David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
David Katz: La sorprendente solución al problema del plástico en los océanos
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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porque encuentran plástico.
the fastest rate of extinction ever,
de extinción tan acelerado
en la cadena alimentaria.
standing in front of you,
thing we need to do
que debemos hacer
you're going to panic;
para no entrar en pánico.
o un desatascador.
for the ocean?
lo mismo con el océano?
de plástico en las playas,
que con buenas intenciones
demasiado tarde.
over 300 million ton
más de 300 millones de toneladas
150 million ton already there.
de toneladas que estimativamente ya hay.
del plástico en los océanos
that have extreme poverty.
con pobreza extrema.
fuera de su realidad.
más grande del mundo
is available to be purchased
high-efficiency stoves.
estufas de alto rendimiento.
todas las demás cosas
pero a las que no puede acceder.
are more like community centers,
como centros comunitarios,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
we check it for quality,
into her account.
into an online account for her.
a una cuenta electrónica.
it becomes an asset
se convierte en un activo
and get it ready for export.
listo para la exportación.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
sobre una mina de diamantes.
una mina de diamantes
no way to exchange them,
daughters' school tuition
la escuela de sus dos hijas
de grandes marcas
the use of social plastic
el uso de plástico social
directly into their manufacturing.
directamente en su producción.
from ocean-bound waterways
de las vías navegables que van al mar
con la gente pobre.
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
con una iglesia pobre en El Cairo.
de depósito de botellas,
to deposit that value
de depositar ese monto
around the world.
en cualquier parte del mundo.
nuestro material de reciclaje
hundreds around the world.
de botellas en todo el mundo.
plastic-neutral program.
programa de neutralidad en plástico.
es como la neutralidad en carbono.
in recycling infrastructure
en infraestructura de reciclaje
todos estos ejemplos
currency that, when used,
reconocida globalmente,
y limpia el medio ambiente
and cleans the environment
it's social plastic,
es plástico social.
of the people who encounter it,
de la gente que lo encuentra,
en forma de desechos.
a four-trillion-dollar value.
potencial de USD 4 billones.
is managed and supported
gestionado y apoyado
de banca electrónica
de forma segura y confiable
authentic transfer of value globally.
para reciclar en Vancouver o en Berlín
in Vancouver or Berlin,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
o minutos de telefonía celular
en un centro de Puerto Príncipe
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
combustible para cocinar o dinero
cooking fuel or cash
and the Philippines.
y en las Filipinas.
to India and Ethiopia.
a la India y Etiopía.
volumes every day.
el volumen de recolección.
of our program with Henkel,
de nuestro programa,
over 100 million kilograms
más de 100 millones de kilos de material
hundreds of millions of dollars
cientos de millones de dólares
cleaning the ocean is futile.
sea una tarea inútil.
de plástico en los océanos
más valiosa de la humanidad.
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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