Story Of Stuff Analysis

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Watching these videos was an interesting experience, I have seen videos like these before and I do think that they have some good points. While our earth has a limited amount of resources and we has humans need to be careful how they are used, but we as Americans are using more than we need but we also produce and sell a lot of the worlds “stuff” for them. One of the problems that I had with the video Story of Stuff is just like every other propaganda video it was one sided and had some miss information and implied un true or un conformed facts to get its point across. One example is the presumption that every big company is evil and that the government is these companies lap dog, which is just not the case.
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From the research that I have found there are three main useful ideas on how to limit the use and waste of plastic water bottles and they are: reusing the bottles at home, recycling with a reputable recycler, and using refillable bottles when able. Using old material at home to create new goods has become a growing part of the US society mainly because of sites like Pinterest that show creative ways to reuse things that would normally be thrown away. This is the same even with plastic bottles, such as making them into lamps, storage devices, car coverings, and even planters; these are all ideas that can be found online at (Bored Panda.com). The next big thing that people are doing is recycling, but many people do not know where they go after they leave the bin. To keep the bottles from ending up like the ones from the video people can ether do research on there own or use resources like (earth911.com) who have list of recycling places that they have vetted and can be trusted listed on there site. They are also a good resource for any other type of recycling that might be done. And the final of the ideas is using reusable bottles, while this idea is very popular and is being widely used, there is a question that must be asked “is the …show more content…
But when it comes down to it I believe that if its something we make and use we should do our part in getting rid of it as well. The amount of trash that humans’ produce will not go away or change but what we do with it will have to or the planet will be an interesting place to try to live on. Plastic water bottles is just the tip of the iceberg in trying to make the world a better place but with as many of them as there is it’s a good place to start. According to (Eco Watch) more than 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces is covered in plastic and other trash, this is a problem and will cost millions and many years to clean up. But thankfully people like Boyan Slat are working on projects to do just that and according to (Tech Insider) but the year 2020 they will be ready to put there system into place and hopefully reach there goal of removing almost half of the garbage from the Pacific gyre in 10

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