David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic
David Katz: Plastik atıkları paraya dönüştürebilir miyiz?
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,
hızını yaşıyoruz
standing in front of you,
thing we need to do
yapılması gereken
you're going to panic;
panik yaparsınız;
ya da bir pompa alırsınız.
suyu pompalamanın da
for the ocean?
over 300 million ton
150 million ton already there.
that have extreme poverty.
ülkelerden geliyor.
plastik atık kullanarak
is available to be purchased
high-efficiency stoves.
çok etkili ocaklar.
are more like community centers,
toplum merkezleri gibi,
she gets to bring the material back to us,
bize getiriyor,
we check it for quality,
into her account.
into an online account for her.
online bir hesaba transfer ediyoruz.
it becomes an asset
varlık niteliğinde
and get it ready for export.
ihracat için hazırlıyoruz.
than walking over acres of diamonds.
yürümekten hiç de farklı değil.
no way to exchange them,
hiçbir yol olmasa,
daughters' school tuition
okul ve forma masraflarını
the use of social plastic
directly into their manufacturing.
üretimde kullanıyor.
from ocean-bound waterways
için de teşvik ediyor.
with an impoverished church in Cairo.
Kahire'de bir kilise aynısını yapabilir.
to deposit that value
yatırma fırsatları var.
around the world.
hundreds around the world.
plastic-neutral program.
projemize katıldı.
karbona karşı olmakla aynı
in recycling infrastructure
geri dönüşüm altyapısına ihtiyaç var
teşvik sağlıyor.
en küçük pazar bile
sosyal plastiği kabul edebiliyor.
yaratmalarına yardım ediyor.
currency that, when used,
ve ticareti mümkün para birimi gibi,
hem yoksulluğa çare niteliği taşıyor
and cleans the environment
it's social plastic,
of the people who encounter it,
hayatına transfer edilen
a four-trillion-dollar value.
bir değer ortaya çıkarmış oluruz.
is managed and supported
güvenli bir şekilde
authentic transfer of value globally.
bir bankacılık ile idare ediliyor.
in Vancouver or Berlin,
geri dönüşüm yapabilirsiniz,
building bricks or cell phone minutes
parayı çekebilir
geri dönüşüm yapabilir,
at a center in Port-au-Prince,
cooking fuel or cash
mutfak yakıtı satın alabilir
and the Philippines.
faaliyet gösteriyoruz.
to India and Ethiopia.
giriş yapacağız.
materyal topluyoruz.
volumes every day.
of our program with Henkel,
over 100 million kilograms
hundreds of millions of dollars
cleaning the ocean is futile.
okyanusları temizlemek nafile.
en büyük fırsat.
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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