03,857 --> 00:06:08,857 I'm going to use my own bag for some deluxe salted nuts. 147 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:10,313 There we go. 148 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,803 It's my nut sack. 149 00:06:20,024 --> 00:06:22,570 Ann is the creative director at a newspaper. 150 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:25,653 Thankfully, she's pretty much on board for all this. 151 00:06:27,030 --> 00:06:28,200 I'll see you later. 152 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,033 I like her. 153 00:06:31,130 --> 00:06:33,960 Plastic bags are being banned around the world. 154 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,510 From New Delhi, India, and Bangladesh, where plastic bags 155 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:40,188 were clogging storm drains and were contributing to severe 156 00:06:40,188 --> 00:06:44,470 floods, to the kingdom of Bhutan, where bags were banned 157 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:48,550 to better foster gross national happiness. 158 00:06:48,550 --> 00:06:52,505 In 2008, China banned ultra thin plastic bags. 159 00:06:52,505 --> 00:06:54,607 It's estimated that in the first year, 160 00:06:54,607 --> 00:06:57,220 it eliminated 40 billion. 161 00:06:57,220 --> 00:07:00,450 In May of 2009, the state of South Australia 162 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:02,200 banned plastic bags, 163 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,070 hoping to set an example for the rest of the nation. 164 00:07:05,070 --> 00:07:08,410 Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenyon, Zanzibar, 165 00:07:08,410 --> 00:07:12,680 and South Africa have all banned ultra thin plastic bags. 166 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,850 Many countries and cities in Europe have either banned or 167 00:07:15,850 --> 00:07:17,763 placed fees on plastic bags. 168 00:07:18,830 --> 00:07:21,770 Ireland placed a fee on plastic bags and reportedly 169 00:07:21,770 --> 00:07:25,510 reduced consumption 90% in the first year. 170 00:07:25,510 --> 00:07:28,593 (upbeat flute music) 171 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,823 What's the policy on plastic bags? 172 00:07:32,823 --> 00:07:34,673 Like plastic carry-away bags? 173 00:07:34,673 --> 00:07:36,070 They're 22 cents. 174 00:07:36,070 --> 00:07:37,010 22 cents? 175 00:07:37,010 --> 00:07:37,843 Yeah. 176 00:07:37,843 --> 00:07:38,676 Okay. 177 00:07:38,676 --> 00:07:40,580 The parliament's policy. 178 00:07:40,580 --> 00:07:42,321 It's not actually the shop policy. 179 00:07:42,321 --> 00:07:43,720 Yeah, all of Ireland? 180 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,140 Yeah, everywhere. 181 00:07:45,140 --> 00:07:47,400 Do you find that most people, 182 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,310 do most people not take them? 183 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:50,160 They bring their own bags? 184 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,230 Yeah, most people won't take them. 185 00:07:51,230 --> 00:07:52,720 How fast did you see a difference 186 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:53,730 from when the tax went in? 187 00:07:53,730 --> 00:07:54,750 It was instant. 188 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:57,520 It was an overnight success, as a campaign. 189 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,430 If you want to find out what people really think in 190 00:07:59,430 --> 00:08:03,293 Ireland, there's only one place to go, to the pub. 191 00:08:14,085 --> 00:08:16,840 My good Guinness doesn't come in plastic. 192 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:17,673 Slainte. 193 00:08:22,893 --> 00:08:26,310 (grand orchestral music) 194 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,100 In England, the village of Modbury became Europe's first 195 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:33,245 plastic bag-free town when the local merchants got together 196 00:08:33,245 --> 00:08:36,789 and decided to voluntarily do something to help protect 197 00:08:36,789 --> 00:08:38,453 their coastal environment. 198 00:08:40,430 --> 00:08:43,287 We live four miles from some of the most beautiful 199 00:08:43,287 --> 00:08:45,170 coastline in the UK. 200 00:08:45,170 --> 00:08:46,790 You know, what legacy are we leaving? 201 00:08:46,790 --> 00:08:49,460 It's really not to be quite selfish for the moment and to 202 00:08:49,460 --> 00:08:52,260 think about the next generations to come. 203 00:08:52,260 --> 00:08:55,370 In environmental news, a top UN official is urging a 204 00:08:55,370 --> 00:08:57,760 global ban on plastic bags. 205 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,350 In part because plastic is the most pervasive 206 00:09:00,350 --> 00:09:02,010 form of ocean litter. 207 00:09:02,010 --> 00:09:04,696 Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment 208 00:09:04,696 --> 00:09:09,177 Program, said, quote, "Single use plastic bags, which choke 209 00:09:09,177 --> 00:09:10,727 "marine life, should be banned 210 00:09:10,727 --> 00:09:12,717 "or phased out rapidly everywhere. 211 00:09:12,717 --> 00:09:14,111 "There's simply zero justification for 212 00:09:14,111 --> 00:09:17,680 "manufacturing them anymore anywhere." 213 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:20,650 So, what's happening in the United States? 214 00:09:20,650 --> 00:09:22,410 30 rural communities in Alaska 215 00:09:22,410 --> 00:09:24,683 have banned plastic bags completely. 216 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,517 In June of '09, Washington, DC, became the first US city 217 00:09:29,517 --> 00:09:32,370 to place a fee on plastic bags. 218 00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:34,640 California has been at the forefront of 219 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:35,790 the plastic bag debate. 220 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,510 San Francisco becomes the first city of the nation to 221 00:09:40,510 --> 00:09:41,722 ban plastic bags. 222 00:09:41,722 --> 00:09:42,670 San Francisco, 223 00:09:42,670 --> 00:09:44,668 those ubiquitous plastic shopping bags 224 00:09:44,668 --> 00:09:47,820 are being ordered to get out of town. 225 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:49,400 The predictions from the plastic industry 226 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:50,271 was doom and gloom. 227 00:09:50,271 --> 00:09:54,000 San Francisco will grind to an absolute halt. 228 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,514 How can they live without plastic bags? 229 00:09:56,514 --> 00:09:59,086 In the two years since we've had it in place, not one 230 00:09:59,086 --> 00:10:01,170 single complaint in our office. 231 00:10:01,170 --> 00:10:02,030 Not one. 232 00:10:02,030 --> 00:10:03,879 Paper vs. plastic, right? 233 00:10:03,879 --> 00:10:05,130 What do you do? 234 00:10:05,130 --> 00:10:06,588 I guess tote bags are the thing that-- 235 00:10:06,588 --> 00:10:08,319 That's what I've heard from on the streets. 236 00:10:08,319 --> 00:10:11,681 You can get a nice tote to go with your sweaters. 237 00:10:11,681 --> 00:10:13,619 Well, once I get my bedazzler, I 238 00:10:13,619 --> 00:10:15,327 can, you know-- 239 00:10:15,327 --> 00:10:16,160 Thank you. 240 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,720 After San Francisco, other towns in California 241 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,520 tried to pass their own bans. 242 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:21,950 The American Chemistry Council 243 00:10:21,950 --> 00:10:25,670 and other pro-plastic groups' response was to sue. 244 00:10:25,670 --> 00:10:27,550 They claimed it would just make people 245 00:10:27,550 --> 00:10:29,090 use paper bags instead, 246 00:10:29,090 --> 00:10:30,872 which would be even worse for the environment. 247 00:10:30,872 --> 00:10:33,140 (birds squawking) 248 00:10:33,140 --> 00:10:34,970 Often times the plastic industry will say, 249 00:10:34,970 --> 00:10:37,169 when you're making a choice between paper or plastic, 250 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:40,207 plastic is the better choice, environmentally. 251 00:10:40,207 --> 00:10:42,020 Plastic is very lightweight, 252 00:10:42,020 --> 00:10:44,780 it takes fewer fossil fuels to transport plastic, 253 00:10:44,780 --> 00:10:47,500 so what's left out of the equation, very conveniently, 254 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,139 is what happens to our plastic when it winds up 255 00:10:49,139 --> 00:10:50,390 into the ocean. 256 00:10:50,390 --> 00:10:51,359 If that were quantified 257 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,975 and if that became part of the analysis, 258 00:10:53,975 --> 00:10:56,150 there would be no contest. 259 00:10:56,150 --> 00:10:59,440 So who is the American Chemistry Council, anyway? 260 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,440 Well, the American Chemistry Council, otherwise known as 261 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,039 the ACC, with over 130 member corporations, basically 262 00:11:06,039 --> 00:11:10,130 protects the interest of plastics and chemicals. 263 00:11:10,130 --> 00:11:11,650 One of the ACC's branches 264 00:11:11,650 --> 00:11:13,389 is the Progressive Bag Affiliates. 265 00:11:13,389 --> 00:11:16,480 And the Progressive Bag Affiliates has formed groups 266 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,580 with friendly names, like the Coalition to Support Plastic 267 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:21,990 Bag Recycling. 268 00:11:21,990 --> 00:11:24,770 And then there's Save the Plastic Bag. 269 00:11:24,770 --> 00:11:28,450 You know, like Save the Rain Forest or Save the Panda 270 00:11:28,450 --> 00:11:30,037 or Save the Manatee. 271 00:11:30,037 --> 00:11:33,028 Yeah, Save the Plastic Bag. 272 00:11:33,028 --> 00:11:34,861 (light acoustic guitar music) 273 00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:38,194 ♪ Save the plastic bag ♪ 274 00:11:40,670 --> 00:11:41,503 Thank you. 275 00:11:41,503 --> 00:11:42,336 No bag, no bag. 276 00:11:42,336 --> 00:11:43,169 No bag? 277 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:44,020 Thanks. 278 00:11:44,020 --> 00:11:45,844 I didn't bring a bag, but-- 279 00:11:45,844 --> 00:11:46,677 Would you like a bag? 280 00:11:46,677 --> 00:11:47,510 No, no. 281 00:11:47,510 --> 00:11:48,343 No thanks. 282 00:11:48,343 --> 00:11:49,706 I'm going to do it commando style. 283 00:11:49,706 --> 00:11:50,539 All right. 284 00:11:50,539 --> 00:11:54,210 You don't even need a bag for your produce. 