David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
David Katz: Jawaban mengejutkan terhadap plastik laut
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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the fastest rate of extinction ever,
tingkat kepunahan paling cepat,
standing in front of you,
berdiri di hadapan Anda,
thing we need to do
yang perlu dilakukan
you're going to panic;
atau mungkin panik,
kerannya terlebih dahulu.
hal yang sama dengan laut?
for the ocean?
terlalu lambat,
over 300 million ton
150 million ton already there.
130 juta yang sudah di sana.
that have extreme poverty.
yang sangat miskin.
toko waralaba terbesar di dunia
is available to be purchased
di toko ini dapat dibeli
high-efficiency stoves.
kompor yang efisien.
menambah barang lain
dan tak mampu dibeli oleh banyak orang.
agak mirip pusat komunitas,
are more like community centers,
dari pintu ke pintu,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
dia membawa sampahnya pada kami,
we check it for quality,
melihat kualitasnya,
into her account.
uang hasil sampah itu ke rekeningnya.
into an online account for her.
ke rekening online untuk Lise.
it becomes an asset
yang akan menjadi sebuah aset
dan siap untuk diekspor.
and get it ready for export.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
dengan berjalan di atas berjuta berlian.
di atas berjuta berlian,
no way to exchange them,
tidak ada cara untuk menukarnya,
daughters' school tuition
biaya pendidikan dua anaknya,
the use of social plastic
menggunakan sampah plastik,
directly into their manufacturing.
secara langsung dalam produknya.
Anda berkontribusi
from ocean-bound waterways
persembahan pada hari Minggu,
dengan orang miskin.
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
dengan gereja miskin di Kairo.
yang dapat didaur ulang dengan deposit,
untuk menyetorkan uang itu
to deposit that value
around the world.
dan membentuk pendaur ulang.
ratusan botol di seluruh dunia.
hundreds around the world.
plastic-neutral program.
dalam program plastik netral kami.
adalah seperti karbon netral.
in recycling infrastructure
dalam mendaur ulang prasarana
suatu insentif untuk orang miskin,
pembayaran dengan ditimbang,
untuk melayani lebih banyak orang,
sosial yang lebih besar.
currency that, when used,
dapat diperdagangkan,
and cleans the environment
dan membersihkan lingkungan
it's social plastic,
itu sampah plastik,
of the people who encounter it,
yang memungutnya,
a four-trillion-dollar value.
nilai sebesar 4 triliun dolar.
is managed and supported
authentic transfer of value globally.
yang aman dan asli di seluruh dunia.
di Vancouver atau Berlin,
in Vancouver or Berlin,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
batu bata atau menit telefon,
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
di Port-au-Prince
bahan bakar untuk masak atau uang
cooking fuel or cash
daur ulang sebuah permainan.
and the Philippines.
to India and Ethiopia.
ke India dan Etiopia.
volumes every day.
jumlah koleksi kami setiap hari.
dari program kami dengan Henkel,
of our program with Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
hundreds of millions of dollars
cleaning the ocean is futile.
kesempatan terbaik bagi umat manusia.
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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