This presentation has 2 goals: explaining the disastrous environmental impact of single use plastics; showing what any individual and business can do everyday to stop plastic pollution. www.fillgood.co Fillgood provides environmentally friendly home and body products through a distribution model that takes plastics packaging out of the mix.

1. Plastic Oceans
From a “throw away” to a “reuse” society
Stéphanie Regni
stephanie@fillgood.co
www.fillgood.co

2. 1st Part
What’s the issue?

3. 20 years ago, in 1997...
Charles Moore discovers the North Pacific Great Garbage Patch

5. By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans….
Source : Ellen MacArthur Foundation

6. Plastic debris are trapped in oceans gyres
5000 billions microplastics

7. A pollution visible on each and every beaches

8. What are the consequences
of oceans plastic pollution ?

9. Impact on Marine Wildlife

10. Plastics and Water Pollutants

11. 2nd part?
What can we do ?
Oceans cleanups ?
Changing our consuming habits ?

12. Oceans cleanup projects
The Ocean Cleanup
Mr Trash Wheel
SAS Ocean
Phoenix

13. Turning off the tap
Changing our habits, step by step
Simple things we can do everyday

14. Recycling is not a long term solution
COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING
Too many materials
Different rules from one city to another
Complex packaging
WE THROW AWAY TOO MUCH
A very low demand for recycled plastic
AN INDUSTRY IN CRISIS
Higher costs for recycling
Cheap oil prices = cheap new plastic
EXPORTED PLASTIC WASTE TO ASIA
No control over what happens over there

15. Throw Away vs. Reuse: energy, materials and water consumption
Oil production
Transport
Refinery
Transport
Plastic manufacturing
Transport
Plastic fork manufacturing
Transport
Distribution
Transport
Retail Store
Transport
Use
Trash
Transport
Landfill
Ore mining
Transport
Stainless steel
production
Transport
Fork manufacturing
Transport
Distribution
Transport
Retail Store
Transport
Use
Wash

16. 35 billions / y 40 billions / y 500 millions / d
100 billions / y 180 billions / y
IN THE US ONLY….

18. Refill - Reduce - Repeat

19. Learn more
Bea Johnson : www.zerowastehome.com
Beth Terry : https://myplasticfreelife.com/
Kathryn Kellogg: www.goingzerowaste.com
The Story of Stuff Project : http://storyofstuff.org/
Facebook groups : Zero Waste San Francisco, Journey to Zero Waste, Zero Waste Heroes, Zero
Waste Home
www.fillgood.co

20. We do not inherit the
Earth from our
ancestors;
We borrow it from
our children.
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