285 00:11:54,210 --> 00:11:55,043 Did you know that? 286 00:11:55,043 --> 00:11:55,876 Yeah. 287 00:11:55,876 --> 00:11:56,860 Are you sure you don't need a bag? 288 00:11:56,860 --> 00:11:57,693 No, I think I've got it covered. 289 00:11:57,693 --> 00:11:59,203 We have bags on sale for 99 cents. 290 00:11:59,203 --> 00:12:00,036 I've got it covered. 291 00:12:00,036 --> 00:12:00,869 I can do it. 292 00:12:00,869 --> 00:12:01,702 Okay, great. 293 00:12:01,702 --> 00:12:02,535 I can do this. 294 00:12:02,535 --> 00:12:03,368 Thank you. 295 00:12:03,368 --> 00:12:04,201 There you go. 296 00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:05,034 Okay. 297 00:12:05,034 --> 00:12:05,867 Okay, got it? 298 00:12:05,867 --> 00:12:06,700 All right. 299 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:07,533 All right. 300 00:12:07,533 --> 00:12:08,548 Thank you. Thank you so much. 301 00:12:08,548 --> 00:12:09,881 Have a good day. 302 00:12:11,673 --> 00:12:15,590 (suspenseful orchestral music) 303 00:12:16,510 --> 00:12:19,740 People kept referring to plastic bags as this thing 304 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:22,730 called a single-use disposable. 305 00:12:22,730 --> 00:12:26,280 Single-use disposable plastic. 306 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,310 Think about it. 307 00:12:27,310 --> 00:12:30,030 Why would you make something that you're going to use for a 308 00:12:30,030 --> 00:12:33,910 few minutes out of a material that's basically 309 00:12:33,910 --> 00:12:35,750 going to last forever. 310 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:37,550 And you're just going to throw away. 311 00:12:38,730 --> 00:12:39,730 What's up with that? 312 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,450 From things like yogurt containers, yogurt tubes, 313 00:12:49,450 --> 00:12:51,140 plastic forks, plastic spoons. 314 00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:53,213 Don't even get me started on Snackables, 315 00:12:53,213 --> 00:12:54,120 Stackables, 316 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:54,990 Lunchables, 317 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:55,902 pizza on a cookie, 318 00:12:55,902 --> 00:12:56,798 to-go containers. 319 00:12:56,798 --> 00:12:59,100 All kinds of packaging created to be ripped 320 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:00,230 off, then tossed off. 321 00:13:00,230 --> 00:13:01,698 Sandwich bags, snack bags, candy wrappers, 322 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:03,607 drinking straws, 323 00:13:03,607 --> 00:13:06,380 and of course, the big three, 324 00:13:06,380 --> 00:13:09,290 the three things that we Americans love to use and 325 00:13:09,290 --> 00:13:10,620 throw away the most, 326 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:13,170 bags, bottles, and cups. 327 00:13:13,170 --> 00:13:16,850 So I just went in to a very well-known coffee chain, which 328 00:13:16,850 --> 00:13:18,120 will remain nameless. 329 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,530 Let's just say that it rhymes with marbucks. 330 00:13:21,530 --> 00:13:24,370 And everybody's sitting around drinking coffees and lattes 331 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:27,150 and chais and soy mochas. 332 00:13:27,150 --> 00:13:29,630 And everybody has a to-go cup. 333 00:13:29,630 --> 00:13:34,170 The to-go cup is for things to go. 334 00:13:34,170 --> 00:13:38,390 Which coincidentally has a little lining on the inside 335 00:13:38,390 --> 00:13:40,220 made out of plastic. 336 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:41,053 Did you know that? 337 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:45,590 Your cardboard coffee cup has a lining made out of plastic? 338 00:13:45,590 --> 00:13:48,960 Let's take a disposable single-use coffee cup, 339 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,063 of which we use 300 million a day. 340 00:13:53,260 --> 00:13:57,410 You drink the coffee in 10, 20 minutes. 341 00:13:57,410 --> 00:14:01,370 If it's a Styrofoam package, that package is going to be 342 00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:04,513 around longer than the Statue of David. 343 00:14:06,820 --> 00:14:10,950 We just found out some very exciting news. 344 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:11,783 Yes. 345 00:14:11,783 --> 00:14:12,768 Didn't we? 346 00:14:12,768 --> 00:14:13,770 Yes, we did. 347 00:14:13,770 --> 00:14:15,253 We're gonna have a baby. 348 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:16,933 We're gonna have a baby. 349 00:14:16,933 --> 00:14:17,766 We're having a baby. 350 00:14:17,766 --> 00:14:19,353 We're having a baby. 351 00:14:19,353 --> 00:14:20,186 Yay. 352 00:14:22,925 --> 00:14:23,758 (sighing) 353 00:14:23,758 --> 00:14:25,370 (laughing) 354 00:14:25,370 --> 00:14:30,180 Why should we make a cup or a piece of cutlery that you're 355 00:14:30,180 --> 00:14:32,600 going to be using for five minutes, 356 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,930 why should we make it out of a drop of oil that takes 70 357 00:14:36,930 --> 00:14:38,300 million years to make? 358 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:40,320 It's not making sense. 359 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,357 In 1917, the United States was one of the 360 00:14:43,357 --> 00:14:46,890 largest exporter of oil. 361 00:14:46,890 --> 00:14:50,287 And here we are, in 2008, and we are the 362 00:14:50,287 --> 00:14:52,470 largest importer of oil. 363 00:14:52,470 --> 00:14:56,590 (light orchestral music) 364 00:14:56,590 --> 00:14:58,700 This is the packaging rage. 365 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:01,273 An affliction suffered daily by millions. 366 00:15:05,742 --> 00:15:08,075 (screaming) 367 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,080 Think about how ridiculous it's become. 368 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,593 We package everything in plastic. 369 00:15:18,610 --> 00:15:21,510 Even things that are already perfectly packaged by nature 370 00:15:21,510 --> 00:15:23,500 come packaged in plastic. 371 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,860 We package paper in plastic. 372 00:15:25,860 --> 00:15:29,363 We even packaging plastic in plastic. 373 00:15:30,563 --> 00:15:32,130 I've done several images on a 374 00:15:32,130 --> 00:15:33,560 single-use disposable plastics. 375 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,440 One of them is an image of 60,000 plastic bags, 376 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,598 which is the number of plastic bags, 377 00:15:39,598 --> 00:15:43,030 sacks, and wraps consumed in the United States 378 00:15:43,030 --> 00:15:44,588 every five seconds. 379 00:15:44,588 --> 00:15:49,588 ♪ It's the way it goes these days ♪ 380 00:15:51,930 --> 00:15:56,097 ♪ It's the way it goes these days ♪ 381 00:15:58,340 --> 00:16:00,000 Plastic water bottles, 382 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,820 that to me is another one of the most insane things 383 00:16:02,820 --> 00:16:04,120 in our world right now. 384 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,490 There are 1.2 billion people, 385 00:16:06,490 --> 00:16:09,610 almost 20% of the world's population 386 00:16:09,610 --> 00:16:12,030 who lack access to safe drinking water 387 00:16:12,030 --> 00:16:13,980 on the daily basis. 388 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:16,767 And at the same time as that is happening, we're spending 389 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:21,767 untold amounts of money and resources shipping tap water 390 00:16:21,965 --> 00:16:25,300 from Fiji to Miami. 391 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:29,260 From the Alps to Los Angeles. 392 00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:33,090 So us rich people can have a choice of which water to drink 393 00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:36,010 out of a disposable plastic bottle. 394 00:16:36,010 --> 00:16:37,933 It's insanity. 395 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,350 Bottled water has now surpassed 396 00:16:40,350 --> 00:16:41,700 sales of beer and milk. 397 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,540 And analysts think that, within three years, it may 398 00:16:43,540 --> 00:16:45,420 surpass soda sales. 399 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:48,320 We go through the equivalent of 17 million barrels of oil 400 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:49,720 making the bottles that are used in the 401 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,610 United States each year. 402 00:16:51,610 --> 00:16:53,010 Making those bottles generates 403 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:54,430 two and a half million tons of 404 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:55,690 carbon dioxide. 405 00:16:55,690 --> 00:16:57,710 They have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend, 406 00:16:57,710 --> 00:16:59,980 telling us to drink more water. 407 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:02,660 They use celebrities and models, and use athletes so 408 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:04,966 that their product was linked with wellness. 409 00:17:04,966 --> 00:17:07,830 Utilities don't have millions of dollars hanging around in 410 00:17:07,830 --> 00:17:10,073 their budgets to spend on advertisements saying, 411 00:17:10,073 --> 00:17:12,170 drink from your sink. 412 00:17:12,170 --> 00:17:14,020 Our water will make you more attractive to 413 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:15,040 the opposite sex. 414 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,970 So the category grew and grew. 415 00:17:16,970 --> 00:17:19,135 And in 2008, we spent over 12 billion dollars 416 00:17:19,135 --> 00:17:21,193 on bottled water in this country. 417 00:17:23,090 --> 00:17:24,970 It turns out, one of the biggest environmental 418 00:17:24,970 --> 00:17:28,604 consequences of making bottled water is making the plastic 419 00:17:28,604 --> 00:17:31,990 that makes up the bottle. 420 00:17:31,990 --> 00:17:36,430 If you were to fill any bottle about 25% of the way up with 421 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:40,530 petroleum, that's the amount of oil required to make the 422 00:17:40,530 --> 00:17:41,880 bottle itself. 423 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,270 But that's not the whole story. 424 00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:45,380 On top of it, we then have to transport it. 425 00:17:45,380 --> 00:17:47,240 If you're moving in a long way, 426 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,880 it requires a lot more energy. 