David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
Дэвид Кац: Вы бы хотели превратить пластиковые отходы в наличные?
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,
чем когда-либо раньше,
standing in front of you,
thing we need to do
you're going to panic;
for the ocean?
и они уже опоздали.
over 300 million ton
30 миллионов тонн пластика
150 million ton already there.
150 миллионов тонн пластика.
that have extreme poverty.
is available to be purchased
high-efficiency stoves.
и плиты для приготовления пищи.
и предлагать то,
но не могут себе позволить.
are more like community centers,
похожа на общественный центр,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
we check it for quality,
into her account.
into an online account for her.
it becomes an asset
он становится залогом успешного решения
and get it ready for export.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
с прогулкой по алмазным копям.
no way to exchange them,
их использовать или обменять,
daughters' school tuition
обучение двух дочерей
the use of social plastic
применять социальный пластик
directly into their manufacturing.
напрямую в производстве товаров.
социальный пластик,
from ocean-bound waterways
найти нуждающихся.
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
найти нуждающуюся церковь в Каире.
to deposit that value
around the world.
hundreds around the world.
сотни по всему миру.
plastic-neutral program.
нейтрального пластика.
in recycling infrastructure
системы переработки,
currency that, when used,
использование которой
and cleans the environment
it's social plastic,
это социальный пластик,
of the people who encounter it,
килограммов пластика,
a four-trillion-dollar value.
на 4 триллиона долларов.
is managed and supported
работает и управляется виртуально,
authentic transfer of value globally.
и надёжный перевод средств по всему миру.
in Vancouver or Berlin,
в Ванкувере или Берлине,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
или сотовый телефон
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
cooking fuel or cash
and the Philippines.
to India and Ethiopia.
volumes every day.
of our program with Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
100 миллионов килограммов
hundreds of millions of dollars
сотни миллионов долларов
cleaning the ocean is futile.
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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