David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
David Katz: E se você pudesse transformar o lixo plástico em dinheiro?
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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ao se deparar com o plástico.
the fastest rate of extinction ever,
de extinção mais rápida já vista,
standing in front of you,
que devemos fazer
thing we need to do
you're going to panic;
entraríamos em pânico.
ou um desentupidor.
desentupir ou recolher a água
for the ocean?
o mesmo com o oceano?
de plástico nas praias,
over 300 million ton
mais de 300 milhões de toneladas
150 million ton already there.
de toneladas já existentes lá.
80% do plástico no oceano
that have extreme poverty.
is available to be purchased
para compra utilizando lixo plástico.
energia elétrica,
high-efficiency stoves.
fornos de alta eficiência.
mas não pode pagar.
are more like community centers,
é mais como centros comunitários,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
o material de volta para nós.
we check it for quality,
into her account.
into an online account for her.
para uma conta on-line dela.
it becomes an asset
ela se torna um bem
tem um novo senso de valor.
and get it ready for export.
e o preparamos para exportação.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
sobre hectares de diamantes.
sobre hectares de diamantes,
no way to exchange them,
ou trocar os diamantes,
daughters' school tuition
das duas filhas dela
de grandes marcas, como Marks & Spencer,
the use of social plastic
diretamente na fabricação.
directly into their manufacturing.
from ocean-bound waterways
das hidrovias limítrofes ao oceano
a não apenas trazer a oferta no domingo,
a uma igreja muito pobre no Cairo.
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
de depósito de garrafas:
restituíveis por depósito
to deposit that value
na conta dos pobres de todo o mundo.
around the world.
centenas em todo o mundo.
hundreds around the world.
plastic-neutral program.
programa neutro em plástico.
é como a do carbono.
in recycling infrastructure
investe na infraestrutura de reciclagem,
currency that, when used,
e comercializada mundialmente
e limpa o meio ambiente ao mesmo tempo.
and cleans the environment
it's social plastic,
é plástico social,
of the people who encounter it,
que o encontram,
a maior parte dele ainda aqui como lixo.
US$ 0,50 por quilo,
a four-trillion-dollar value.
um valor de US$ 4 trilhões.
is managed and supported
é gerenciado e sustentado
bancária on-line
authentic transfer of value globally.
e autêntica de valores mundialmente.
in Vancouver or Berlin,
reciclável em Vancouver ou Berlin,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
de construção ou minutos de celular
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
em Porto Príncipe,
para cozinha ou dinheiro em toda a cidade.
cooking fuel or cash
and the Philippines.
to India and Ethiopia.
um compromisso com a Índia e a Etiópia.
volumes every day.
de coleta todos os dias.
of our program with Henkel,
programa com Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
mais de 100 milhões de quilos
hundreds of millions of dollars
centenas de milhões de dólares
cleaning the ocean is futile.
o oceano seja fútil.
mais rica da humanidade.
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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