427 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,720 Maybe as much as another quarter. 428 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,090 The energy content of the bottle is enormous. 429 00:17:57,090 --> 00:18:00,858 And it's an incredibly resource-intensive process. 430 00:18:00,858 --> 00:18:02,331 (grand orchestral music) 431 00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:04,130 They don't necessarily do it this way in 432 00:18:04,130 --> 00:18:05,480 the rest of the world. 433 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,180 Enter Germany, home of the bratwurst, 434 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:10,900 Beethoven, BMW, and Oktoberfest. 435 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:12,070 Oompah bands. 436 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:16,166 They also take the recycling of plastics very seriously. 437 00:18:16,166 --> 00:18:19,790 I basically collect all the plastic bottles and just carry 438 00:18:19,790 --> 00:18:21,480 them to the supermarket. 439 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,230 And you put them into this machine. 440 00:18:23,230 --> 00:18:24,520 And you get a receipt back. 441 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,873 And this receipt, it's worth money. 442 00:18:29,140 --> 00:18:32,710 This bottle is getting used a couple of times. 443 00:18:32,710 --> 00:18:37,100 You can see the little marks on it, which says how often 444 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:40,510 this bottle is in this recycling circle. 445 00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:43,880 And this one is 22nd times. 446 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,850 They're getting cleaned, refilled, relabeled, and 447 00:18:46,850 --> 00:18:48,963 coming back into the circle. 448 00:18:51,010 --> 00:18:52,669 So this is all the plastic that I've collected 449 00:18:52,669 --> 00:18:54,723 this year so far. 450 00:18:55,570 --> 00:18:56,602 This is Beth Terry. 451 00:18:56,602 --> 00:19:00,980 Two years ago, she decided to stop using plastic altogether. 452 00:19:00,980 --> 00:19:03,880 And whatever plastic she can't avoid, she saves. 453 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,480 These are like used spaghetti sauce jars. 454 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,260 And so I just take them with me to the store. 455 00:19:10,260 --> 00:19:13,620 So there's sugar that I can get in bulk, and lentils. 456 00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:17,220 I stopped using plastic bags, because I just hate them. 457 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:20,590 But Michael is a real conservation, use what you 458 00:19:20,590 --> 00:19:21,980 have kind of person. 459 00:19:21,980 --> 00:19:25,490 So he washes out the plastic bags that we already have. 460 00:19:25,490 --> 00:19:27,090 This is our bathroom. 461 00:19:27,090 --> 00:19:29,260 The easiest thing in the bathroom is just not to use 462 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:31,060 liquid soap, you know. 463 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:32,470 So we use bar soap. 464 00:19:32,470 --> 00:19:35,320 Beth uses an antique all-metal razor. 465 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:36,489 She swears by it. 466 00:19:36,489 --> 00:19:37,322 You need three blades. 467 00:19:37,322 --> 00:19:38,155 Do you know why? 468 00:19:38,155 --> 00:19:38,988 But you don't need three blades. 469 00:19:38,988 --> 00:19:40,610 Because the first blade pulls the hair out. 470 00:19:40,610 --> 00:19:43,587 And then the second blade pulls it out a little more and 471 00:19:43,587 --> 00:19:44,880 smacks it around. 472 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,833 You're a product of marketing. 473 00:19:48,430 --> 00:19:50,510 When I was growing up, we didn't have bottled water. 474 00:19:50,510 --> 00:19:53,510 I mean, people make jokes about Evian being naive 475 00:19:53,510 --> 00:19:55,130 spelled backwards. 476 00:19:55,130 --> 00:19:58,717 I think that for me, it was the idea of harming other 477 00:19:58,717 --> 00:20:00,720 living creatures 478 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,630 and other people and harming the planet. 479 00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:04,670 That's what really woke me up. 480 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,940 So here's a recap of the basics. 481 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:09,880 The way I see it, bring your own bag. 482 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,466 Bring your own coffee cup. 483 00:20:11,466 --> 00:20:13,610 Bring your own water bottle. 484 00:20:13,610 --> 00:20:16,110 Oh, and bring your own brain. 485 00:20:16,110 --> 00:20:17,770 Consider less packaging. 486 00:20:17,770 --> 00:20:19,800 Go single-use free for a single day. 487 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:20,840 Start there. 488 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,330 Become aware of your habits. 489 00:20:22,330 --> 00:20:23,950 It's not as easy as you think. 490 00:20:23,950 --> 00:20:24,783 But guess what? 491 00:20:24,783 --> 00:20:26,243 It makes you think. 492 00:20:28,530 --> 00:20:30,671 Ice cream doesn't come in plastic. 493 00:20:30,671 --> 00:20:33,775 (light rock music) 494 00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:36,318 ♪ More ♪ 495 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:39,810 ♪ We must have more ♪ 496 00:20:39,810 --> 00:20:44,203 It seems like, in this society, we like to consume. 497 00:20:45,390 --> 00:20:47,450 And a lot of the stuff that we like to consume is made of 498 00:20:47,450 --> 00:20:49,980 plastic or comes in plastic. 499 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:52,445 And once we're done with that, where does it go? 500 00:20:52,445 --> 00:20:55,460 ♪ And where do we get more ♪ 501 00:20:55,460 --> 00:20:57,410 We put our garbage at the end of the driveway. 502 00:20:57,410 --> 00:20:59,027 And the sanitation crew comes and picks it up. 503 00:20:59,027 --> 00:21:00,203 And it goes away. 504 00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:02,285 Where's away? 505 00:21:02,285 --> 00:21:03,559 (laughing) 506 00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:04,392 You know? 507 00:21:04,392 --> 00:21:05,493 There is no away. 508 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,420 Hi, welcome to Wendy's. 509 00:21:07,420 --> 00:21:08,992 What can I get for you today? 510 00:21:08,992 --> 00:21:11,550 I have a question for you. 511 00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:15,100 I'm trying not to use packaging, and I brought my 512 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,283 own plate and my own cup. 513 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:21,233 Is it possible to get it served on my own plate? 514 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:23,873 Thanks. 515 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:31,580 Me taking their food 516 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:33,540 out of their packaging and putting it 517 00:21:33,540 --> 00:21:36,920 on my own plate sort of defeated the whole purpose. 518 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,083 So I decided to try Taco Bell. 519 00:21:46,867 --> 00:21:47,889 Oh. 520 00:21:47,889 --> 00:21:52,556 Are you able to put a soda in my own glass, or is that-- 521 00:21:55,768 --> 00:21:56,601 Cross contamination. 522 00:21:56,601 --> 00:21:57,830 Okay. 523 00:21:57,830 --> 00:22:00,072 It's not exactly true that they can't take anything 524 00:22:00,072 --> 00:22:01,750 through the window. 525 00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:04,283 They're fine taking our cross-contaminated money. 526 00:22:05,312 --> 00:22:07,260 It could have something on it. 527 00:22:07,260 --> 00:22:08,093 I'm sorry. 528 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:09,103 You can't film here, ma'am. 529 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,589 Okay, I get this whole concept 530 00:22:11,589 --> 00:22:14,350 of using less and producing less waste. 531 00:22:14,350 --> 00:22:17,720 But with plastic packaging, can't we just recycling it? 532 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,530 I spent a lot of time in my book asking, is recycling 533 00:22:20,530 --> 00:22:21,710 doing any good? 534 00:22:21,710 --> 00:22:22,690 Is it worthwhile? 535 00:22:22,690 --> 00:22:24,050 Should we continue to do it? 536 00:22:24,050 --> 00:22:27,240 And the short answer is a resounding yes, yes, yes. 537 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,370 It saves enormous amounts of energy to make new goods from 538 00:22:30,370 --> 00:22:32,640 old goods instead of continually pulling raw 539 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,120 materials from the earth and transforming them, 540 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,560 transporting them, and then sending them on this one way 541 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,393 trip to the landfill. 542 00:22:38,393 --> 00:22:39,400 (car horns honking) 543 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,048 For every barrel of waste we put on the curb, there are 71 544 00:22:42,048 --> 00:22:45,620 barrels of waste generated upstream in making all these 545 00:22:45,620 --> 00:22:46,720 consumer goods. 546 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,770 And every time we recycle whatever we can, 547 00:22:48,770 --> 00:22:51,753 we're chipping away at those 71 barrels upstream. 548 00:22:53,340 --> 00:22:56,020 I have such a love-hate relationship with recycling. 549 00:22:56,020 --> 00:22:59,630 Because I love recycling in that it's sort of an on ramp 550 00:22:59,630 --> 00:23:01,850 or a gateway drug to bigger and better 551 00:23:01,850 --> 00:23:03,260 environmental activism. 552 00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:05,760 But what I hate about it is it lulls people into thinking 553 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,030 they're making a difference. 554 00:23:07,030 --> 00:23:07,877 You buy this thing. 555 00:23:07,877 --> 00:23:08,772 You know it's over packaged. 556 00:23:08,772 --> 00:23:10,830 But at least you can recycle it. 557 00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:13,031 You put it in that blue bin, and it's like, ah. 558 00:23:13,031 --> 00:23:14,840 (light piano music) 559 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,607 Many plastics are difficult to recycle, 560 00:23:16,607 --> 00:23:19,903 so a lot of our used plastic is going to Asia. 561 00:23:20,930 --> 00:23:23,230 Shiploads of our plastic garbage is going over there. 