Short Film: Plastic Pollution Is Too Big to Ignore in This Beach Paradise

Tourism is huge for the economy of Mexico, but at what cost to the natural landscape of the region? One diver shows the impact of plastic pollution off the coast of the most popular beaches.
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The Caribbean coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula is famous for its beautiful beaches, clear blue water, and diversity of wildlife. But under the surface of the water lies a different story.
As the world continues to churn out millions of tonnes of plastic each year, more and more of it ends up in the ocean and on our shores. If we don’t reduce our plastic use, experts say that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than there are fish.
This film follows diver Tamara Adame as she battles the growing plastic waste that plagues Yucatán’s fragile reefs, marine life, and even her own livelihood.
This is Mermaids Against Plastic: Tamara, a Free Roaming Studios production.
#Plastic #PlasticPollution #Mexico #YucatanPeninsula #Ocean #MarineLife #Seeker
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[@Seeker]

How will you reduce your plastic waste? Let us know in the comments below and thank you for joining us for the final film in the Seeker Indie 2022 showcase!

[@69Solo]

By committing yourself no matter what you are not going to use it. 1) Always carry a backpack or a carry bag made out of cloth. 2) Always keep plastic bottles clean and separate them from the ordinary garbage. 3) When doing online purchase always open products in such a manner that plastic can be reused. 4) Give the accumulated everyday plastic to poor / homeless bottle collectors instead of throwing it in garbage. 6) Carry things in hand not in plastic bags when doing grocery shopping, put on a habit of saying no to shop keepers. In case you missed to notice point no 5 above, then go back to the very start of my comment and usedit as the missing point.

[@dertythegrower]

Promoting hemp and biodegradable plastic containers for needs.

[@dertythegrower]

Hemp and Corn based plastic should be made a primary plastic source for food containers.

[@lunchboxinsulinboy]

Has any thought been given to plastic that used for medical purposes? Such as syringes for diabetics and their testing equipment, along with all the other assorted things used in hospitals.

[@verylongtrain]

Banning single use plastic is not really a great solution, and can be counter productive. Banning non-biodegradable single use plastic is a great solution, and getting tougher on pollution is. Plastic is fantastic, but especially single use plastic that may have only hours or minutes of use should definitely be made of plastic which are compostable, and will deteriorate quickly and safely if they get into nature.

[@h7opolo]

we suffer a mass psychosis by continuing to use single-use plastics without remorse or concern for the waste and pollution. alas, the architects of capitalism never were held accountable for their deception and reckless abuse.

[@jackdavid67]

Amen! My goal is to carry all my grocery purchases with my 2 hands.

[@just.jose.youtube]

Totally agree. Let's not forget that we, as individuals, have a role to play in this story! Of course consumerism in brainwashed into our heads, but we must fight back! 🙂

[@djungelskog3434]

Wasn't there a time where drink bottles were glass and you could send them back to be washed and refilled? We need to go back to that

[@recklessrecluse9123]

No, that never happened

[@Eric_D_6]

Glass breaks easy and takes a ton of energy to recycle, metal also takes a ton of energy to recycle but just dents and can still be used if you drop it.

[@nunya___]

Very heavy. Lots of energy to make, clean and transport. Waxed paper cartons...maybe?

[@just.jose.youtube]

That happens in most restaurants and caffes in Portugal (and, I believe, EU). It's a great solution. Some beer companies also offer it at supermarkets. Should be used more widely. Machines wash and scan each and every bottle for its integrity. If it passes, it gets reused.

[@greenkontora]

Plastic pollution is too damn high!

[@dertythegrower]

Touche

[@dertythegrower]

i said a nice thing above this 'touche' and youtube hid it 🤔it was a positive idea

[@dertythegrower]

KZbin here is removing even nice comments now, i said simple idea with positivity only 🤔 2 of 4 removed now, i know how it all works with 2 phones here and one logged out to check.

