{"id":21383,"date":"2018-11-29T15:28:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=21383"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:43:26","slug":"documentary-plastic-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/documentary-plastic-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary &#8220;Plastic Britain: On Our Watch&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Time\u2019s up: the documentary on plastic pollution directed by Mike Wafer and produced by Poppy Chandler is almost out. But it\u2019s almost the time of our last chance to save our seas and oceans. If we don\u2019t adopt the adequate strategies and measures, the consequences of our actions will become irreversible.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The filmmakers are experts in the field of pollution and are passionate about the environment. We are dealing with problems that affects the entire global ecosystem.\u00a0Poppy and Mike shot this <strong>documentary all around Britain<\/strong>, researching and exploring in particular the polluting effects of plastic waste and so-called \u201c<strong>microplastics<\/strong>\u201d have on the river and marine ecosystems\u2019 conditions, the aquatic animals\u2019 lives and on the human health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/azrihBpBC0s\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The documentary\u00a0&#8220;Plastic Britain: On Our Watch&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_21387\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img class=\"wp-image-21387 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Interview-Tamara-Galloway-Human-Health-870x490.png\" alt=\"A scene from the documentary: interview with Tamara Galloway\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Interview-Tamara-Galloway-Human-Health-870x490.png 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Interview-Tamara-Galloway-Human-Health-570x320.png 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">Interview with Tamara Galloway, a scene from the documentary &#8220;Plastic Britain: On Our Watch&#8221;<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The collected data regard the UK. Great Britain is the state that uses the <strong>largest amount of single-use plastic<\/strong> in Europe and has the highest level of microplastics in its rivers in the world. But <a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/oceans-plastic\/\" target=\"_blank\">plastic pollution<\/a>\u00a0is a <strong>global issue<\/strong> and to be resolved it is necessary to decide and implement global-scale measures.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21480\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Plastic-Britain-Master-Britain.png\" alt=\"Plastic Britain\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Plastic-Britain-Master-Britain.png 1000w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Plastic-Britain-Master-Britain-536x758.png 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Plastic-Britain-Master-Britain-344x487.png 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For this reason, the filmmakers met and cooperated with many experts and companies committed to the fight against plastics to realize this documentary. Their goal is to <strong>raise public awareness<\/strong>. Too many people don\u2019t realize how close to our everyday lives these issues are. We need to cope with the plastic we are producing today, because it\u2019s a problem that <strong>regards our children and us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21395\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img class=\"wp-image-21395 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Thames-Beach-Clean-1-870x490.png\" alt=\"Activists clean the Thames' beach, in the documentary &quot;Plastic Britain: On Our Watch&quot;\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Thames-Beach-Clean-1-870x490.png 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Thames-Beach-Clean-1-570x320.png 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">Activists clean the Thames&#8217; beach<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the documentary, they discuss also about <strong>possible solutions<\/strong>. British Scientists are working on this topic and the passage to a <strong>sustainable, circular economy<\/strong> seems necessary to deal with environmental problems. The filmmakers talk about the anti-plastics campaign of <strong>Surfers Against Sewage <\/strong>and<strong> Greenpeace from City to Sea<\/strong> and about the armies of <strong>activists<\/strong> who tirelessly clean the riverbanks of all the country. But there is still so much to be done.<\/p>\n<h2>What can we do?<\/h2>\n<p>The world needs your help too! In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/plastic-britain-on-our-watch#\/\" target=\"_blank\">this page you can\u00a0<strong>sustain the funds-raising campaign<\/strong><\/a> and help the filmmakers finishing to shot their documentary. Only if we work together and we do everything we can, no matter how small it may seem, we can win our battle against plastics!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21385\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img class=\"wp-image-21385 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Basking-Shark-Greenpeace-Credit-870x490.png\" alt=\"Basking shark\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Basking-Shark-Greenpeace-Credit-870x490.png 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Basking-Shark-Greenpeace-Credit-570x320.png 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">Basking Shark, photo of Greenpeace<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Share<\/strong> on your social media platforms and with your friends Poppy and Mike\u2019s fight and join thi global movement defending life on Earth!<\/p>\n<h4>You might also like:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/plastic-pollution-seas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plastic pollution: how to save our seas<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/world-oceans-day-plastic\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Oceans Day: let\u2019s save them from plastic!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/oceans-plastic\/\" target=\"_blank\">More plastic than fish in the sea by 2050<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time\u2019s up: the documentary on plastic pollution directed by Mike Wafer and produced by Poppy Chandler is almost out. But it\u2019s almost the time of our last chance to save our seas and oceans. If we don\u2019t adopt the adequate strategies and measures, the consequences of our actions will become irreversible. The filmmakers are experts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":21478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[214],"tags":[2024,2499,2120,1421,52,1649],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documentary &quot;Plastic Britain: On Our Watch&quot; - Ecobnb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plastic Britain: On Our Watch. 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