562 00:23:23,230 --> 00:23:24,720 And the reason it's going over there 563 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,370 is it's yucky to reprocess it. 564 00:23:26,370 --> 00:23:29,090 It's technically impossible to really recycle it. 565 00:23:29,090 --> 00:23:30,580 It's dirty and stinky and gross. 566 00:23:30,580 --> 00:23:32,720 And we don't want that stuff here. 567 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,520 What they do is they take it into a big yard, 568 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:35,360 and they pop it open 569 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:37,452 and they have people working under very low wages, 570 00:23:37,452 --> 00:23:40,180 with very bad working conditions. 571 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:42,810 And they will cherry pick out the things that they can melt 572 00:23:42,810 --> 00:23:44,800 down and do something with. 573 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:49,330 But the human rights and labor issues related with that, 574 00:23:49,330 --> 00:23:52,810 and the toxicity issues of some of the open plastic 575 00:23:52,810 --> 00:23:54,820 melting that they do. 576 00:23:54,820 --> 00:23:58,603 To me, those do not fit in a recycling model. 577 00:24:01,090 --> 00:24:02,020 Buy less stuff. 578 00:24:02,020 --> 00:24:05,300 That is the simplest thing that I can say to people. 579 00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:07,383 How about not using something 580 00:24:07,383 --> 00:24:09,140 that needs to be disposed of 581 00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:10,813 or dealt with in the first place? 582 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:12,920 Use it up. 583 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,090 Wear it out. 584 00:24:14,090 --> 00:24:16,910 Make it do, or do without. 585 00:24:16,910 --> 00:24:19,609 You don't need it, don't buy it. 586 00:24:19,609 --> 00:24:21,730 (light acoustic guitar music) 587 00:24:21,730 --> 00:24:23,980 We think of a lot of plastic products 588 00:24:23,980 --> 00:24:25,930 as being cheap and disposable. 589 00:24:25,930 --> 00:24:27,170 But here's the thing. 590 00:24:27,170 --> 00:24:30,510 Disposable plastic isn't really that cheap. 591 00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:32,190 Someone has to pay. 592 00:24:32,190 --> 00:24:35,260 Whether it's the cost of making it, transporting it, 593 00:24:35,260 --> 00:24:38,580 or the cost of throwing it away. 594 00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:40,781 And how about the unquantifiable amount it costs 595 00:24:40,781 --> 00:24:43,763 when plastics end up loose in the environment? 596 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,213 Who pays for that? 597 00:24:51,670 --> 00:24:55,765 So I recently found out that there is all this trash 598 00:24:55,765 --> 00:24:57,760 sitting in the middle of the ocean. 599 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,470 And a lot of this trash is plastic. 600 00:24:59,470 --> 00:25:01,700 And my first thought was, well, all right. 601 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:04,160 But that's, I didn't do that. 602 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,910 Where does that trash come from? 603 00:25:06,830 --> 00:25:08,740 Trash gets loose on the land. 604 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:10,570 It blows into a river. 605 00:25:10,570 --> 00:25:12,583 And the trash goes into the ocean. 606 00:25:14,210 --> 00:25:16,193 So that is our plastic out there. 607 00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:18,610 And there's a lot of it. 608 00:25:20,083 --> 00:25:21,300 (light acoustic guitar music) 609 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:23,950 People ask me, why should I care about the ocean? 610 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:25,290 It seems so obvious. 611 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,140 The ocean is the cornerstone of Earth's life support 612 00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:30,610 system, It shapes climate and weather. 613 00:25:30,610 --> 00:25:33,020 It holds most of life on Earth. 614 00:25:33,020 --> 00:25:35,170 97% of Earth's water is there. 615 00:25:35,170 --> 00:25:37,410 It's the blue heart of the planet. 616 00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:40,020 We should take care of our heart. 617 00:25:40,020 --> 00:25:42,473 It's what makes life possible for us. 618 00:25:43,466 --> 00:25:47,633 Please don't litter, please don't litter. 619 00:25:48,620 --> 00:25:53,235 You still have a really good chance to make things better 620 00:25:53,235 --> 00:25:55,407 than they are. 621 00:25:55,407 --> 00:25:58,840 It won't get better unless we take the action 622 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,950 and inspire others to do the same thing. 623 00:26:00,950 --> 00:26:03,060 No one's without power. 624 00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:05,433 Everybody has the capacity to do something. 625 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,210 How bad is the situation with plastic in the ocean? 626 00:26:11,210 --> 00:26:13,360 I think it's bad, because it's unnecessary. 627 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:14,710 It doesn't have to be there. 628 00:26:14,710 --> 00:26:17,610 There are clear environmental consequences in terms of we 629 00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:22,300 know that over 260 species are affected by plastic debris 630 00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:24,160 through entanglement or ingestion. 631 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,040 So just based on the statistics of production, 632 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,380 how we've gone from half a million tons of plastic per year 633 00:26:29,380 --> 00:26:34,380 produced in the 1950s to over 260 million tons today. 634 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,150 To put that into context, okay? 635 00:26:36,150 --> 00:26:39,010 The first decade of this century, by 2010, we'll have 636 00:26:39,010 --> 00:26:41,193 produced more plastic than we produced in the whole of the 637 00:26:41,193 --> 00:26:43,220 century that proceeded. 638 00:26:43,220 --> 00:26:47,114 And most of that material is going to make throwaway items 639 00:26:47,114 --> 00:26:50,505 that are then ending up in a landfill or the ocean. 640 00:26:50,505 --> 00:26:52,820 You guys have been hanging out here on the beach. 641 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:56,636 80% of all marine debris actually starts from a 642 00:26:56,636 --> 00:26:58,600 land-based source. 643 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,980 All drains do lead to the ocean. 644 00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:03,110 We dump things. 645 00:27:03,110 --> 00:27:04,715 They end up going down a storm drain 646 00:27:04,715 --> 00:27:07,523 or into a wetland, going down streams 647 00:27:07,523 --> 00:27:11,373 and rivers straight into the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. 648 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,231 Kamilo Beach has a very white sand look, 649 00:27:19,231 --> 00:27:21,400 and it's not really sand at all. 650 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,600 It's mostly white plastic covering the beach. 651 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:29,600 Sometimes up to a foot thick of plastic pieces. 652 00:27:30,363 --> 00:27:32,427 Wait a second, this is Hawaii? 653 00:27:32,427 --> 00:27:34,585 I've seen pictures of Hawaii. 654 00:27:34,585 --> 00:27:36,688 This is not what a beach in Hawaii is 655 00:27:36,688 --> 00:27:38,133 supposed to look like. 656 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,010 There's just far too much 657 00:27:41,010 --> 00:27:43,600 of it in our ocean right now. 658 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,190 And what is washing up on our beaches is a small indication 659 00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:48,913 of what's really out there. 660 00:27:49,990 --> 00:27:53,129 Mainly, what we find are fragments of plastic. 661 00:27:53,129 --> 00:27:54,173 Stuff like this. 662 00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:58,320 And all this debris is coming from the North Pacific 663 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,153 Sub-tropical Gyre. 664 00:27:59,153 --> 00:28:00,903 Or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 665 00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:04,600 There are actually five major gyres, 666 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,300 swirling systems of currents in our oceans. 667 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:10,130 One in the Indian Ocean, two in the Atlantic Ocean, and two 668 00:28:10,130 --> 00:28:11,660 in the Pacific Ocean. 669 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:14,690 The gyre that has been studied the most is the North Pacific 670 00:28:14,690 --> 00:28:17,600 Subtropical Gyre, otherwise known as the Great Pacific 671 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,270 Garbage Patch, estimated to be anywhere from twice the size 672 00:28:21,270 --> 00:28:25,350 of Texas to the size of the entire United States. 673 00:28:25,350 --> 00:28:28,500 Debris of all kinds floats into this gyre, 674 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:31,020 and there it stays, swirling. 675 00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:33,830 Now, the problem is, when this debris is made of plastic, 676 00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:35,250 it doesn't biodegrade. 677 00:28:35,250 --> 00:28:36,770 It photodegrades. 678 00:28:36,770 --> 00:28:39,630 That means that sunlight breaks it down into smaller 679 00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:41,904 and smaller pieces, which marine life 680 00:28:41,904 --> 00:28:43,903 can mistake for food. 681 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,260 So what exactly does this Garbage Patch look like? 682 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:50,030 We went to the Algalita Marine Research 683 00:28:50,030 --> 00:28:51,608 Foundation for some answers. 