[@Talex-jb8bp]

Every time I go to the beach I typically find plastic there I try to at least get a handfuls worth it may not be much but every bit helps

[@Struhsie]

I’ve been going to years now significantly reduce single use plastic, and recycling all the cardboard that I use. You’d be surprised how little plastic you can use when you stop drinking sugary drinks (plus the health benefits) The only plastic bottles I may use are disposable water bottles and even those I reuse many times

[@wordsoffuture5415]

অসাধারণ❗অনেক অনেক শুভ কামনা ও ধন্যবাদ

[@darlenerea5791]

I use earthbreeze laundry detergent. It is great at cleaning clothes and NO PLASTIC BOTTLE. I love it.

[@AngryKittens]

En nuestro pais - Filipinas - empezamos a cambiar a bolsas de papel. Pero es muy despacio. Estamos recibiendo mucha basura de paises vecinos todavia. Especialmente de China.

[@jeremiasrobinson]

Dr. Stephanie Castillo should be featured on Seeker more often.

[@dertythegrower]

✌

[@aarononeal9830]

Seeker needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants tress

[@ericmoyer8538]

What do we call this new search engine/tree symbiosis?

[@aarononeal9830]

@@ericmoyer8538 It is called Ecosia

[@adirondackErin]

I try to reduce my plastic consumption in simple ways. Use powdered detergent, bar soap shampoo, bars of soap, non disposable razors, bring my reusable bags to the store, and have a refillable water bottle with me. They are small steps. But, I hope they make a little difference somehow.

[@JJs_playground]

In the 20th and 21st century we've improved every aspect of our lives, but we have destroyed the environment. I've cut out single use plastic bottles. Purchased an add-on tap water filter. Use a metal bottle at the gym.

[@thedarkwolfv7233]

The problem isn't plastic. The problem is people littering and not caring about the environment and throwing things on the ground, ocean, and even the top of Mount Everest. Start at the core of the problem instead of the result.

[@JJs_playground]

It's both. Too many things in plastic and a lot of selfish and ignorant people.

[@CombatPlasticPollution]

Thank you for this contribution! We are promoting a tax on plastic products.

[@Michael500ca]

Please make the subtitles larger. Why are they so small? I am in my fifties and I don't see that well anymore and when you are my age neither will you, your subtitles are just a blur. Please learn from movies that use larger subtitles because they know many older people have trouble seeing and there is no harm in using larger subtitles. Such a rookie mistake!

[@Comeback180]

The leaders need to put a heavier emphasis on reusing water bottles and buying less disposable bottles. Every stays should have mandated clean and accessible water so they don't need to buy plastic bottles that contributes

[@robinbhatti909]

So great girl 👍

[@SquirtleHK]

Please provide a DUB in English! I only listen, not look. If I wanted to read an article I wouldn't be on KZbin😭

[@arditgashi662]

The captions are too small wtf do i have to use a microscope to read it

[@danielolayiwola93]

💧

[@KJSvitko]

Humans are so destructive. We are destroying the very air, land and water resources we need to survive. Litter is disgusting. Take pride in your home, neighborhood, community and the planet.

[@dankmaster8755]

it’s doomed.

[@dankmaster8755]

What can we regular mass population people do really? it’s all in the hands of our governments and world leaders. A rapid and necessary effective change is needed soon. Or else natural disasters and things of those sort will be more prevalent

[@dertythegrower]

Big respect

[@WileHeCoyote]

At the very least, industry needs to switch to potatoe plastics for dumb single use crap like sporks

[@avejst]

Gratis video

[@thomasbigert6207]

Text too small to read.

[@parasaanakkopleasesubcribe7181]

Idol pa shot out naman

[@megamanx466]

Until lawmakers stop sucking on oil companies' there won't be a stop to these non-biodegradable plastics. Push your local & not-so-local lawmaker towards better policies!

[@revisehellenologo]

Biodigradable is not the same as compostable. Unless it is treated in special facilities. It just breaks down quicker but it still leaves the small bits we can't see which is even harder to clean up, yet still toxic and poluting. 🤔 PS sorry about the info dump just trying to be informative. 💕

[@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l]

Or just address the problem at the source: the rivers and places people keep dumping their plastic that leads it getting into the ocean in the first place.

