Save the Oceans: Recycling Is Not Enough

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Every year, another 11 million tons of plastic trash ends up in the ocean. Winnie Lau, senior manager of the “Preventing Ocean Plastics” project, explains why recycling isn't helping — and what we should be doing instead.

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0:00.0	We're all science people.
0:10.0	Science!
0:11.0	Exactly.
0:12.0	Evolution does some pretty funky things.
0:14.0	There's chemistry in here.
0:15.0	There's biology in here.
0:17.0	The old question in science is how do you know that?
0:19.0	The achievement equals skill times effort.
0:21.0	That's the recipe for success.
0:23.0	I'm about to show you something so cool of blow your mind.
0:26.0	We can make the world better for everybody.
0:29.0	Starting now.
0:32.0	Welcome to Science Rules.
0:35.0	I'm your host Bill Nye.
0:36.0	This is the show where science rules.
0:39.0	It's a calling show.
0:40.0	If you want to be on the show and I hope you do,
0:43.0	leave us a voice mail at 2014720785
0:48.0	or go to your homepage, askbilnye.com.
0:52.0	You can also check me out on all the social media
0:54.0	to find out about our upcoming guests.
0:57.0	And today, once again, I'm joined by science writer, editor,
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