684 00:28:51,608 --> 00:28:54,890 They have spent over a decade studying plastic 685 00:28:54,890 --> 00:28:57,530 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 686 00:28:57,530 --> 00:29:01,410 It's not a floating island of trash that can be cleaned up 687 00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:02,850 or scooped out. 688 00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:04,820 It's way worse than that. 689 00:29:04,820 --> 00:29:09,270 It's tons of little bits of plastic floating underwater, 690 00:29:09,270 --> 00:29:10,810 like a plastic soup. 691 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:12,300 We've been finding more plastic 692 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:13,850 by weight than plankton. 693 00:29:13,850 --> 00:29:15,300 And the ratio keeps going up. 694 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:16,991 That's our concern. 695 00:29:16,991 --> 00:29:18,120 Over the years, 696 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,440 they've seen in their trawls through 697 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,210 the patch plastic to plankton ratios that have gone 698 00:29:22,210 --> 00:29:25,123 from six to one to as high as 40 to one. 699 00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:29,000 What that means is that in some parts of the ocean, 700 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,293 there is now 40 times more plastic than food. 701 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:36,402 No bueno. 702 00:29:36,402 --> 00:29:39,470 (dramatic ambient music) 703 00:29:39,470 --> 00:29:40,840 This is Midway Atoll, 704 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,600 a tiny speck of land in the middle of 705 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,493 the Pacific Ocean, where plastic is having a direct 706 00:29:45,493 --> 00:29:48,553 impact on the fate of the Laysan Albatross. 707 00:29:52,212 --> 00:29:54,825 Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is home to the 708 00:29:54,825 --> 00:29:57,713 largest albatross colony in the world. 709 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,900 These birds are fantastic flyers. 710 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:02,830 They forage throughout the Pacific. 711 00:30:02,830 --> 00:30:05,100 But because they forage so far, they're really good 712 00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:07,350 indicators of the health of the Pacific and what's 713 00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:08,443 happening out there. 714 00:30:12,090 --> 00:30:14,690 In the 1950s, when people looked at dead albatross 715 00:30:14,690 --> 00:30:16,840 at Midway, they didn't see any plastic at all. 716 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,660 And it wasn't until the '60s we started to see it at Midway 717 00:30:19,660 --> 00:30:21,710 and in the northwestern Hawaiian islands. 718 00:30:25,340 --> 00:30:28,420 Every dead bird at Midway has plastic in them. 719 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,240 The albatross that are surrounding us here today 720 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,880 face numerous threats over the course of their life 721 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,650 to successfully come back here and have chicks of their own. 722 00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:44,160 They've got to fly hundreds of miles to find food. 723 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,850 They've got to survive for several years at sea. 724 00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:49,534 And the plastics in the ecosystem are just another 725 00:30:49,534 --> 00:30:52,220 hurdle in that path to come back here. 726 00:30:52,220 --> 00:30:56,620 (dramatic orchestral music) 727 00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:58,500 All the plastic that you see here 728 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,880 was brought to the island by an adult albatross 729 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,290 and fed to a chick. 730 00:31:03,290 --> 00:31:06,360 We can calculate how much plastic is brought to Midway 731 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,040 each year by the adult albatross. 732 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,527 And it comes out to be five tons of plastic. 733 00:31:10,527 --> 00:31:11,510 And that's every year. 734 00:31:11,510 --> 00:31:12,343 Five tons. 735 00:31:14,260 --> 00:31:17,353 What's happening to Midway will soon be happening around 736 00:31:17,353 --> 00:31:19,450 the globe unless we change the way that we 737 00:31:19,450 --> 00:31:20,683 operate as a people. 738 00:31:21,770 --> 00:31:23,530 And he totally agrees. 739 00:31:23,530 --> 00:31:25,210 He thinks that was very well stated. 740 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:26,043 I know. 741 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,410 It's not just albatross 742 00:31:30,410 --> 00:31:33,270 that are feeling the effects of plastic in our oceans. 743 00:31:33,270 --> 00:31:37,880 Over 260 marine species are being impacted by plastic, 744 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,203 either through ingestion or entanglement. 745 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,270 This 26-foot-long brides whale was stranded on a beach in 746 00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:47,310 Australia and died. 747 00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:49,590 It was found that the whale's stomach was packed with over 748 00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:51,973 19 square feet of plastic. 749 00:31:55,510 --> 00:31:59,610 In fact, it is estimated that plastic kills 100,000 marine 750 00:31:59,610 --> 00:32:00,913 animals each year. 751 00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:06,440 Just about every big animal in the 752 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,733 ocean is down 90%. 753 00:32:09,780 --> 00:32:13,328 Animals aren't going to be fine unless we figure out how 754 00:32:13,328 --> 00:32:14,630 to help them. 755 00:32:14,630 --> 00:32:18,380 But imagine if every morning your breakfast was a bowl of 756 00:32:18,380 --> 00:32:22,150 cereal, and half the stuff in the bowl was little Styrofoam 757 00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:24,490 balls and half of it was cereal. 758 00:32:24,490 --> 00:32:27,210 In some parts of the ocean, there's enough plastic out 759 00:32:27,210 --> 00:32:29,520 there that animals are eating a lot of it. 760 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,263 And it's not good. 761 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,040 Sea turtles are fascinating animals that have been on our 762 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,570 planet since the time of the dinosaurs. 763 00:32:38,570 --> 00:32:41,188 But now, all sea turtle species in US waters 764 00:32:41,188 --> 00:32:43,670 are listed as threatened or endangered under the 765 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:45,630 Endangered Species Act. 766 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:47,080 They just eat what's out there. 767 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,340 And not that long ago, everything that they would 768 00:32:50,340 --> 00:32:54,003 find was edible or at least biodegradable. 769 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:58,640 If you can envision what a plastic bag would look like 770 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,070 floating in the ocean, it looks like a jellyfish. 771 00:33:02,070 --> 00:33:04,753 And many sea turtle species eat jellyfish. 772 00:33:09,630 --> 00:33:12,090 When scientists are conducting necropsies, 773 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:14,470 which are animal autopsies, they're finding 774 00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:16,140 that sea turtle stomachs are full 775 00:33:16,140 --> 00:33:18,680 of tiny little pieces of plastic. 776 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,770 Some sea turtle species, like the Pacific Leatherback, 777 00:33:21,770 --> 00:33:23,410 it's estimated that they could go extinct 778 00:33:23,410 --> 00:33:25,520 within the next couple of decades. 779 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,190 We're really in a position where every 780 00:33:28,190 --> 00:33:29,430 dead sea turtle counts. 781 00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:32,500 And we need to do whatever we can to keep them alive and to 782 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:35,320 recover healthy sea turtle populations. 783 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,960 We need help from industry and people involved in product 784 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,030 and packaging design to help with material reduction. 785 00:33:41,030 --> 00:33:44,050 Reducing the quantities of plastic that we use for 786 00:33:44,050 --> 00:33:47,720 single-use, one trip items and then they're thrown away. 787 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,740 And that's to my mind, you know, a third of all the 788 00:33:49,740 --> 00:33:50,920 plastics we make, 789 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:52,570 that's what we're using them for. 790 00:33:52,570 --> 00:33:55,300 That's the area really needs to be targeted if we want to 791 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,377 help to reduce the problems of contamination 792 00:33:57,377 --> 00:33:59,002 of the marine environment. 793 00:33:59,002 --> 00:34:02,835 (light acoustic guitar music) 794 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:11,290 Nature solves its problems. 795 00:34:11,290 --> 00:34:14,680 And if we're a problem, nature will solve us as a problem. 796 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,390 To be an environmentalist, to be a conservationist, 797 00:34:16,390 --> 00:34:18,640 it's really a question of self-preservation. 798 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,320 We're really working to make sure that we survive. 799 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,540 The Earth will survive. 800 00:34:22,540 --> 00:34:24,568 But if we don't learn to live in harmony with its ecosystem, 801 00:34:24,568 --> 00:34:27,093 then we will simply disappear. 802 00:34:28,220 --> 00:34:29,430 Even though we can't clean up 803 00:34:29,430 --> 00:34:30,970 what's already in our oceans, 804 00:34:30,970 --> 00:34:33,590 we can make sure that we do all we can to 805 00:34:33,590 --> 00:34:35,620 not add more to it. 806 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:36,490 Can I use my own container? 807 00:34:36,490 --> 00:34:37,330 Yes. 808 00:34:37,330 --> 00:34:38,430 Okay. 809 00:34:38,430 --> 00:34:41,970 If plastic is affecting our oceans so dramatically, 810 00:34:41,970 --> 00:34:43,823 could it be impacting human health? 811 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:46,443 And what about our child? 