[@serdiefgotreb]

El mexicano tiene derecho a agua limpia directo del grifo, basta de empresas millonarias que impiden esto con el fin de comprar garrafones, y botellas de 1 litro de agua o menos

[@vi3tv0tinh]

...

[@arditgashi662]

If the whole video is in spanish why put an english title in the first place

[@drstone3418]

Maybe mother Earth wanted plastic but didn't know how to make it

[@vasectomyfail442]

i bet everyone who produced this video drives a car everywhere they go

[@dertythegrower]

Nope.

[@Bluebloods7]

Mother Earth met her match; the terminal disease that is humanity.

[@conciousness.]

We wont end life, maybe humanity but in a few million years it‘ll be as if we were never there:) so enjoy consciousness while you can

[@drstone3418]

Microbes eat plast

[@nunya___]

oops wrong language channel I guess. I couldn't understand much of this.

[@Gaming_Vegan_Ape]

I like how there's no mention of the fishing industry and all the gear that pollutes the ocean. Over 40% of the great pacific patch is from the fishing industry. Save the oceans by stopping the consumption of it's inhabitants. It's not hard, especially in 2022. Scientists have backed this up, going vegan is the single best thing you can do for the environment (and the non-human animals). Be vegan! ✌🏾✌🏾

[@01DOGG01]

Plastic use in poor countries means that anything you do in the west is irrelevant. Usage in SE Asia is off the charts. I ordered sausages from a place in Bangkok. Came in a plastic bag. Thick plastic container. Plastic separator between sausages and bread. Sauce in plastic container. Plastic utensils wrapped in plastic. And that's just one meal. The worst part is that they have small portions in poorer places so it's a really inefficient use of plastic as well.

[@saulgoodman2018]

Well where else would the put the food?

[@01DOGG01]

@@saulgoodman2018 You can use cardboard containers. Even if they have a thin plastic lining, it's a lot better than a thick plastic one

[@01DOGG01]

@@saulgoodman2018 Does grease go through the thin plastic lining? For cold items you can use wax as a barrier. Bioplastics can also be used especially for containers that are only used to move food from a restaurant to a customer's home.

[@saulgoodman2018]

@@01DOGG01 goes according to how thin it is.

[@just.jose.youtube]

Fully agree with your message. We must not forget though, it were the "west" countries that came up with all this consumerism and waste cycle. "Poor countries" just follow the trends. 10-20 yrs ago, if you ordered sausages in any "developed capital", you'd be served with the same amount of plastic. 😁 Being from the "west", I believe that if we have the resources for the RD of better ideas and technologies, it is our obligation of doing so and sharing them with the world, before we make this planet fubar. :)

[@ajinkya5574]

Humans is the worst thing that ever happened on this earth.

[@bixstar1469]

Said by a human. Not all humans just the ones in charge of managing environment.

[@republicajose]

The dinosaurs might disagree with you

[@WileHeCoyote]

Corporations with little to no shame, is the worst thing that ever happened on this earth. Humans close 2nd tho 😄

[@vasectomyfail442]

Then stop being a human. Are you going to start living in a tree now because this video made you sad? Are you going to boycott soap and toothbrushes and other human inventions? Or just cry all the time

[@republicajose]

@@vasectomyfail442 facts. Using phone, computer, internet, cars. but he thinks he's better than the rest of us

[@1632milos]

There is no nice touch that you try to add at the end of your short documentary you made. Plastic has been made by humans and it will stay with us for a VERY LONG TIME. Whatever we do now will not make up for all the damage we have made already for the last 70 years. No, we can not fix this problem when I see my colleague drinking only (plastic) bottled water. Any yet the idea of plastic in microparticules scares him. But this is just my opinion.

[@seychelleilly4948]

Be part of the solution... Smh! Thanks for the tips. Haven't watched the full vid but this is Mexico's problem. It's up to the their government to fix this issue and not the traveller's. We follow the rules set in place by the country/city. Philippines did some cleaning of their own and banned vacationers at their famous beaches for months and was actually clean when I went after their "rehabilitation". Mexico should follow suit.

[@brownhard]

Yes , it's why we have team seas and they are cleaning up the plastic as we speak . Stupid video

[@gimmpy91]

Address the issues in 3rd world countries.