David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
David Katz: A solução surpreendente para o plástico no oceano
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 encontram plástico.
the fastest rate of extinction ever,
taxa de extinção já vista.
standing in front of you,
thing we need to do
que devemos fazer
you're going to panic;
entravam em pânico;
uma esfregona ou um desentupidor.
for the ocean?
o mesmo com o oceano?
de reciclagem do plástico das praias
bem-intencionada
e tarde demais.
over 300 million ton
de toneladas de plástico.
150 million ton already there.
150 milhões de toneladas que já estão lá.
that have extreme poverty.
da vossa imaginação.
is available to be purchased
está disponível para compra
eletricidade.
high-efficiency stoves.
fogões eficientes.
adicionar mais coisas
mas não podem pagar.
are more like community centers,
parecem centros comunitários,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
o material que recolheu,
we check it for quality,
verificamos a qualidade
into her account.
into an online account for her.
numa conta online.
it becomes an asset
torna-se num ativo
and get it ready for export.
para exportação.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
de andar sobre diamantes.
no way to exchange them,
não tivesse nenhuma forma de trocá-los,
daughters' school tuition
das duas filhas
de grandes marcas
the use of social plastic
directly into their manufacturing.
diretamente no fabrico de produtos.
from ocean-bound waterways
a caminho do oceano
aos domingos,
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
com uma igreja pobre no Cairo.
de depósito de garrafas:
recicláveis retornáveis,
to deposit that value
de depositar esse valor
around the world.
no mundo inteiro.
hundreds around the world.
plastic-neutral program.
de plástico zero.
é como a do carbono.
in recycling infrastructure
de reciclagem
currency that, when used,
que, quando utilizada
and cleans the environment
e limpa o meio ambiente
it's social plastic,
é plástico social,
of the people who encounter it,
de quilos de plástico,
a four-trillion-dollar value.
o equivalente a 4 biliões de dólares.
is managed and supported
é gerido e sustentado
authentic transfer of value globally.
de forma segura e global.
in Vancouver or Berlin,
em Vancouver ou em Berlim,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
de tijolos ou créditos de telemóvel
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
de combustível ou dinheiro
cooking fuel or cash
and the Philippines.
e nas Filipinas
to India and Ethiopia.
com a Índia e a Etiópia.
volumes every day.
de recolha diariamente.
of our program with Henkel,
com a Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
mais de 100 milhões de quilos
hundreds of millions of dollars
de milhões de dólares
cleaning the ocean is futile.
se torne desnecessário.
oportunidade humana.
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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