812 00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:49,950 I'll take the free-range chicken. 813 00:34:49,950 --> 00:34:50,783 Free-range chicken? 814 00:34:50,783 --> 00:34:51,616 All right. 815 00:34:55,307 --> 00:34:57,100 You know, I've never been one of those people 816 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,610 that worried about chemicals and toxins and stuff. 817 00:34:59,610 --> 00:35:01,530 I thought it was a little bit overboard. 818 00:35:01,530 --> 00:35:04,372 But when you're gonna have a baby, you do start to worry 819 00:35:04,372 --> 00:35:05,900 about that kind of thing. 820 00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:07,790 And you start to look around your house at the 821 00:35:07,790 --> 00:35:09,120 stuff that you have. 822 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,490 The stuff that's for your baby, that's going to go on 823 00:35:11,490 --> 00:35:13,001 your baby's skin. 824 00:35:13,001 --> 00:35:14,970 And the stuff that people start giving 825 00:35:14,970 --> 00:35:16,703 you for your baby. 826 00:35:17,660 --> 00:35:21,210 I don't even know what kind of chemicals are in this stuff. 827 00:35:21,210 --> 00:35:23,700 All day long, you're getting exposed to very small amounts 828 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:24,810 of many different things. 829 00:35:24,810 --> 00:35:26,080 And each industry will say, 830 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,040 oh, it's just a little bit of our chemical. 831 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,481 But the problem is, we think the cumulative impact 832 00:35:30,481 --> 00:35:32,900 during that whole day is what's causing that health 833 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,240 effect in the human. 834 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:37,150 Basically, there are no requirements for testing 835 00:35:37,150 --> 00:35:39,470 chemicals for health and safety effects. 836 00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:43,627 The current regulation is so weak that the EPA tried to use 837 00:35:43,627 --> 00:35:47,110 this law to ban asbestos and they failed. 838 00:35:47,110 --> 00:35:50,820 There's something like 125,000 chemicals registered 839 00:35:50,820 --> 00:35:52,910 for use around the globe. 840 00:35:52,910 --> 00:35:55,030 And very few have been tested for their 841 00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:57,121 effects on human health. 842 00:35:57,121 --> 00:36:00,030 The Europeans put in the program REACH, where chemicals 843 00:36:00,030 --> 00:36:04,060 had to be proven safe instead of the reverse, 844 00:36:04,060 --> 00:36:07,820 where in our system, first they have to be proved harmful. 845 00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:10,660 So a chemical is innocent until proven guilty. 846 00:36:10,660 --> 00:36:11,493 In this country. 847 00:36:11,493 --> 00:36:12,326 In this country. 848 00:36:12,326 --> 00:36:13,340 Yeah. 849 00:36:13,340 --> 00:36:15,780 Maybe we shouldn't give chemicals the kind of rights 850 00:36:15,780 --> 00:36:16,613 that people get. 851 00:36:16,613 --> 00:36:17,980 (laughing) 852 00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:21,050 The chemicals we're testing for now include phthalates, 853 00:36:21,050 --> 00:36:23,675 which are chemicals that are used to soften plastic. 854 00:36:23,675 --> 00:36:25,830 Bisphenol a, which is a chemical 855 00:36:25,830 --> 00:36:28,080 used to harden plastic. 856 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,023 Phthalates and bisphenol a 857 00:36:29,023 --> 00:36:31,210 have been getting a lot of attention lately 858 00:36:31,210 --> 00:36:32,380 because they're both known as 859 00:36:32,380 --> 00:36:33,950 endocrine disruptors, 860 00:36:33,950 --> 00:36:38,280 meaning they disrupt or inhibit our normal hormone function. 861 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,630 Let's start with bisphenol a, otherwise known as BPA, 862 00:36:41,630 --> 00:36:44,230 which is a synthetic estrogen. 863 00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:47,080 BPA is the main component of polycarbonate, the hard, 864 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:48,590 clear plastic sometimes used 865 00:36:48,590 --> 00:36:51,020 to make such items as water bottles, 866 00:36:51,020 --> 00:36:54,820 food storage containers, sports equipment, and electronics. 867 00:36:54,820 --> 00:36:56,453 But wait, there's more. 868 00:36:57,330 --> 00:36:59,210 So you think you'll avoid plastic and you'll do the 869 00:36:59,210 --> 00:37:01,430 right thing and you'll buy something the comes in a can. 870 00:37:01,430 --> 00:37:03,970 And then you find out that the can is lined with, 871 00:37:03,970 --> 00:37:05,100 guess what? 872 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:05,933 You've got it. 873 00:37:05,933 --> 00:37:06,766 Plastic. 874 00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:08,970 And this plastic that lines this very can 875 00:37:08,970 --> 00:37:10,780 contains bisphenol a. 876 00:37:10,780 --> 00:37:15,470 Which means it also lines soda, juice, and beer cans. 877 00:37:15,470 --> 00:37:17,824 And guess what else BPA is in? 878 00:37:17,824 --> 00:37:22,200 Infant formula can liners and baby bottles. 879 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:23,220 That's right. 880 00:37:23,220 --> 00:37:24,563 Baby bottles. 881 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:30,476 Bisphenol a exposure at phenomenally low doses during 882 00:37:30,476 --> 00:37:33,949 the early period after birth when babies are drinking 883 00:37:33,949 --> 00:37:36,980 infant formula laced with bisphenol a 884 00:37:36,980 --> 00:37:40,960 out of baby bottles made from bisphenol a. 885 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:45,850 What you get is animals that are hyperactive and show 886 00:37:45,850 --> 00:37:47,890 learning impairment. 887 00:37:47,890 --> 00:37:50,640 Remind you of the human condition called Attention 888 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,120 Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? 889 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,003 This is a poster chemical for that. 890 00:37:55,870 --> 00:37:58,370 Basically, we have released a lot of chemicals into the 891 00:37:58,370 --> 00:38:02,700 environment that can interfere with the way our children are 892 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:06,020 constructed from the moment of fertilization 893 00:38:06,020 --> 00:38:08,960 until they're born 38 weeks later. 894 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,440 Not only health-wise, 895 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,833 but also in the way they behave and in their intelligence. 896 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,400 Academic and government scientists are showing 897 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,430 an array of harm of bisphenol a that is frightening, 898 00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:23,560 to the brain, 899 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,480 to the reproductive system. 900 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,803 And one of the things you see happening with bisphenol a 901 00:38:28,803 --> 00:38:31,350 is gender neutrality. 902 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:33,600 That means our boys are becoming feminized 903 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,160 and our girls are becoming masculinized. 904 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,560 And furthermore, many scientists believe that BPA 905 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,430 exposure is linked to prostate cancer, breast cancer, 906 00:38:42,430 --> 00:38:45,210 hypospadias, low sperm count, early puberty, uterine 907 00:38:45,210 --> 00:38:48,450 fibroids, miscarriage, polycystic ovary disease, 908 00:38:48,450 --> 00:38:52,303 obesity, type two diabetes, ADHD, and autism. 909 00:38:53,410 --> 00:38:55,980 Right now, it is predicted that one out 910 00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:57,380 of every third child, 911 00:38:57,380 --> 00:38:58,530 and if you're in a minority, 912 00:38:58,530 --> 00:39:01,450 it's one out of every two children born, 913 00:39:01,450 --> 00:39:05,530 is going to develop diabetes sometime in their life. 914 00:39:05,530 --> 00:39:08,870 Autism, one in 150 children. 915 00:39:08,870 --> 00:39:11,630 This can't be genetic, because it's happening too fast. 916 00:39:11,630 --> 00:39:13,960 And in most instances, they were rare 917 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,180 disorders before the 1970s. 918 00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:19,511 Of the more than 200 government funded studies, 919 00:39:19,511 --> 00:39:23,569 92% show harm related to BPA exposure. 920 00:39:23,569 --> 00:39:26,550 Of the less than 20 studies funded by chemical 921 00:39:26,550 --> 00:39:29,820 corporations, 0% show harm. 922 00:39:29,820 --> 00:39:33,300 A Centers for Disease Control study detected BPA in the 923 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:36,270 urine of 95% of adults sampled. 924 00:39:36,270 --> 00:39:37,500 Those with the highest levels 925 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,780 had more than twice the risk of heart disease and diabetes. 926 00:39:40,780 --> 00:39:43,260 Scientists have measured BPA in the blood of pregnant 927 00:39:43,260 --> 00:39:46,740 women, in umbilical cord blood, and in the placentas, 928 00:39:46,740 --> 00:39:50,270 all at levels demonstrated in animals to alter development. 929 00:39:50,270 --> 00:39:51,710 The American Chemistry Council 930 00:39:51,710 --> 00:39:54,610 says BPA is safe. 931 00:39:54,610 --> 00:39:57,643 I'm calling Rob Krebs from the American Chemistry Council. 932 00:39:57,643 --> 00:40:00,163 (line ringing) 933 00:40:00,163 --> 00:40:03,647 Hey, Rob Krebs, it's Jeb Berrier from the Bag It movie. 934 00:40:06,990 --> 00:40:09,800 I emailed you a few weeks ago. 935 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,143 We're doing a documentary. 936 00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:24,010 Okay, no problem. 937 00:40:24,010 --> 00:40:25,920 I'll email you again. 938 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:26,753 Thanks. 939 00:40:28,164 --> 00:40:29,321 Honey? 940 00:40:29,321 --> 00:40:31,080 Yes, dear? 941 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:32,390 I'm doing the dishes. 942 00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:33,300 Thank you. 943 00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:35,606 Because you are so pregnant. 