David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
دیوید کاتز: راه حل غافلگیر کننده برای پلاستیکهای اقیانوس
David is founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, the world’s only organization to monetize plastic waste and provide an opportunity for the world's disadvantaged to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. Full bio
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در حال از بین رفتن هستند.
the fastest rate of extinction ever,
انقراضها هستیم،
standing in front of you,
thing we need to do
که لازم است انجام دهیم
you're going to panic;
انجام نمیدهیم؟
for the ocean?
over 300 million ton
150 million ton already there.
که آنجا هست بپیوندد.
از پلاستیکهای اقیانوس
that have extreme poverty.
که به شدت فقیر هستند.
is available to be purchased
با زباله پلاستیک
high-efficiency stoves.
اجاق گازهای کم مصرف.
که مردم ممکن است
را نداشته باشند، اضافه کنیم.
are more like community centers,
بیشتر شبیه مراکز تجمع هستند،
she gets to bring the material back to us,
we check it for quality,
و کیفیتشان را بررسی میکنیم،
into her account.
into an online account for her.
برایش واریز میکنیم،
it becomes an asset
و برای او یک دارایی میشود
از ارزش ایجاد میکند.
and get it ready for export.
آماده صادرات میکنیم.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
بر زمینهای الماس ندارد.
زمینهای پر الماس راه میرفت
خریدار الماس نبود،
no way to exchange them,
برای معامله الماس نبود،
daughters' school tuition
بزرگترین مارکها
the use of social plastic
directly into their manufacturing.
در تولیداتشان استفاده میکنند.
from ocean-bound waterways
با مردم فقیر پیوند میدهیم.
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
با کلیسای فقیری در قاهره پیوند بدهیم.
to deposit that value
around the world.
بازیافتگرها استفاده کنیم.
بطری در دنیا کمک کند.
hundreds around the world.
plastic-neutral program.
سرمایه گذاری کرده است.
in recycling infrastructure
سرمایه گزاری میکند.
پرداخت با وزن دریافت کند
به جمعیت بیشتری سرویس بدهند،
currency that, when used,
و تجارت است، و وقتی استفاده شود،
and cleans the environment
it's social plastic,
این پلاستیک اجتماعی ست،
of the people who encounter it,
پلاستیک تولید کرده اند،
a four-trillion-dollar value.
۴ تریلیون دلار صحبت میکنیم.
is managed and supported
پشتیبانی و مدیریت میشود
authentic transfer of value globally.
در سطح جهانی و امن انجام میدهد.
in Vancouver or Berlin,
در ونکور یا برلین تحویل بدهید،
building bricks or cell phone minutes
آجرهای ساختمانی یا شارژ تلفن بکند
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
در پورتوپرینس تحویل دهد،
cooking fuel or cash
and the Philippines.
to India and Ethiopia.
volumes every day.
روزانه بیشتر میکنیم.
of our program with Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
از ۱۰۰ میلیون کیلوگرم
hundreds of millions of dollars
cleaning the ocean is futile.
تمیز کردن اقیانوس بیهوده باشد.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Katz - Plastics alchemistDavid is founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, the world’s only organization to monetize plastic waste and provide an opportunity for the world's disadvantaged to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency.
Why you should listen
David Katz is the founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic. The Plastic Bank is a global network of micro-recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment. It's an eco-system that provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. Global partners include IBM, Shell Energy and Henkel.
Katz is the recipient of the 2017 United Nations Lighthouse award for Planetary Health, recipient of the Paris Climate Conference Sustainia community award, is the Past President of the Vancouver Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), and named the Entrepreneur Organizations, Global Citizen. He has also been named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs by Salt magazine.
His humanitarian work has earned him international recognition. Katz has been featured in Forbes, TIME Magazine, Fast Company and National Geographic. He's featured in an award-winning documentary and starred in an international reality television show. David is a steward of the earth and a champion for the poor.
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