David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
David Katz: E se potessimo trasformare la plastica in denaro?
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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per aver incontrato la plastica.
the fastest rate of extinction ever,
tasso di estinzione di sempre
standing in front of you,
in piedi di fronte a voi,
thing we need to do
che dovremmo fare
you're going to panic;
andresti nel panico;
o uno sturalavandini.
e raccogliere l'acqua
for the ocean?
e arriverebbe troppo tardi.
over 300 million ton
di 300 milioni di tonnellate
8 milioni di tonnellate
150 million ton already there.
di tonnellate già presenti.
della plastica negli oceani
that have extreme poverty.
della tua immaginazione.
di negozi al mondo
is available to be purchased
può essere acquistato
high-efficiency stoves.
per cucinare, stufe efficienti.
ad aggiungere tutto ciò
e non può permettersi.
are more like community centers,
sono come un punto di ritrovo,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
i materiali da noi,
we check it for quality,
controlliamo la qualità,
into her account.
sul suo conto.
into an online account for her.
in un conto online per lei.
it becomes an asset
diventa un patrimonio
and get it ready for export.
e la prepariamo per la spedizione.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
su ettari di diamanti
no way to exchange them,
nessun modo di scambiarli,
daughters' school tuition
alle due figlie,
the use of social plastic
di plastica solidale
directly into their manufacturing.
direttamente nei propri prodotti.
in plastica solidale,
from ocean-bound waterways
da oceani e corsi d'acqua
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
con una chiesa povera del Cairo.
to deposit that value
di depositare quella cifra
around the world.
hundreds around the world.
plastic-neutral program.
programma zero-plastica.
in recycling infrastructure
in strutture per il riciclo
in base al peso,
currency that, when used,
e commerciabile che, quando usata,
and cleans the environment
it's social plastic,
è plastica solidale,
of the people who encounter it,
che ci hanno a che fare,
sotto forma di rifiuti.
50 centesimi al kg,
a four-trillion-dollar value.
un valore di circa 4 trilioni di dollari.
is managed and supported
è organizzato e sostenuto
authentic transfer of value globally.
trasferimento di valuta globale.
in Vancouver or Berlin,
a Vancouver come a Berlino,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
mattoni o traffico per cellulare
nel centro di Port-au-Prince,
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
combustibile o contanti
cooking fuel or cash
divertimento e formalità
and the Philippines.
e nelle Filippine.
to India and Ethiopia.
verso l'India e l'Etiopia.
volumes every day.
della nostra raccolta ogni giorno.
of our program with Henkel,
con Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
più di 100 milioni di kg
hundreds of millions of dollars
di migliaia di dollari
cleaning the ocean is futile.
l'oceano è futile.
opportunità per l'umanità.
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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