944 00:40:35,606 --> 00:40:37,856 (laughing) 945 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,270 There's certain plastic containers 946 00:40:42,270 --> 00:40:44,290 that we stopped getting. 947 00:40:44,290 --> 00:40:47,610 We kind of cut back on can usage altogether. 948 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:51,533 We stopped reheating anything in plastic. 949 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,900 The other chemical we're concerned about, 950 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,840 phthalates, is actually a family of chemicals. 951 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:02,370 Phthalates are commonly found in polyvinyl chloride plastic, 952 00:41:02,370 --> 00:41:04,053 otherwise known as PVC. 953 00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:06,840 Phthalates are plasticizers that are 954 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,620 used to soften plastic. 955 00:41:09,620 --> 00:41:11,560 They're used in a wide variety of products. 956 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,310 Anything from vinyl flooring and all other things vinyl, 957 00:41:15,310 --> 00:41:18,375 to personal care products, to children's toys. 958 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:21,190 (car horns honking) 959 00:41:21,190 --> 00:41:23,040 You take a rubber ducky. 960 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:28,040 In order to make that brittle material seem like rubber, 961 00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:31,870 you actually have to have more phthalates in it than you do 962 00:41:31,870 --> 00:41:33,360 polyvinyl chloride. 963 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,313 When a baby puts that in its mouth, it's like 964 00:41:36,313 --> 00:41:37,513 a phthalates lollipop. 965 00:41:39,010 --> 00:41:41,130 Phthalates have been linked to rhinitis, 966 00:41:41,130 --> 00:41:44,150 eczema, asthma, allergies, premature birth, 967 00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:46,420 obesity, premature breast development, 968 00:41:46,420 --> 00:41:48,750 thyroid dysfunction, insulin resistance, 969 00:41:48,750 --> 00:41:50,630 lower sperm counts, decreased sperm 970 00:41:50,630 --> 00:41:53,750 motility, shorter anogenital distance, undescended 971 00:41:53,750 --> 00:41:56,473 testicles, and smaller penis size. 972 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,600 It's not just our Johnsons that are suffering, 973 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,400 it's our swimmers as well. 974 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,100 Over the past several decades, scientists have found that 975 00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:09,163 sperm counts have been dropping dramatically. 976 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:23,690 ♪ There's a shadow hanging over me ♪ 977 00:42:30,890 --> 00:42:33,650 What we found with a human study is that the moms that 978 00:42:33,650 --> 00:42:36,470 have greater exposure to phthalates were more likely to 979 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,520 have sons with feminized reproductive organs 980 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,110 was that those were at every day levels of phthalates. 981 00:42:42,110 --> 00:42:43,480 Those were not unusual exposure levels. 982 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,010 Those were the levels that people are being exposed to in 983 00:42:46,010 --> 00:42:47,293 the US today. 984 00:42:48,660 --> 00:42:51,490 You're constantly being washed in 985 00:42:51,490 --> 00:42:52,900 phthalates every day. 986 00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:56,520 That chemical is not required to be on the label for any 987 00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:57,510 personal care products. 988 00:42:57,510 --> 00:42:59,310 So if you see fragrance on the label, 989 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:01,300 that is often phthalates. 990 00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:04,410 Basically, it's an industry loophole that prevents the 991 00:43:04,410 --> 00:43:06,810 consumer from finding out what 992 00:43:06,810 --> 00:43:09,020 ingredients are in the product. 993 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:12,380 Fragrance can be a collection of hundreds of chemicals, 994 00:43:12,380 --> 00:43:13,510 or it might be just a handful. 995 00:43:13,510 --> 00:43:15,300 We really don't know. 996 00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:16,730 The University of Washington 997 00:43:16,730 --> 00:43:18,650 tested dozens of babies' urine 998 00:43:18,650 --> 00:43:21,300 and found the more of these baby products they used, 999 00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:23,221 creams, lotions, powders, shampoos, 1000 00:43:23,221 --> 00:43:25,990 the higher their levels of man-made chemicals 1001 00:43:25,990 --> 00:43:26,840 called phthalates. 1002 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,910 Phthalates are used in baby products to help the fragrance 1003 00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:31,762 stay on the baby's skin. 1004 00:43:31,762 --> 00:43:34,600 This was pretty shocking news for Ann and me. 1005 00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:38,470 I mean, wouldn't anyone want to err on the side of caution? 1006 00:43:38,470 --> 00:43:40,599 Peter Coyote is a well-known actor. 1007 00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:43,770 What most people don't know is that he's also a committed 1008 00:43:43,770 --> 00:43:46,400 activist and has been for many years. 1009 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,801 He is one of few people in this country to have had his 1010 00:43:48,801 --> 00:43:50,930 body burden tested. 1011 00:43:50,930 --> 00:43:53,610 That's a test that identifies and quantifies hundreds of 1012 00:43:53,610 --> 00:43:55,283 chemicals present in your body. 1013 00:43:56,401 --> 00:44:00,100 When the results came, I was really shocked. 1014 00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:01,573 And then I was angry. 1015 00:44:02,630 --> 00:44:05,270 Because I had, in my body, 1016 00:44:05,270 --> 00:44:08,073 stuff that should not be in a human being. 1017 00:44:09,350 --> 00:44:12,140 I decided to do my own body burden experiment. 1018 00:44:12,140 --> 00:44:15,220 I wanted to see how much my levels of BPA and phthalates 1019 00:44:15,220 --> 00:44:19,640 would go up simply by using normal, everyday, supposedly 1020 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:21,473 safe consumer products. 1021 00:44:22,340 --> 00:44:25,520 I did a pre-test to find out what my normal levels were. 1022 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,771 And then I spent two days in a friend's apartment, 1023 00:44:27,771 --> 00:44:32,120 eating canned food, microwaving in plastic, using shampoo, 1024 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,299 lotion, deodorant, air fresheners. 1025 00:44:34,299 --> 00:44:36,870 These were all products that will supposedly 1026 00:44:36,870 --> 00:44:38,400 be safe for my baby. 1027 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,260 You know, this place just kind of needed a little, 1028 00:44:40,260 --> 00:44:41,440 (can spraying) 1029 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:42,273 something. 1030 00:44:42,273 --> 00:44:43,140 Air fresh. 1031 00:44:43,140 --> 00:44:44,410 Freshen it up. 1032 00:44:44,410 --> 00:44:46,983 About to shampoo with kids' shampoo. 1033 00:44:52,470 --> 00:44:55,653 This is all stuff that people use pretty much every day. 1034 00:45:00,190 --> 00:45:02,110 This is my last supper. 1035 00:45:02,110 --> 00:45:04,033 I don't get to eat like this very often. 1036 00:45:05,544 --> 00:45:07,044 I don't feel good. 1037 00:45:09,310 --> 00:45:11,203 At the end, I got tested again. 1038 00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:14,388 By the way, whatever the levels are, 1039 00:45:14,388 --> 00:45:16,080 they're reversible. 1040 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,540 So it's never too late to stop ingesting, absorbing, 1041 00:45:19,540 --> 00:45:21,960 and inhaling these chemicals. 1042 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,560 And now, we're just waiting for the results. 1043 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:25,430 Hi, Catherine. 1044 00:45:25,430 --> 00:45:30,430 It's Jeb Berrier calling you back from the movie Bag It, 1045 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,020 the documentary about plastic. 1046 00:45:33,020 --> 00:45:38,020 And I'm really hoping to get an interview with you about, 1047 00:45:38,180 --> 00:45:41,070 specifically, about BPA and phthalates. 1048 00:45:41,070 --> 00:45:44,843 We are keeping chemicals afloat in our environment 1049 00:45:44,843 --> 00:45:47,920 in the face of overwhelming scientific 1050 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:49,640 evidence from other countries. 1051 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,986 Because the information is being systematically 1052 00:45:51,986 --> 00:45:53,730 withheld from us. 1053 00:45:53,730 --> 00:45:55,640 Who are the people that allow this? 1054 00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,200 They're supposed to be our leaders. 1055 00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,560 They're supposed to be mediating between the needs of 1056 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,600 the citizens and the needs of the corporations. 1057 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,730 Not giving the corporations everything they ask for and 1058 00:46:06,730 --> 00:46:08,840 asking the citizens to pay the bills. 1059 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,350 If you don't want a deadly poison in the biosphere, 1060 00:46:11,350 --> 00:46:13,330 you don't make it. 1061 00:46:13,330 --> 00:46:14,163 Period. 1062 00:46:14,163 --> 00:46:15,463 End of story. 1063 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:17,397 Okay. 1064 00:46:17,397 --> 00:46:18,880 I finally got my results. 1065 00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:23,340 It's 144 pages of numbers. 1066 00:46:23,340 --> 00:46:26,500 So I am at the house of Dr. Theo Coleborn, 1067 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:29,240 world-renowned environmental health analyst, 1068 00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:30,091 and she is going to help me 1069 00:46:30,091 --> 00:46:33,440 decipher what my test results mean. 1070 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:34,770 Your results were very interesting. 