The Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

I picked the Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch from all other options because I use products made of plastic daily and I wanted to learn something new. From the documentary title, I knew I would learn something new because I never heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and I did not know what to expect. One of the main ideas that I took away from the documentary was the fact that plastic is virtually impossible to destroy. In the documentary, it illustrated how the beaches mostly consisted small pieces of plastic instead of sand and how several hundreds of plastic products were washed off to shore which were made a couple of decades ago. Further, it really disturbed me by the effect of plastic on the life of animals and its marine environment. In one scene, it showed how the dead bodies of albatross decomposed but the small pieces of plastic will …show more content…
It’s a great resource that we can employ for many types of use and it aided us in building our society by providing convenience and boosting the economy. Despite this, it just depends on what we do with it and how we dispose of it, and currently we are not utilizing them appropriately. Also, I noticed from the documentary that there needs to be better information on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I don’t think there is accurate information circulating so people know what’s truly happening to make a change. The viewers of this documentary can make a change but that won’t be good or fast enough with the accelerated rate of change in Earth. This documentary changed my perspectives entirely on plastic because it opened my eyes wide, and I learned some facts that I cannot erase from my mind. Additionally, it made me realize how much I didn’t know about plastic even though I use it on a daily basis. I’m hoping to implement a few changes in my lifestyle with the stuff I learned from this documentary and lecture from class. to make a