1071 00:46:34,770 --> 00:46:36,310 Why don't we start with bisphenol a? 1072 00:46:36,310 --> 00:46:41,310 Okay, so my BPA level went up 110 times. 1073 00:46:41,890 --> 00:46:43,300 Yeah, that is high. 1074 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:44,590 I'll be quite frank with you. 1075 00:46:44,590 --> 00:46:46,410 You really spiked. 1076 00:46:46,410 --> 00:46:47,920 Now, these are the phthalates. 1077 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,860 This one went up 53 times. 1078 00:46:50,860 --> 00:46:52,830 Okay, now, here we are. 1079 00:46:52,830 --> 00:46:57,130 This one went from 2.7 to 143. 1080 00:46:57,130 --> 00:47:00,999 So if you summed this overall and then take the difference, 1081 00:47:00,999 --> 00:47:05,940 you had about 11 times increase of phthalates. 1082 00:47:05,940 --> 00:47:08,403 If Ann was pregnant, 1083 00:47:09,750 --> 00:47:11,013 had those levels, 1084 00:47:12,062 --> 00:47:16,110 what would that mean for the baby? 1085 00:47:16,110 --> 00:47:17,480 Well, it could mean that 1086 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,320 that baby would be partially feminized. 1087 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:24,110 In other words, reduced anogenital distance. 1088 00:47:24,110 --> 00:47:25,673 Maybe a smaller penis. 1089 00:47:26,630 --> 00:47:27,463 Wow. 1090 00:47:27,463 --> 00:47:29,020 Yeah, I always feel uncomfortable 1091 00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:31,450 talking to people who are expecting children 1092 00:47:31,450 --> 00:47:32,900 or claiming to have children, 1093 00:47:32,900 --> 00:47:35,083 because this is the critical period. 1094 00:47:36,060 --> 00:47:38,030 From fertilization to birth. 1095 00:47:38,030 --> 00:47:38,863 As a citizen-- 1096 00:47:38,863 --> 00:47:39,696 Yeah. 1097 00:47:39,696 --> 00:47:43,470 Don't you feel that we have enough evidence now to say we 1098 00:47:43,470 --> 00:47:44,397 should not be using this product? 1099 00:47:44,397 --> 00:47:45,230 Absolutely. 1100 00:47:45,230 --> 00:47:47,190 I don't want any of these in my body. 1101 00:47:47,190 --> 00:47:49,930 I don't want any of these in the mother of my child's body. 1102 00:47:49,930 --> 00:47:51,800 I don't want them in my child's body. 1103 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:52,633 No. 1104 00:47:52,633 --> 00:47:53,466 They're gonna be. 1105 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,490 When you reach the point where it becomes a public 1106 00:48:06,490 --> 00:48:09,036 health issue, and this is a major public health issue 1107 00:48:09,036 --> 00:48:12,950 at the population level, the government has to step in. 1108 00:48:12,950 --> 00:48:16,660 But I will frankly say, government is no longer government. 1109 00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:18,580 Its corporate control. 1110 00:48:18,580 --> 00:48:20,140 What we're asking for 1111 00:48:20,140 --> 00:48:22,620 is for a law that will make sure that 1112 00:48:22,620 --> 00:48:24,720 chemicals are tested before they go into products. 1113 00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:25,870 We want to be able to the store 1114 00:48:25,870 --> 00:48:27,870 and buy any product. 1115 00:48:27,870 --> 00:48:30,490 The products on the shelf should be safe for us. 1116 00:48:30,490 --> 00:48:32,750 We have lost a whole generation of children 1117 00:48:32,750 --> 00:48:35,709 already, because we haven't even begun to take action on 1118 00:48:35,709 --> 00:48:38,150 one of these chemicals. 1119 00:48:38,150 --> 00:48:38,983 Though you may feel 1120 00:48:38,983 --> 00:48:40,640 that going up against corporations 1121 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,190 is impossible and the government moves way too slowly, 1122 00:48:44,190 --> 00:48:47,890 what we cannot forget is that we are the government, 1123 00:48:47,890 --> 00:48:49,533 that we influence industry. 1124 00:48:50,430 --> 00:48:53,440 Thanks to the outcries of concerned parents, a law was 1125 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,400 passed in 2009 banning six phthalates 1126 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:57,950 from children's toys. 1127 00:48:57,950 --> 00:49:02,040 And due to consumer demands, Walmart and Toys R Us decided 1128 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,140 to remove all baby products containing 1129 00:49:04,140 --> 00:49:06,350 BPA from their shelves. 1130 00:49:06,350 --> 00:49:08,850 This led six different baby bottle manufacturers to 1131 00:49:08,850 --> 00:49:12,040 completely remove BPA from their baby bottles. 1132 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:16,378 I'm trying to find if people in town would support a fee on 1133 00:49:16,378 --> 00:49:18,542 paper or plastic shopping bags. 1134 00:49:18,542 --> 00:49:19,630 I'm trying to find out if people in town 1135 00:49:19,630 --> 00:49:20,700 would support a fee-- 1136 00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:22,260 A fee on shopping bags? 1137 00:49:22,260 --> 00:49:24,090 Yeah, to try and reduce the amount 1138 00:49:24,090 --> 00:49:25,910 of people use disposable bags. 1139 00:49:25,910 --> 00:49:26,969 Go big or go home. 1140 00:49:26,969 --> 00:49:27,802 Here's what we're doing. 1141 00:49:27,802 --> 00:49:28,990 I hate bags. 1142 00:49:28,990 --> 00:49:32,373 Would you guys support some kind of measure in town? 1143 00:49:33,866 --> 00:49:35,100 (light rock music) 1144 00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:37,800 Remember that part about how we were expecting a baby? 1145 00:49:39,050 --> 00:49:40,958 Well, it's happening. 1146 00:49:40,958 --> 00:49:45,274 ♪ One love ♪ 1147 00:49:45,274 --> 00:49:50,274 ♪ One love ♪ 1148 00:49:51,459 --> 00:49:54,906 ♪ Ah ♪ 1149 00:49:54,906 --> 00:49:59,906 ♪ It is all ♪ 1150 00:50:01,283 --> 00:50:03,033 ♪ Ah ♪ 1151 00:50:07,699 --> 00:50:10,556 You did it, look who's here 1152 00:50:10,556 --> 00:50:13,002 ♪ The sun ♪ 1153 00:50:13,002 --> 00:50:15,282 ♪ Gimme gimme, oh gimme gimme ♪ 1154 00:50:15,282 --> 00:50:17,511 ♪ Just feel ♪ 1155 00:50:17,511 --> 00:50:19,427 ♪ Gimme gimme, oh gimme gimme ♪ 1156 00:50:19,427 --> 00:50:21,536 ♪ Love me ♪ 1157 00:50:21,536 --> 00:50:23,712 ♪ Gimme gimme, oh gimme gimme ♪ 1158 00:50:23,712 --> 00:50:28,667 ♪ The sun ♪ 1159 00:50:28,667 --> 00:50:32,269 ♪ It's ♪ 1160 00:50:32,269 --> 00:50:34,394 ♪ The resolve ♪ 1161 00:50:34,394 --> 00:50:36,599 One more time, one more time, one more time 1162 00:50:36,599 --> 00:50:37,766 that was good. 1163 00:51:00,202 --> 00:51:01,570 (light acoustic guitar music) 1164 00:51:01,570 --> 00:51:03,240 Well, I did start out 1165 00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:05,510 making a movie about plastic bags. 1166 00:51:05,510 --> 00:51:07,510 But like any journey, things developed and 1167 00:51:07,510 --> 00:51:09,210 changed along the way. 1168 00:51:09,210 --> 00:51:10,943 It became about so much more. 1169 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,169 I still think plastic is an incredible substance, 1170 00:51:14,169 --> 00:51:15,320 but it's not supposed to end up 1171 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,683 in our oceans or in our bodies. 1172 00:51:19,550 --> 00:51:22,537 And just to make sure I really, really got all this, 1173 00:51:22,537 --> 00:51:25,377 Ann got pregnant and it became about the fate of our child 1174 00:51:25,377 --> 00:51:26,743 and all our children. 1175 00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,590 I'm still an average guy. 1176 00:51:30,590 --> 00:51:33,460 But even average people can make changes. 1177 00:51:33,460 --> 00:51:37,290 You know, everybody keeps asking me, so what can I do? 1178 00:51:37,290 --> 00:51:39,250 Well, here are some things we've come up with while 1179 00:51:39,250 --> 00:51:40,660 making this film. 1180 00:51:40,660 --> 00:51:42,240 Things you can do, too. 1181 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:43,770 Starting today. 1182 00:51:43,770 --> 00:51:44,603 Right now. 1183 00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:49,823 You can cut way, way back on single-use disposables. 1184 00:51:50,700 --> 00:51:53,820 Don't drink bottled water. 1185 00:51:53,820 --> 00:51:56,380 Choose products with less packaging. 1186 00:51:56,380 --> 00:51:58,553 When you need something, buy it used. 1187 00:51:59,780 --> 00:52:01,260 Think outside the bag. 1188 00:52:01,260 --> 00:52:02,510 Bring your own container. 1189 00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,730 Buy less stuff. 1190 00:52:05,730 --> 00:52:09,990 Remember, recycling comes after reducing and reusing. 1191 00:52:09,990 --> 00:52:12,010 And how about volunteering in your community to do 1192 00:52:12,010 --> 00:52:13,540 litter clean ups? 1193 00:52:13,540 --> 00:52:17,960 But most important, you can simplify your life. 1194 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:21,560 I keep coming back to how my grandparents lived. 1195 00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:23,640 They didn't have all this plastic in their lives. 1196 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:26,210 But that didn't seem to make them any less happy. 1197 00:52:26,210 --> 00:52:27,930 When it comes down to changing your life 1198 00:52:27,930 --> 00:52:29,478 and living with less plastic, 1199 00:52:29,478 --> 00:52:31,630 it's gonna take some effort. 1200 00:52:31,630 --> 00:52:32,980 And look at that? 1201 00:52:32,980 --> 00:52:34,353 Foam cups. 1202 00:52:37,170 --> 00:52:38,730 Stay back. 1203 00:52:38,730 --> 00:52:41,390 We just have to rethink how we do things. 1204 00:52:41,390 --> 00:52:44,053 It all comes down to common sense. 1205 00:52:45,138 --> 00:52:47,740 (light rock music) 1206 00:52:47,740 --> 00:52:48,820 Well, there you have it. 1207 00:52:48,820 --> 00:52:51,800 The end of one odyssey, the beginning of another. 1208 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:54,990 We've decided to live life with a little less plastic. 1209 00:52:54,990 --> 00:52:56,277 How about you? 1210 00:52:56,277 --> 00:52:57,983 Is your life a little too plastic? 1211 00:52:57,983 --> 00:52:59,716 Because if it is, 1212 00:52:59,716 --> 00:53:03,020 there's only one thing you can do about it. 1213 00:53:04,132 --> 00:53:04,965 Bag it. 1214 00:53:07,784 --> 00:53:08,955 All right. 1215 00:53:08,955 --> 00:53:09,788 All right. 1216 00:53:09,788 --> 00:53:10,621 I think I got it that time. 1217 00:53:10,621 --> 00:53:11,454 Think you nailed it. 1218 00:53:11,454 --> 00:53:12,287 Yeah. 1219 00:53:12,287 --> 00:53:14,173 ♪ Alabama, Arkansas ♪ 1220 00:53:14,173 --> 00:53:16,239 ♪ I do love my ma and pa ♪ 1221 00:53:16,239 --> 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